Which returned more over the last year, SGOV or VDE?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SGOV returned +3.7% and VDE +58.8%.

Which is cheaper, SGOV or VDE?

Neither: SGOV and VDE both charge 0.09% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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SGOV vs VDE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SGOV returned +3.7% to VDE's +58.8%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $117.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF, and $10.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Energy ETF.

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At a glance

+3.7%

SGOV total return, 1 year

+58.8%

VDE total return, 1 year

0.09%

SGOV expense ratio

0.09%

VDE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.09% a year; their one-year returns differ by 55.1 points; SGOV is 10.8 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SGOV vs VDE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SGOV	VDE
Return
Measure	SGOV	VDE
Total return, 1 year	+3.7%	+58.8%
Benchmark
Measure	SGOV	VDE
What it tracks	ICE 0-3 Month US Treasury Securities Index	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Energy 25/50
Cost and size
Measure	SGOV	VDE
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$112.3bn	$10.4bn
Holdings
Measure	SGOV	VDE
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		81%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		67.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, SGOV and VDE hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SGOV VDE

Only in one fund ↓

Only in SGOV

TREASURY BILL 8.53%

TREASURY BILL 8.19%

TREASURY BILL 7.63%

TREASURY BILL 6.87%

TREASURY BILL 6.80%

TREASURY BILL 6.00%

TREASURY BILL 5.22%

Only in VDE

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 22.88%

Chevron Corp 14.42%

ConocoPhillips 5.87%

Marathon Petroleum Corp 4.46%

Valero Energy Corp 4.45%

Phillips 66 3.94%

Williams Cos Inc 3.16%

EOG Resources Inc 2.85%

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Side by side

SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF VDE Vanguard Energy ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of 0-3 month T-bills Tracks an index of Energy

Total return, 1 year +3.7% +58.8%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +59.0% (FENY)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.2 pts vs FENY

Expense ratio 0.09% 0.09%

Holdings 22 113

Net assets, SGOV as of Oct 27, 2026 and VDE as of Sep 30, 2026 $117.0bn $10.4bn

SGOV and VDE on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

SGOV

SGOV tracks an index of 0-3 month T-bills. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +3.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year.

VDE

VDE tracks an index of Energy. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +58.8% with distributions reinvested, against +59.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Energy 25/50. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 81% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 113 positions, with the top ten at 67.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SGOV or VDE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SGOV returned +3.7% and VDE +58.8%.
Which is cheaper, SGOV or VDE?: Neither: SGOV and VDE both charge 0.09% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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SGOV on its own →VDE on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →SGOV dividend history →SGOV holdings →VDE dividend history →VDE holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

SGOV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SGOV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for SGOV ↗

VDE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VDE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VDE ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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