Which returned more over the last year, SPHD or VGLT?

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPHD returned +8.6% and VGLT returned −5.4%, so SPHD returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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SPHD vs VGLT: how they differ

SPHD and VGLT hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and SPHD returned more over the year.

Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF and Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SPHD and VGLT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in SPHD	Only in VGLT
Verizon Communications Inc 3.39%	JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.62%
Pfizer Inc 3.38%	Mexico Government International Bond 0.50%
General Mills Inc 2.96%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.49%
Kraft Heinz Co/The 2.90%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%
VICI Properties Inc 2.83%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%
AT&T Inc 2.70%	Mexico Government International Bond 0.48%
Comcast Corp 2.62%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.44%
Altria Group Inc 2.55%	Province of British Columbia Canada 0.43%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

SPHD and VGLT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	SPHD Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF	VGLT Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Invesco	Vanguard
What it is	S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility	Long-term Treasury
Total return, 1 year	+8.6%	−5.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−8.9 pts	−22.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.30%	not published
Holdings	56	1703

SPHD in plain words

SPHD is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +8.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.30% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 56 positions, with the top ten at 28.1%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

VGLT in plain words

VGLT is a bond fund tracking the Long-term Treasury. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −5.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. It sat 39.2% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SPHD or VGLT?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPHD returned +8.6% and VGLT returned −5.4%, so SPHD returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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