Which returned more over the last year, SPLB or VCLT?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPLB returned −6.2% and VCLT −6.0%.

Which is cheaper, SPLB or VCLT?

VCLT is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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SPLB vs VCLT: Differences, Returns & Fees

SPLB's duration was 12.6 years on Jun 30, 2026 and VCLT's 12.0 on May 31, 2026; VCLT charges 0.03% to SPLB's 0.04%. Net assets: $1.2bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Corporate Bond ETF, and $7.5bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF.

VCLT costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.2 points; VCLT is 6.3 times larger.

	SPLB	VCLT
Expense ratio	0.04%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$1.2bn	$7.5bn
Total return, 1 year	−6.2%	−6.0%
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Long Term Corporate Bond Index ?	Bloomberg U.S. 10+ Year Corporate Bond Index
Holdings in common	63%
Below its high	20.1%, high on Sep 22, 2021	19.9%, high on Sep 22, 2021

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

−6.2%

SPLB total return, 1 year

−6.0%

VCLT total return, 1 year

0.04%

SPLB expense ratio

0.03%

VCLT expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SPLB and VCLT hold 63% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

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63% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding SPLB VCLT

Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc, due Feb 1, 2046 0.35% 0.37%

CVS Health Corp, due Mar 25, 2048 0.34% 0.33%

Meta Platforms Inc, due Nov 15, 2055 0.26% 0.28%

Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd, due May 19, 2053 0.26% 0.27%

Boeing Co/The, due May 1, 2050 0.25% 0.27%

Meta Platforms Inc, due Nov 15, 2065 0.27% 0.21%

Bank of America Corp, due Mar 20, 2051 0.20% 0.22%

AT&T Inc, due Sep 15, 2053 0.19% 0.23%

AT&T Inc, due Sep 15, 2055 0.18% 0.23%

Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The, due Oct 1, 2037 0.18% 0.21%

Microsoft Corp, due Mar 17, 2052 0.18% 0.17%

Apple Inc, due Feb 23, 2046 0.17% 0.17%

Only in SPLB

Space Exploration Technologies Corp, due Jul 15, 2056 0.24%

Verizon Communications Inc, due Jan 15, 2036 0.23%

NVIDIA Corp, due Jun 15, 2056 0.16%

Space Exploration Technologies Corp, due Jul 15, 2046 0.16%

JPMorgan Chase & Co, due Nov 29, 2045 0.16%

AstraZeneca PLC, due Sep 18, 2042 0.15%

Vodafone Group PLC, due Jun 18, 2056 0.14%

Barrick North America Finance LLC, due May 30, 2041 0.13%

Only in VCLT

JPMORGAN CHASE, due May 15, 2038 0.16%

ASTRAZENECA PLC, due Sep 15, 2037 0.13%

US TREASURY N/B, due May 15, 2046 0.13%

BAT CAPITAL CORP, due Aug 15, 2037 0.13%

VERIZON COMM INC, due Jul 2, 2037 0.12%

HOME DEPOT INC, due Dec 16, 2036 0.11%

US TREASURY N/B, due May 15, 2036 0.11%

TOTAL CAP INTL, due May 29, 2050 0.11%

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On the same fields

SPLB

State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Corporate Bond ETF

VCLT

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer State Street Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Long-Term Corporate Bond

Total return, 1 year −6.2% −6.0%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −23.4 pts −23.3 pts

Expense ratio 0.04% 0.03%

Holdings 2968 2860

Net assets, SPLB as of Oct 8, 2026 and VCLT as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.2bn $7.5bn

SPLB and VCLT on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

SPLB in plain words

SPLB tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned −6.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. It sat 20.1% below its high of Sep 22, 2021 on Oct 9, 2026.

VCLT in plain words

VCLT tracks an index of Long-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned −6.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 19.9% below its high of Sep 22, 2021 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SPLB or VCLT?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPLB returned −6.2% and VCLT −6.0%.
Which is cheaper, SPLB or VCLT?: VCLT is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

SPLB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPLB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗VCLT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VCLT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VCLT ↗

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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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