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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPSB returned +2.2% and VCLT −5.9%.

Which is cheaper, SPSB 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.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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SPSB vs VCLT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SPSB's duration was 1.8 years on Jun 30, 2026 and VCLT's 12.0 on May 31, 2026; VCLT charges 0.03% to SPSB's 0.04%.

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Net assets: $11.3bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF, and $7.5bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+2.2%

SPSB total return, 1 year

−5.9%

VCLT total return, 1 year

0.04%

SPSB expense ratio

0.03%

VCLT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VCLT costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.1 points; SPSB is 1.5 times larger.

SPSB vs VCLT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SPSB	VCLT
Return
Measure	SPSB	VCLT
Total return, 1 year	+2.2%	−5.9%
Drawdown
Measure	SPSB	VCLT
Below its high		17.8%, high on Sep 22, 2021
Benchmark
Measure	SPSB	VCLT
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Year Corporate Bond Index	Bloomberg U.S. 10+ Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	SPSB	VCLT
Expense ratio	0.04%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$11.1bn	$7.5bn
Holdings
Measure	SPSB	VCLT
Holdings in common	0%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, SPSB and VCLT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SPSB VCLT

Progressive Corp/The, due Mar 1, 2029 0.00% 0.00%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in SPSB

Salesforce Inc, due Mar 15, 2029 0.56%

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap Global Aviation Trust, due Oct 29, 2028 0.44%

Bank of America Corp, due Dec 20, 2028 0.42%

Citigroup Inc, due Mar 4, 2029 0.42%

Morgan Stanley, due Apr 10, 2030 0.38%

JPMorgan Chase & Co, due Jul 25, 2028 0.38%

Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd, due May 19, 2028 0.37%

Sprint Capital Corp, due Nov 15, 2028 0.37%

Only in VCLT

ANHEUSER-BUSCH, due Feb 1, 2046 0.37%

CVS HEALTH CORP, due Mar 25, 2048 0.33%

META PLATFORMS, due Nov 15, 2055 0.28%

BOEING CO, due May 1, 2050 0.27%

PFIZER INVSTMNT, due May 19, 2053 0.27%

AMAZON.COM INC, due Mar 13, 2056 0.26%

ORACLE CORP, due Feb 4, 2056 0.24%

AT&T INC, due Sep 15, 2053 0.23%

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Side by side

SPSB State Street SPDR Portfolio Short 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 of Short Term Corporate Bond Tracks an index of Long-Term Corporate Bond

Total return, 1 year +2.2% −5.9%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +3.6 pts vs AGG not measured

Expense ratio 0.04% 0.03%

Holdings 1684 2562

Net assets, SPSB as of Oct 27, 2026 and VCLT as of Sep 30, 2026 $11.3bn $7.5bn

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

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About each fund

SPSB

SPSB tracks an index of Short Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.2% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year.

VCLT

VCLT tracks an index of Long-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −5.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 17.8% below its high of Sep 22, 2021 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SPSB or VCLT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPSB returned +2.2% and VCLT −5.9%.
Which is cheaper, SPSB 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 to next

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

Sources and dates

SPSB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPSB 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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