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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPY returned +17.5% and VCLT returned −4.8%, so SPY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, SPY or VCLT?

SPY charges 0.09% a year and VCLT charges 0.03%, so VCLT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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SPY vs VCLT: how they differ

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

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust and Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SPY and VCLT 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 SPY	Only in VCLT
NVIDIA CORP 8.08%	Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch 0.38%
APPLE INC 7.33%	CVS Health Corp 0.34%
MICROSOFT CORP 5.59%	Meta Platforms Inc 0.29%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.77%	Boeing Co/The 0.27%
ALPHABET INC CL A 2.98%	Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.27%
BROADCOM INC 2.61%	Amazon.com Inc 0.26%
ALPHABET INC CL C 2.39%	Oracle Corp 0.24%
META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.16%	AT&T Inc 0.24%

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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

SPY and VCLT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	VCLT Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	State Street	Vanguard
What it is	S&P 500	Long-Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+17.5%	−4.8%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	0.0 pts	−22.3 pts
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.03%
Holdings	505	2775

SPY in plain words

SPY is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 505 positions, with the top ten at 38.2%.

VCLT in plain words

VCLT is a bond fund tracking the Long-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −4.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 18.1% below its high of Sep 22, 2021 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SPY or VCLT?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPY returned +17.5% and VCLT returned −4.8%, so SPY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, SPY or VCLT?: SPY charges 0.09% a year and VCLT charges 0.03%, so VCLT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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