Which returned more over the last year, SUSC or VCIT?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SUSC returned −2.1% and VCIT −1.8%.

Which is cheaper, SUSC or VCIT?

VCIT is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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SUSC vs VCIT: Differences, Returns & Fees

On May 31, 2026 SUSC's duration was 6.7 years and VCIT's 6.0; VCIT charges 0.03% to SUSC's 0.18%. Net assets: $1.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF, and $66.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF.

VCIT costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.3 points; VCIT is far larger, $66.6bn against $1.3bn.

	SUSC	VCIT
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$1.3bn	$66.6bn
Total return, 1 year	−2.1%	−1.8%
What it tracks	Bloomberg MSCI US Corporate ESG Focus Index	Bloomberg U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index
Holdings in common	20%
Below its high	4.5%, high on Aug 3, 2021	4.4%, high on Feb 27, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026.

−2.1%

SUSC total return, 1 year

−1.8%

VCIT total return, 1 year

0.18%

SUSC expense ratio

0.03%

VCIT expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SUSC and VCIT hold 20% 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.

50%

half

20% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding SUSC VCIT

Honeywell Aerospace Inc, due Mar 16, 2036 0.15% 0.17%

Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc, due Feb 1, 2036 0.10% 0.27%

Synopsys Inc, due Apr 1, 2035 0.10% 0.12%

JPMorgan Chase & Co, due Jul 25, 2033 0.09% 0.25%

Bank of America Corp, due Jul 22, 2033 0.09% 0.27%

Cheniere Energy Inc, due Apr 15, 2034 0.13% 0.08%

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc, due Jul 9, 2034 0.08% 0.10%

Bank of America Corp, due Apr 25, 2034 0.08% 0.14%

Oracle Corp, due Feb 4, 2036 0.08% 0.27%

Amgen Inc, due Mar 2, 2033 0.08% 0.23%

HSBC Holdings PLC, due Mar 10, 2037 0.08% 0.17%

ING Groep NV, due Mar 19, 2035 0.08% 0.11%

Only in SUSC

Salesforce Inc, due Apr 11, 2028 0.35%

Avangrid Inc, due Jun 1, 2029 0.34%

Automatic Data Processing Inc, due May 15, 2028 0.34%

National Bank of Canada, due Dec 18, 2028 0.30%

Automatic Data Processing Inc, due Sep 1, 2030 0.27%

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings Inc, due Nov 1, 2029 0.24%

Cheniere Energy Inc, due Oct 15, 2028 0.24%

Digital Realty Trust LP, due Jul 15, 2028 0.23%

Only in VCIT

AMAZON.COM INC, due Mar 13, 2036 0.30%

BOEING CO/THE, due May 1, 2034 0.28%

META PLATFORMS, due Nov 15, 2035 0.27%

ALPHABET INC, due Feb 15, 2036 0.24%

BANK OF AMER CRP, due Feb 6, 2037 0.21%

JPMORGAN CHASE, due Apr 23, 2037 0.19%

AMAZON.COM INC, due Mar 13, 2033 0.19%

US TREASURY N/B, due Apr 30, 2031 0.18%

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On the same fields

SUSC

iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF

VCIT

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year −2.1% −1.8%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −19.3 pts −19.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.18% 0.03%

Holdings 3951 2328

Net assets, SUSC as of Oct 9, 2026 and VCIT as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.3bn $66.6bn

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

SUSC in plain words

SUSC tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned −2.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. It sat 4.5% below its high of Aug 3, 2021 on Oct 9, 2026.

VCIT in plain words

VCIT tracks an index of Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned −1.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 4.4% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SUSC or VCIT?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SUSC returned −2.1% and VCIT −1.8%.
Which is cheaper, SUSC or VCIT?: VCIT is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

SUSC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SUSC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for SUSC ↗VCIT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VCIT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VCIT ↗

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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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