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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCSH returned +1.6% and VGLT returned −5.4%, so VCSH 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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VCSH vs VGLT: how they differ

VCSH and VGLT hold 2% of their weight in the same names, and VCSH returned more over the year.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund and Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VCSH and VGLT hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions VCSH and VGLT both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	VCSH	VGLT
Bank of America Corp	0.17%	0.16%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The	0.13%	0.15%
Morgan Stanley	0.11%	0.09%
Boeing Co/The	0.09%	0.13%
Pacific Gas and Electric Co	0.08%	0.16%
HCA Inc	0.06%	0.19%
BAT Capital Corp	0.06%	0.25%
RTX Corp	0.05%	0.09%
Humana Inc	0.05%	0.09%
Ford Motor Credit Co LLC	0.04%	0.05%
General Motors Financial Co Inc	0.04%	0.07%
Morgan Stanley	0.04%	0.14%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in VCSH	Only in VGLT
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.85%	JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.62%
Bank of America Corp 0.24%	Mexico Government International Bond 0.50%
AbbVie Inc 0.21%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.49%
CVS Health Corp 0.21%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%
T-Mobile USA Inc 0.20%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%
Boeing Co/The 0.20%	Mexico Government International Bond 0.48%
Wells Fargo & Co 0.18%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.44%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.18%	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 May 31, 2026.

VCSH and VGLT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VCSH Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund	VGLT Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Short-Term Corporate Bond	Long-term Treasury
Total return, 1 year	+1.6%	−5.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−15.9 pts	−22.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	not published
Holdings	2999	1703

VCSH in plain words

VCSH is a bond fund tracking the Short-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

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, VCSH or VGLT?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCSH returned +1.6% and VGLT returned −5.4%, so VCSH returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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