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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VGLT returned −5.4% and VNQ returned +5.6%, so VNQ 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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VGLT vs VNQ: how they differ

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

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund and Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VGLT and VNQ 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 VGLT	Only in VNQ
JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.62%	Vanguard Real Estate II Index Fund 14.67%
Mexico Government International Bond 0.50%	Welltower Inc 7.86%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.49%	Prologis Inc 7.02%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%	Equinix Inc 5.66%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%	American Tower Corp 4.55%
Mexico Government International Bond 0.48%	Digital Realty Trust Inc 3.67%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.44%	Simon Property Group Inc 3.54%
Province of British Columbia Canada 0.43%	Realty Income Corp 3.12%

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.

VGLT and VNQ on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VGLT Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund	VNQ Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Long-term Treasury	US real estate
Total return, 1 year	−5.4%	+5.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−22.9 pts	−11.9 pts
Expense ratio	not published	0.13%
Holdings	1703	146

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.

VNQ in plain words

VNQ is an index equity fund tracking the US real estate. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +5.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.13% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 63% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 146 positions, with the top ten at 54.9%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Jul 28, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VGLT or VNQ?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VGLT returned −5.4% and VNQ returned +5.6%, so VNQ returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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