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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VGLT returned −5.4% and VOE returned +20.2%, so VOE 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 VOE: how they differ

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

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund and Vanguard Mid-Cap Value Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VGLT and VOE 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 VOE
JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.62%	Cummins Inc 1.71%
Mexico Government International Bond 0.50%	Valero Energy Corp 1.34%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.49%	Marathon Petroleum Corp 1.29%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%	CRH PLC 1.24%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%	United Rentals Inc 1.23%
Mexico Government International Bond 0.48%	General Motors Co 1.21%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.44%	SLB Ltd 1.21%
Province of British Columbia Canada 0.43%	Simon Property Group Inc 1.20%

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 Jun 30, 2026.

VGLT and VOE on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VGLT Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund	VOE Vanguard Mid-Cap Value Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Long-term Treasury	Mid-Cap Value
Total return, 1 year	−5.4%	+20.2%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−22.9 pts	+2.7 pts
Expense ratio	not published	0.05%
Holdings	1703	170

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.

VOE in plain words

VOE is an index equity fund tracking the Mid-Cap Value. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +20.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 170 positions, with the top ten at 12.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VGLT or VOE?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VGLT returned −5.4% and VOE returned +20.2%, so VOE returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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