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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VGLT returned −5.4% and VOX returned +2.9%, so VOX 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 VOX: how they differ

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

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund and Vanguard Communication Services Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VGLT and VOX 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 VOX
JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.62%	Meta Platforms Inc 21.12%
Mexico Government International Bond 0.50%	Alphabet Inc 16.14%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.49%	Alphabet Inc 10.61%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%	Netflix Inc 4.77%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%	Verizon Communications Inc 4.17%
Mexico Government International Bond 0.48%	Walt Disney Co/The 3.96%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.44%	AT&T Inc 3.69%
Province of British Columbia Canada 0.43%	Warner Bros Discovery Inc 2.74%

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.

VGLT and VOX on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VGLT Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund	VOX Vanguard Communication Services Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Long-term Treasury	Communication Services
Total return, 1 year	−5.4%	+2.9%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−22.9 pts	−14.6 pts
Expense ratio	not published	0.09%
Holdings	1703	114

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.

VOX in plain words

VOX is an index equity fund tracking the Communication Services. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +2.9% 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 May 31, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 114 positions, with the top ten at 72.1%. It sat 4.3% below its high of Jan 29, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VGLT or VOX?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VGLT returned −5.4% and VOX returned +2.9%, so VOX returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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