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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VGLT returned −5.4% and VPL returned +36.9%, so VPL 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 VPL: how they differ

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

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund and Vanguard Pacific Stock Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VGLT and VPL hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions VGLT and VPL both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	VGLT	VPL
Commonwealth Bank of Australia	0.02%	1.80%
Qantas Airways Ltd	0.01%	0.04%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in VGLT	Only in VPL
JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.62%	Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 6.06%
Mexico Government International Bond 0.50%	SK hynix Inc 4.12%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.49%	Toyota Motor Corp 1.74%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.69%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%	BHP Group Ltd 1.66%
Mexico Government International Bond 0.48%	Hitachi Ltd 1.18%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.44%	Advantest Corp 1.16%
Province of British Columbia Canada 0.43%	SoftBank Group Corp 1.14%

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 VPL on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VGLT Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund	VPL Vanguard Pacific Stock Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Long-term Treasury	Pacific Stock
Total return, 1 year	−5.4%	+36.9%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−22.9 pts	+19.4 pts
Expense ratio	not published	0.07%
Holdings	1703	2335

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.

VPL in plain words

VPL is an index equity fund tracking the Pacific Stock. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +36.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2335 positions, with the top ten at 21.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VGLT or VPL?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VGLT returned −5.4% and VPL returned +36.9%, so VPL returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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