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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VGLT returned −5.4% and VWO returned +15.6%, so VWO 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 VWO: how they differ

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

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund and Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VGLT and VWO 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 VWO
JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.62%	Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 14.73%
Mexico Government International Bond 0.50%	Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.28%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.49%	Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.57%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%	Delta Electronics Inc 1.18%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%	MediaTek Inc 1.07%
Mexico Government International Bond 0.48%	Reliance Industries Ltd 0.90%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.44%	HDFC Bank Ltd 0.81%
Province of British Columbia Canada 0.43%	Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.75%

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 VWO on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VGLT Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund	VWO Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Long-term Treasury	Emerging markets
Total return, 1 year	−5.4%	+15.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−22.9 pts	−1.9 pts
Expense ratio	not published	0.06%
Holdings	1703	6355

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.

VWO in plain words

VWO is an index equity fund tracking the Emerging markets. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +15.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% 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 6355 positions, with the top ten at 26.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VGLT or VWO?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VGLT returned −5.4% and VWO returned +15.6%, so VWO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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