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Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCLT)

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Price: $70.63; —30 Oct 2026
Assets: $8.9B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.03%; Category 0.84%
Yield: 5.99%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: -4.3%-0.9%; Category -3.4%
3Y CAGR: 6.6%+0.4%; Category 6.2%
5Y CAGR: -3.4%-0.1%; Category -3.3%

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Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Calendar-year returns

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Risk statistics

Five years of daily closes. Risk-free rate 4% a year.

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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3YCAGR	5YCAGR	10YCAGR	LaunchCAGR
ETF	+3.6%	-0.4%	-2.9%	-2.9%	-4.3%	+6.6%	-3.4%	+1.7%	+4.2%
Long-Term Bond average	3.0%	-0.6%	-2.6%	-2.3%	-3.4%	6.2%	-3.3%	1.4%	3.2%
Difference	+0.7%	+0.2%	-0.3%	-0.6%	-0.9%	+0.4%	-0.1%	+0.3%	+1.1%

Holdings

Allocation as last published by the fund.

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government0.4%
AAA1.5%
AA12.6%
A44.3%
BBB41.7%
BB0.0%

Asset mix

Bonds99.0%
Cash1.0%

ETF details

Issuer: Vanguard
Category: Fixed Income · Long-Term Bond
Ticker: VCLT
Exchange: Nasdaq
Inception: 19 Nov 2009 (16.9 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.03% (category 0.84%)
Holdings turnover: 44% (category 79%)
Distribution yield: 5.99%
Beta, 3 years: 1.96
Total net assets: $8.9B
Average maturity: 7.97 years

Prices and returns as of 30 Oct 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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