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Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCLT)

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Price: $70.65; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $9.6B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.03%; Category 0.84%
Yield: 5.66%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: -4.8%-1.6%; Category -3.2%
3Y CAGR: 3.7%+0.3%; Category 3.4%
5Y CAGR: -3.7%-0.1%; Category -3.6%

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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	-1.2%	-4.7%	-1.5%	-3.3%	-4.8%	+3.7%	-3.7%	+1.6%	+4.2%
Long-Term Bond average	-1.2%	-3.8%	-1.3%	-2.5%	-3.2%	3.4%	-3.6%	1.2%	3.3%
Difference	0.0%	-0.9%	-0.2%	-0.8%	-1.6%	+0.3%	-0.1%	+0.4%	+1.0%

Holdings

Allocation as last published by the fund.

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government0.2%
AAA1.7%
AA12.2%
A44.7%
BBB41.4%
Other0.0%

Asset mix

Bonds99.4%
Cash0.6%

ETF details

Issuer: Vanguard
Category: Fixed Income · Long-Term Bond
Ticker: VCLT
Exchange: Nasdaq
Inception: 19 Nov 2009 (16.8 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.03% (category 0.84%)
Holdings turnover: 44% (category 79%)
Distribution yield: 5.66%
Beta, 3 years: 1.99
Total net assets: $9.6B
Average maturity: 8.38 years

Prices and returns as of 11 Sept 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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