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Vanguard Core Bond ETF (VCRB)

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Price: $74.80; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $7.7B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.10%; Category 0.54%
Yield: 4.59%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: -0.5%-0.1%; Category -0.3%
3Y CAGR: —; Category 4.1%
5Y CAGR: —; Category -0.5%

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Vanguard Core Bond ETF

Calendar-year returns

Fund only: no comparison series covers this fund's history.

Risk statistics

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

Standard deviation: —
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Sharpe ratio: —
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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3YCAGR	5YCAGR	10YCAGR	LaunchCAGR
ETF	-1.2%	-1.8%	-0.9%	-1.1%	-0.5%	—	—	—	+3.3%
Intermediate Core Bond average	-1.2%	-1.7%	-1.1%	-1.1%	-0.3%	4.1%	-0.5%	1.3%	1.6%
Difference	0.0%	-0.1%	+0.2%	+0.1%	-0.1%	—	—	—	+1.7%

Holdings

Allocation as last published by the fund.

Sector allocation

Share of the equity the fund holds.

Materials83.5%
Health care16.5%

Asset mix

Bonds95.1%
Cash4.9%
Convertibles0.0%

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government28.8%
AAA10.4%
AA51.0%
A13.7%
BBB21.1%
BB1.8%
B0.2%
Below B0.0%
Other1.8%

ETF details

Issuer: Vanguard
Category: Fixed Income · Intermediate Core Bond
Ticker: VCRB
Exchange: Nasdaq
Inception: 14 Dec 2023 (2.7 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.10% (category 0.54%)
Holdings turnover: 426% (category 124%)
Distribution yield: 4.59%
Beta, 3 years: 0.00
Total net assets: $7.7B
Average duration: 4.47 years
Average maturity: 9.47 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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