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Vanguard High-Yield Active ETF (VGHY)

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Price: $73.52; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $317.1M; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.22%; Category 0.85%
Yield: —; Trailing distributions

1Y return: —; Category 3.1%
3Y CAGR: —; Category 7.8%
5Y CAGR: —; Category 3.6%

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Vanguard High-Yield Active 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: —
Maximum drawdown: —
Sharpe ratio: —
Sortino ratio: —
Beta: —
Alpha: —
R²: —
Information ratio: —
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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3YCAGR	5YCAGR	10YCAGR	LaunchCAGR
ETF	-0.8%	-0.1%	+2.2%	+1.5%	—	—	—	—	+3.4%
High Yield Bond average	-0.7%	-0.0%	2.6%	1.7%	3.1%	7.8%	3.6%	4.7%	4.7%
Difference	-0.1%	-0.1%	-0.3%	-0.2%	—	—	—	—	-1.4%

Holdings

Allocation as last published by the fund.

Sector allocation

Share of the equity the fund holds.

Materials86.7%
Health care13.3%

Asset mix

Bonds97.6%
Cash2.1%
Stocks0.3%

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government6.9%
AA7.0%
BBB2.0%
BB51.5%
B35.0%
Below B6.2%

ETF details

Issuer: Vanguard
Category: Fixed Income · High Yield Bond
Ticker: VGHY
Exchange: Cboe BZX
Inception: 16 Sept 2025 (1.0 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.22% (category 0.85%)
Holdings turnover: 20% (category 74%)
Distribution yield: —
Beta, 3 years: 0.00
Total net assets: $317.1M
Average maturity: 9.79 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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