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Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (VGLT)

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Price: $52.53; —30 Oct 2026
Assets: $14.8B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.03%; Category 0.78%
Yield: 5.04%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: -4.4%0.0%; Category -4.4%
3Y CAGR: 4.2%+0.8%; Category 3.4%
5Y CAGR: -6.7%+0.4%; Category -7.1%

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Vanguard Long-Term Treasury 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.

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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3YCAGR	5YCAGR	10YCAGR	LaunchCAGR
ETF	+5.2%	+0.8%	-2.1%	-2.5%	-4.4%	+4.2%	-6.7%	-1.2%	+2.6%
Long Government average	5.2%	0.6%	-2.1%	-2.5%	-4.4%	3.4%	-7.1%	-1.6%	-0.2%
Difference	0.0%	+0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	+0.8%	+0.4%	+0.4%	+2.7%

Holdings

Allocation as last published by the fund.

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government100.0%
AA100.0%
Other0.0%

Asset mix

Bonds100.0%
Cash0.0%

ETF details

Issuer: Vanguard
Category: Fixed Income · Long Government
Ticker: VGLT
Exchange: Nasdaq
Inception: 19 Nov 2009 (16.9 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.03% (category 0.78%)
Holdings turnover: 20% (category 82%)
Distribution yield: 5.04%
Beta, 3 years: 2.17
Total net assets: $14.8B
Average maturity: 7.57 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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