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Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (VGLT)

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Price: $51.90; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $15.1B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.03%; Category 0.78%
Yield: 4.76%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: -5.4%-0.1%; Category -5.3%
3Y CAGR: 0.4%+0.6%; Category -0.2%
5Y CAGR: -7.2%+0.6%; Category -7.8%

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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	-1.2%	-4.1%	-3.9%	-4.1%	-5.4%	+0.4%	-7.2%	-1.7%	+2.5%
Long Government average	-1.2%	-4.2%	-4.0%	-4.0%	-5.3%	-0.2%	-7.8%	-2.1%	-0.8%
Difference	+0.1%	+0.1%	+0.1%	0.0%	-0.1%	+0.6%	+0.6%	+0.4%	+3.2%

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 (16.8 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.03% (category 0.78%)
Holdings turnover: 20% (category 82%)
Distribution yield: 4.76%
Beta, 3 years: 2.25
Total net assets: $15.1B
Average maturity: 7.89 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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