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Vanguard Core Plus Bond ETF (VPLS)

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Price: $75.24; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $1.9B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.20%; Category 0.74%
Yield: 4.58%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: -0.0%+0.2%; Category -0.2%
3Y CAGR: —; Category 4.6%
5Y CAGR: —; Category -0.1%

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Vanguard Core Plus 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: —
Sortino ratio: —
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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3YCAGR	5YCAGR	10YCAGR	LaunchCAGR
ETF	-1.1%	-1.6%	-0.6%	-0.8%	0.0%	—	—	—	+4.5%
Intermediate Core-Plus Bond average	-1.1%	-1.6%	-0.8%	-1.0%	-0.2%	4.6%	-0.1%	1.8%	2.4%
Difference	0.0%	-0.1%	+0.2%	+0.2%	+0.2%	—	—	—	+2.1%

Holdings

Allocation as last published by the fund.

Sector allocation

Share of the equity the fund holds.

Materials82.6%
Health care17.4%

Asset mix

Bonds97.8%
Cash2.1%
Convertibles0.1%
Stocks0.0%

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government23.8%
AAA10.1%
AA43.3%
A14.4%
BBB23.7%
BB6.9%
B2.3%
Below B0.4%

ETF details

Issuer: Vanguard
Category: Fixed Income · Intermediate Core-Plus Bond
Ticker: VPLS
Exchange: Nasdaq
Inception: 7 Dec 2023 (2.8 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.20% (category 0.74%)
Holdings turnover: 392% (category 164%)
Distribution yield: 4.58%
Beta, 3 years: 0.00
Total net assets: $1.9B
Average duration: 4.65 years
Average maturity: 9.50 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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