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Vanguard Core Plus Bond ETF (VPLS)

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Price: $75.26; —30 Oct 2026
Assets: $2B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.20%; Category 0.74%
Yield: 4.73%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: 0.1%+0.2%; Category -0.2%
3Y CAGR: —; Category 5.9%
5Y CAGR: —; Category 0.2%

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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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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3YCAGR	5YCAGR	10YCAGR	LaunchCAGR
ETF	+2.1%	-0.3%	-0.9%	-0.3%	+0.1%	—	—	—	+4.4%
Intermediate Core-Plus Bond average	2.0%	-0.3%	-1.1%	-0.6%	-0.2%	5.9%	0.2%	1.9%	1.9%
Difference	0.0%	+0.1%	+0.2%	+0.3%	+0.2%	—	—	—	+2.5%

Holdings

Allocation as last published by the fund.

Sector allocation

Share of the equity the fund holds.

Materials100.0%

Asset mix

Bonds98.4%
Cash1.6%
Convertibles0.1%

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government23.9%
AAA10.5%
AA44.8%
A12.4%
BBB21.8%
BB6.3%
B2.3%
Below B0.4%
Other1.5%

ETF details

Issuer: Vanguard
Category: Fixed Income · Intermediate Core-Plus Bond
Ticker: VPLS
Exchange: Nasdaq
Inception: 7 Dec 2023 (2.9 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.20% (category 0.74%)
Holdings turnover: 392% (category 164%)
Distribution yield: 4.73%
Beta, 3 years: 0.00
Total net assets: $2B
Average duration: 4.58 years
Average maturity: 9.21 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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