Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCLT US)
VCLT US$70.53
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Share price activity
Displays share price activity. Volume = number of shares traded, Turnover = value of shares traded, VWAP = volume-weighted average price for the day, sourced from Morningstar.
- Last (Price)
- 70.53
- Change
- ▼ -0.35 (-0.49)
- Bid / Ask
- 62.19 - 70.55
- Volume
- 982,609
- Turnover
- 67,357,791
- Open
- 71.03
- Day Range
- 70.37 - 71.06
- VWAP
- 70.71
- Prev Close
- 70.88
- Last Trade
- 28/10 4:00pm
Fund profile
Displays who issues the fund, how it is structured and invests, its Morningstar category and benchmark, size, headline costs and dates, sourced from Morningstar. Fund size counts every class of the fund; ETF net assets is this listing alone.
Fund size
$8.87B
SEP 2026
Distributions
Monthly
Since inception
16.9 yrs
NOV 2009
- Legal name
- Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares
- Issuer
- Vanguard
- Type
- Exchange-Traded Fund
- Structure
- Open Ended Investment Company
- Management style
- Index fund
- Morningstar category
- Long-Term Bond
- Category index
- Bloomberg US Govt/Credit Long TR USD
- Benchmark
- Bloomberg US Agg Float Adj TR USD
- ETF net assets
- $8.38B
- Units on issue
- 119.2M
- Management fee
- 0.03% p.a.
- Domicile
- United States
- Base currency
- USD
- Inception
- 19 NOV 2009
- Listed
- 23 NOV 2009
- Index provider
- Bloomberg Index
Objective and strategy
The investment seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted corporate bond index with a long-term dollar-weighted average maturity. The fund manager employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. 10+ Year Corporate Bond Index, which includes U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade, fixed-rate, taxable debt securities issued by U.S. and non-U.S. industrial, utility, and financial companies, all with maturities greater than 10 years. Under normal circumstances, it invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in the bonds that make up the Target Index.
Asset allocation
Displays how the fund is split between shares, bonds, cash and other assets, sourced from Morningstar.
US equity 0.00%Non-US equity 0.00%
| Asset class | Net % | Long % | Short % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Bond | 98.97 | 98.97 | 0.00 |
| Cash | 1.03 | 1.04 | 0.00 |
| Other | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Portfolio statistics · 30 SEP 2026
Displays the valuation, yield, size, concentration and quality of the fund's shareholdings taken together (trailing twelve months), sourced from Morningstar.
- Assets in top 10
- 2.79%
Top holdings · top 10 = 2.79% of assets
Displays the fund's ten largest holdings and their weight in the portfolio, sourced from Morningstar.
| Holding | % Weight | First bought | Market value | Currency | Units held | Sector | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anheuser-Busch Companies LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc | 0.37 | — | 30.8M | USD | 36.9M | — | Belgium | |
| United States Treasury Bonds | 0.36 | — | 29.4M | USD | 31.4M | — | United States | |
| CVS Health Corp | 0.33 | — | 27.4M | USD | 34.0M | — | United States | |
| Boeing Co. | 0.27 | — | 22.2M | USD | 24.9M | — | United States | |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 0.27 | — | 22.0M | USD | 27.5M | — | United States | |
| AT&T Inc | 0.24 | — | 20.1M | USD | 34.8M | — | United States | |
| AT&T Inc | 0.24 | — | 20.0M | USD | 34.8M | — | United States | |
| Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 0.24 | — | 19.8M | USD | 19.6M | — | United States | |
| CVS Health Corp | 0.24 | — | 19.6M | USD | 22.5M | — | United States | |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 0.22 | — | 18.4M | USD | 22.1M | — | United States |
Trailing returns · 30 SEP 2026
Displays total returns after fees at net asset value, the return at the ASX market price, the return before fees, and where the fund ranks among funds in its Morningstar category, sourced from Morningstar.
Fund (NAV) Market price
1M
-4.5
3M
-7.5
6M
-5.3
YTD
-6.2
1Y
-6.6
3Y
4.0
5Y
-3.8
10Y
1.1
| Period | Fund (NAV) % | Market price % | Before fees % | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | -4.45 | -4.64 | -4.45 | 43 / 46 |
| 3 months | -7.46 | -7.64 | -7.45 | 45 / 46 |
| 6 months | -5.33 | -5.69 | -5.32 | 52 / 45 |
| Year to date | -6.19 | -6.28 | -6.17 | 37 / 45 |
| 1 year | -6.62 | -6.83 | -6.59 | 51 / 45 |
| 3 years p.a. | 3.97 | 3.92 | 4.01 | 26 / 41 |
| 5 years p.a. | -3.79 | -3.75 | -3.75 | 36 / 35 |
| 10 years p.a. | 1.09 | 1.02 | 1.13 | 34 / 30 |
Returns to 30 SEP 2026, periods of 3 years and longer annualised. Rank is the percentile in the Morningstar category at 30 SEP 2026 (1 = best) over the funds ranked.
Calendar year returns
Displays the total return after fees and the capital (price) return for each calendar year, with the fund's rank in its Morningstar category, sourced from Morningstar.
Total Capital
2016
10.6
2017
12.4
2018
-6.9
2019
23.2
2020
13.7
2021
-1.1
2022
-25.7
2023
11.1
2024
-1.9
2025
7.3
| Year | Total % | Capital % | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.28 | 1.54 | 45 / 47 |
| 2024 | -1.87 | -6.83 | 59 / 46 |
| 2023 | 11.10 | 6.04 | 19 / 35 |
| 2022 | -25.74 | -28.96 | 39 / 32 |
| 2021 | -1.15 | -4.13 | 32 / 31 |
| 2020 | 13.71 | 10.17 | 61 / 38 |
| 2019 | 23.20 | 18.57 | 29 / 38 |
| 2018 | -6.91 | -11.05 | 94 / 22 |
| 2017 | 12.40 | 7.99 | 1 / 23 |
| 2016 | 10.59 | 5.86 | 7 / 31 |
| 2015 | -4.63 | -9.01 | 98 / 37 |
Risk statistics · 30 SEP 2026
Displays how the fund has moved relative to its category index: alpha (return beyond the index), beta (sensitivity to it), R-squared (how much the index explains), volatility and risk-adjusted returns, sourced from Morningstar.
| 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 10 years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha | -0.70 | 0.77 | 1.99 | 1.97 |
| Beta | 1.73 | 1.96 | 2.03 | 2.14 |
| R-squared | 88.51 | 92.26 | 92.88 | 83.96 |
| Standard deviation | 7.50 | 11.44 | 13.55 | 11.94 |
| Sharpe ratio | -1.38 | 0.00 | -0.51 | -0.06 |
| Sortino ratio | -1.39 | 0.00 | -0.67 | -0.09 |
| Tracking error | 3.92 | 6.24 | 7.49 | 7.52 |
| Information ratio | -1.22 | -0.01 | -0.42 | -0.01 |
| Upside capture % | 158.15 | 163.72 | 176.84 | 210.09 |
| Downside capture % | 222.34 | 207.56 | 204.49 | 228.28 |
| Maximum drawdown % | -8.33 | -8.33 | -31.29 | -31.63 |
Measured against Bloomberg US Agg Bond TR USD with USTREAS T-Bill Auction Ave 3 Mon as the risk-free rate, to 30 SEP 2026. Maximum drawdown is on gross returns at the latest quarter end.
Portfolio risk score
Displays Morningstar's Portfolio Risk Score for the fund's holdings, how closely the ETF tracks its index day to day, the estimated cost of holding it against the index, the cost of trading it at market size, and its best and worst quarters since inception, sourced from Morningstar.
Risk score
39.5
Cash 0
Global shares 100
Morningstar Portfolio Risk Score at 30 SEP 2026.
- Tracking volatility
- 2.997
- Est. holding cost %
- 4.780
- Market impact cost %
- 0.001
- Best quarter
- 17.99% · JAN 2024
- Worst quarter
- -15.32% · APR 2022
Fees and costs
Displays the fund's ongoing costs as a percentage of assets per year: the PDS management fees and costs, performance fee and transaction costs that make up the total cost ratio (the RG 97 forward estimate, and what was charged last financial year), and the buy / sell spread, sourced from Morningstar.
- Management fees and costs
- 0.03% p.a.
- PDS dated
- 30 JUN 2026
Distributions
Displays the most recent distribution paid per unit and its key dates, sourced from Morningstar.
- Latest distribution
- 0.3498
- Ex Date
- 1 OCT 2026
- Record Date
- 1 OCT 2026
- Pay Date
- 5 OCT 2026
- NAV at ex date
- 68.33
- Paid this year
- 3.1060
Distributions by year
Displays the total distributions paid per unit in each calendar year, sourced from Morningstar.
2024
4.2
2023
3.9
2022
3.7
2021
3.4
2020
3.3
2019
3.5
2018
3.9
2017
3.9
2016
3.8
2015
3.9
| Year | Per unit ($) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.1809 |
| 2023 | 3.8820 |
| 2022 | 3.7446 |
| 2021 | 3.3604 |
| 2020 | 3.2529 |
| 2019 | 3.5074 |
| 2018 | 3.8649 |
| 2017 | 3.8783 |
| 2016 | 3.8368 |
| 2015 | 3.8730 |
Distribution history
Displays the most recent distributions by ex date, sourced from Morningstar.
| Ex Date | Per unit ($) |
|---|---|
| 1 OCT 2026 | 0.3498 |
| 1 SEP 2026 | 0.3615 |
| 3 AUG 2026 | 0.3502 |
| 1 JUL 2026 | 0.3422 |
| 1 JUN 2026 | 0.3551 |
| 1 MAY 2026 | 0.3274 |
| 1 APR 2026 | 0.3561 |
| 2 MAR 2026 | 0.3181 |
| 2 FEB 2026 | 0.3456 |
| 18 DEC 2025 | 0.3492 |
| 1 DEC 2025 | 0.3402 |
| 3 NOV 2025 | 0.3334 |
Sustainability rating · 31 AUG 2026
Displays the Morningstar Sustainability Rating (1 to 5 globes, more is better) and the portfolio ESG risk score behind it (lower is less risk), against the average of the fund's global category, sourced from Morningstar and Sustainalytics.
Below Average
ESG risk score
22.55
Negligible
Low
Medium
High
Severe
Category average 20.41
- Rank in category
- 83rd percentile of 3,379 funds
- Environmental risk
- 6.13
- Social risk
- 8.82
- Governance risk
- 4.27
- Portfolio covered
- 95.9%
ESG risk of holdings
Displays the share of the covered portfolio held in companies with negligible, low, medium, high and severe ESG risk, sourced from Morningstar and Sustainalytics.
- Negligible
- 0.97%
- Low
- 42.16%
- Medium
- 42.12%
- High
- 10.79%
- Severe
- 3.96%
9.66% of assets are in companies with high or severe controversies.
Carbon · 31 AUG 2026
Displays the portfolio carbon risk score (lower is less exposure to the transition to a low-carbon economy), the share of the portfolio in companies with fossil fuel revenue, and whether the fund earns Morningstar's Low Carbon Designation, sourced from Morningstar and Sustainalytics.
Carbon risk score
11.06
Low
Medium
High
Severe
Category average 11.22
- Carbon risk
- Medium Risk
- Rank in category
- 59th percentile of 320 funds
- Fossil fuel involvement
- 25.55%
- Category average
- 19.78%
- Low Carbon Designation
- No
- Portfolio covered
- 95.0%
Fund managers
Displays the people Morningstar lists as managers of the fund, sourced from Morningstar.
- Joshua C. Barrickman
- Jake Riley
Tenure
Displays how long the managers have run the fund: the average and longest tenure, who has served longest, the latest appointment and how many other funds the team manages, sourced from Morningstar.
- Number of managers
- 2
- Average tenure
- 9.1 years
- Longest tenure
- 16.9 years
- Longest serving
- Joshua C. Barrickman · since 19 NOV 2009
- Most recent appointment
- Jake Riley · since 26 JUN 2025
- Managed since
- 19 NOV 2009
- Other funds managed
- 42
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