Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF
VCIT NASDAQ
The Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF seeks to provide a moderate and sustainable level of current income. The Fund invests primarily in high-quality (investment-grade) corporate bonds, with a dollar-weighted average maturity of 5 to 10 years.
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- Fund size
- 29.8B as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.07% per year
- Dividend yield
- 5.08% Monthly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 4.3% Average Risk
- Beta
- 0.14 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 77.9782.00
How VCIT has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against its benchmark.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 12Total return vs benchmark
Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 IndexOver 1 year, VCIT returned +2.8% with dividends reinvested — −50.9 pts behind its benchmark.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±4% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −4.9% on Sep 30, 2026 — 215 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 0% of the time.
Risk vs reward
1YOver 1 year, VCIT delivered less return, with less risk than its benchmark.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.14 means VCIT has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Downtrend- 12-day average78.42 +0.1%
- 26-day average78.82 −0.4%
- 50-day average79.36 −1.1%
- 200-day average79.96 −1.8%
The price is above 1 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is below the 200-day, a sign of a falling longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
Corporate Investment Grade · Intermediate — tracking the Bloomberg U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index.
- Assets under management29.8BUSD
- Expense ratio0.07%per year
- Holdings1,840
- Risk score2.4Low
Launched November 2009. Listed options available. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 51 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 3.99
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Last paid
- Oct 1, 2026
Last 12 months
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About Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF
The Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF seeks to provide a moderate and sustainable level of current income. The Fund invests primarily in high-quality (investment-grade) corporate bonds, with a dollar-weighted average maturity of 5 to 10 years.
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 1,840 holdings
- Ticker
- VCIT
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- ISIN
- US92206C8709
- CUSIP
- 92206C870
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Corporate Investment Grade
- Industry
- Intermediate
- Benchmark
- Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 12, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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