Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF
VCLT NASDAQ
The Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF seeks to provide a high and sustainable level of current income. The Fund invests primarily in high-quality (investment-grade) corporate bonds, with a dollar-weighted average maturity of 10 to 25 years.
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- Fund size
- 4.58B as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.07% per year
- Dividend yield
- 6.00% Monthly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 8.1% Above Average
- Beta
- 0.28 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 68.1374.94
How VCLT 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, VCLT returned −1.0% with dividends reinvested — −54.7 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 ±8% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −9.1% on Oct 5, 2026 — 342 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 16% of the time.
Risk vs reward
1YOver 1 year, VCLT delivered less return, with less risk than its benchmark.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.28 means VCLT 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 average68.82 +0.1%
- 26-day average69.47 −0.9%
- 50-day average70.24 −1.9%
- 200-day average71.64 −3.9%
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)
OversoldRSI 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 · Long Term — tracking the Bloomberg U.S. 10+ Year Corporate Bond Index.
- Assets under management4.58BUSD
- Expense ratio0.07%per year
- Holdings2,056
- Risk score3.2Low
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 60 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 4.13
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Last paid
- Oct 1, 2026
Last 12 months
4.13 USD / shareWhere VCLT shows up
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About Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF
The Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF seeks to provide a high and sustainable level of current income. The Fund invests primarily in high-quality (investment-grade) corporate bonds, with a dollar-weighted average maturity of 10 to 25 years.
- Featured in 2 curated themes
- 2,056 holdings
- Ticker
- VCLT
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- ISIN
- US92206C8139
- CUSIP
- 92206C813
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Corporate Investment Grade
- Industry
- Long Term
- 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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