FundNASDAQCorporate Investment Grade

Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF

VTC NASDAQ

The Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF seeks to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Bond Index. The Fund ptovides a broad, diversified exposure to the investment-grade U.S. corporate bond market with intermediate-duration portfolio, and exposure to short-, intermediate, and long-te...

72.98USD
−1.73 (−2.31%) 1 Year · close Oct 12

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Dividend yield
5.21%
Trailing 12 months
Volatility · 1Y
4.5%
Average Risk
Beta
0.16
vs the market
52-week range
72.4675.97
01 Performance

How VTC has paid off

Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against its benchmark.

Return by period

Price · to Oct 12
Average performance Select a period to update every chart on the page.

Total return vs benchmark

Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 Index
−50.9 pts
0%20%40% VTC +2.8% Index +53.7%

Over 1 year, VTC returned +2.8% with dividends reinvested — −50.9 pts behind its benchmark.

02 Risk

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 · 1Y
4.5%Average Risk

A typical year sees the price swing about ±4% around its trend.

Drawdown from peak

How far below its previous high the price has been
−4.6%
0%-3%−4.6%

Deepest fall −4.6% on Sep 30, 2026 — 215 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 0% of the time.

Risk vs reward

1Y
Volatility →Return →More return, less riskIndex+53.7% · σ 14%VTC+2.8% · σ 4%

Over 1 year, VTC delivered less return, with less risk than its benchmark.

Market sensitivity

Beta
Market moves+10.0%
VTC tends to move+1.6%

A beta of 0.16 means VTC has moved less than the market.

Sharpe ratio -0.99 Return earned per unit of volatility
03 Technicals

Trend & momentum

Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.

Price vs moving averages

Downtrend
72.98
  • 12-day average72.91 +0.1%
  • 26-day average73.26 −0.4%
  • 50-day average73.72 −1.0%
  • 200-day average74.26 −1.7%

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)

Oversold
OversoldOverbought28.3

RSI 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.

04 Dividends

What it pays you

Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.

Dividend yield5.21%

About 52 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.

Per share
3.80
Last paid
Oct 1, 2026

Last 12 months

3.80 USD / share
0.32Nov 30.31Dec 10.31Dec 180.32Feb 20.29Mar 20.32Apr 10.31May 10.32Jun 10.32Jul 10.33Aug 30.33Sep 10.32Oct 1
05 Themes

Where VTC shows up

Curated themes and indices that hold VTC. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.

06 Profile

About Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF

The Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF seeks to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Bond Index. The Fund ptovides a broad, diversified exposure to the investment-grade U.S. corporate bond market with intermediate-duration portfolio, and exposure to short-, intermediate, and long-term maturities

  • Featured in 1 curated theme
Ticker
VTC
Exchange
NASDAQ
ISIN
US92206C5739
CUSIP
92206C573
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

NameVanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF
TickerVTC
ISINUS92206C5739
CUSIP92206C573
ExchangeNASDAQ
CategoryCorporate Investment Grade
Sub CategoryIntermediate
CountryUSA
CurrencyU.S. Dollar
Inception DateNov 7, 2017
BenchmarkBloomberg U.S. Corporate Bond Index

Shareas of Oct 12, 2026

Close Price USD72.98
52W Low / High 72.46 / 75.97
1Y Total Return2.78%
Average
1Y Volatility4.69%
Average Risk
Beta0.16
12M Dividends3.801
Last Dividend DateOct 1, 2026
Dist. Frequency-
Dividend Yield5.21%

Dataas of Oct 13, 2026

AUM-
Discount/Premium-
NAV-
Shares Outstanding-
Volume 20D Avg-
Nbr of Holdings-
Risk Rank-
Net Expense-
Options available-
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