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About Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF
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Inception date
Nov 19, 2009
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Distributor
Vanguard Marketing Corp.
VCLT holds a broad portfolio of long-term investment-grade corporate bonds. Like all long-term bond funds, it is highly sensitive to long-term interest rates, but its high weighted-average credit rating means that its credit risk is very small. The fund includes USD-denominated, fixed-rate, taxable securities issued by industrial, utility, and financial companies with more than 10 years until maturity. The Fund invests using a sampling process that selects a representative sample of securities to capture the index key risk factors and other characteristics. The Index undergoes monthly rebalance and reconstitution.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Corporate
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Corporate99.73%
Cash0.20%
Government0.15%
Municipal0.02%
Structured0.01%
Futures−0.11%
Stock breakdown by region
North America94.15%
Europe4.07%
Asia1.29%
Oceania0.48%
Latin America0.01%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
VCLT invests in bonds. The fund's major sectors are Corporate, with 99.73% stocks, and Government, with 0.15% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the North America region.
VCLT top holdings are Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC. 4.9% 01-FEB-2046 and CVS Health Corporation 5.05% 25-MAR-2048, occupying 0.45% and 0.34% of the portfolio correspondingly.
VCLT last dividends amounted to 0.37 USD. The month before, the issuer paid 0.36 USD in dividends, which shows a 3.08% increase.
VCLT assets under management is 9.91 B USD. It's fallen 8.70% over the last month.
VCLT fund flows account for 890.88 M USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Yes, VCLT pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 5.41%. The last dividend (Jun 4, 2025) amounted to 0.37 USD. The dividends are paid monthly.
VCLT shares are issued by The Vanguard Group, Inc. under the brand Vanguard. The ETF was launched on Nov 19, 2009, and its management style is Passive.
VCLT expense ratio is 0.04% meaning you'd have to pay 0.04% of your investment to help manage the fund.
VCLT follows the Bloomberg US Corporate (10+ Y). ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
VCLT invests in bonds.
VCLT price has risen by 1.04% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a −3.16% decrease. See more dynamics on VCLT price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, showed a −1.24% decrease in three-month performance and has increased by 1.12% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, showed a −1.24% decrease in three-month performance and has increased by 1.12% in a year.