# VCIT (Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF)

Vanguard · Bond ETFs · Corporate bond · data as of Oct 28, 2026

VCIT returned −1.8% over the year to Oct 28, 2026, charges 0.03% a year and holds $66.6bn in net assets on Sep 30, 2026.

Promise check: Delivered. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VCIT returned −1.8% against −1.8% for SCHI, which tracks the same Bloomberg U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index. Fees aside, VCIT finished 0.03 points behind SCHI. https://etfiq.com/promise-index/bonds/

VCIT tracks an index of Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond and returned −1.8% over the past year.

## Key facts

- VCIT, total return, 1 year: −1.8%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VCIT, expense ratio: 0.03%, as of Jun 30, 2026.
- VCIT, holdings: 2340, as of Sep 30, 2026.
- VCIT, below its high: −3.2%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VCIT, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 4.7%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VCIT, last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 1, 2026: $0.3398, as of Oct 1, 2026.
- VCIT, net assets: $66.6bn (the issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026).

## VCIT over each window to Oct 28, 2026

| Window | Total return | Benchmark (SCHI) | Gap to SCHI |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 month | +1.7% | +1.7% | 0.0 pts |
| 3 months | −1.1% | −1.1% | 0.0 pts |
| 6 months | −1.6% | −1.6% | 0.0 pts |
| Year to date | −1.7% | −1.7% | 0.0 pts |
| 1 year | −1.8% | −1.8% | 0.0 pts |
| 3 years | +22.0% | +22.1% | −0.1 pts |
| 5 years | +3.9% | +4.1% | −0.2 pts |
| 10 years | +28.8% | not available | not available |
| Since launch | +97.2% | not available | not available |
| Since launch, annualised | +4.1% | – | – |

## VCIT key stats

- 52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $84.72 on Feb 27, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- 52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $77.98 on Oct 2, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range: $79.34, 20% of the way from the low to the high (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Beta to its benchmark, 1 year: 0.99, against SCHI (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- R-squared, the same days: 0.98 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Beta and R-squared measured over: 251 daily total returns, Oct 29, 2025 to Oct 28, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Holdings: 2340
- Top ten weight: 3.0%

## VCIT trading

- Not scored.
- $1,000: about $0.06, 0.006%, one way.
- $10,000: about $0.65, 0.006%, one way.
- Premium to NAV at the Oct 27 close: +0.09%; 95% of days within ±0.09%.
- Limit: midpoint + 1¢ to buy, midpoint − 1¢ to sell. At the Oct 27 close of $79.48, that’s $79.49 to buy and $79.47 to sell.
- The full trading page: https://etfiq.com/funds/vcit/trading/

## Every published field

| Field | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it tracks | Bloomberg U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index | ETFIQ |
| Fund type | Bond fund | ETFIQ |
| Category | Bonds · Corporate bond | ETFIQ |
| Expense ratio | 0.03% | 497 XBRL, Jun 30, 2026 |
| Price | $79.34 | ETFIQ |
| First traded | Nov 23, 2009 | ETFIQ |
| Net assets | $66.6bn | the issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026 |
| Benchmark | Bloomberg U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index, measured by SCHI, which tracks the same index | ETFIQ, from its filings |
| Benchmark named in | its prospectus, 497, Jun 30, 2026 | ETFIQ |
| VCIT, 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 | −1.8% | ETFIQ |
| SCHI, the same days | −1.8% | ETFIQ |
| Against its benchmark, 1 year | 0.0 pts | ETFIQ |
| Below its high | −3.2% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings | 2340 | ETFIQ |
| Top ten weight | 3.0% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings as of | Sep 30, 2026 | the issuer’s month-end file |

## Money in and out, to May 31, 2026

Monthly data only. May 2026: +$554m, from SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone.

Computed by ETFIQ from the change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s NAV. Every day and month: <https://etfiq.com/data/flows/funds/vcit.json>. Method: https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows

## Questions

### How has VCIT performed?

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VCIT returned −1.8% with distributions reinvested, against −1.8% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index. Over three years the number is +22.0%.

### What does VCIT cost?

The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

### How far is VCIT below its high?

3.2% below its high of Feb 27, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026.


## Cite this page

ETFIQ, VCIT, bond fund, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/vcit
Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at <https://etfiq.com/data/>.

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