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 "ticker": "VCLT",
 "name": "Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF",
 "issuer": "Vanguard",
 "desk": "core",
 "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vclt",
 "html": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vclt",
 "markdown": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vclt.md",
 "as_of": "2026-10-28",
 "verdict": "VCLT tracks an index of Long-Term Corporate Bond and returned \u22125.9% over the past year.",
 "lead": "VCLT returned \u22125.9% over the year to Oct 28, 2026, charges 0.03% a year and holds $7.5bn in net assets on Sep 30, 2026.",
 "category": {
  "id": "bonds",
  "name": "Bonds",
  "label": "Bond ETFs",
  "url": "https://etfiq.com/bonds/",
  "group": {
   "id": "taxable-bonds",
   "name": "Taxable bonds"
  },
  "segment": {
   "id": "long-term",
   "name": "Long-term bond",
   "url": "https://etfiq.com/bonds/long-term/"
  },
  "status": "classified",
  "as_of": "2026-10-29",
  "method": "https://etfiq.com/methodology/categories"
 },
 "promise": {
  "badge": "delivered",
  "label": "Delivered",
  "category": "bonds",
  "sentence": "As of May 31, 2026, VCLT had a duration of 12.0 years against \"long\".",
  "figure": 11.99,
  "unit": "years",
  "from": "2026-05-31",
  "to": "2026-05-31",
  "url": "https://etfiq.com/promise-index/bonds/"
 },
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  {
   "key": "total_return_1_year",
   "label": "Total return, 1 year",
   "value": "\u22125.9%",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "sentence": "VCLT, total return, 1 year: \u22125.9%, as of Oct 28, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "\u22125.9%",
    "as_of": "2026-10-28",
    "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vclt#fact-total-return-1-year",
    "text": "VCLT, total return, 1 year: \u22125.9%, as of Oct 28, 2026."
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "0.03%",
   "source": "497 XBRL, Jun 30, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-06-30",
   "sentence": "VCLT, expense ratio: 0.03%, as of Jun 30, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "0.03%",
    "as_of": "2026-06-30",
    "source": "497 XBRL, Jun 30, 2026",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vclt#fact-expense-ratio",
    "text": "VCLT, expense ratio: 0.03%, as of Jun 30, 2026."
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "holdings",
   "label": "Holdings",
   "value": "2562",
   "source": "the issuer\u2019s holdings file",
   "as_of": "2026-09-30",
   "sentence": "VCLT, holdings: 2562, as of Sep 30, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "2562",
    "as_of": "2026-09-30",
    "source": "the issuer\u2019s holdings file",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vclt#fact-holdings",
    "text": "VCLT, holdings: 2562, as of Sep 30, 2026."
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "below_its_high",
   "label": "Below its high",
   "value": "\u221217.8%",
   "source": "ETFIQ",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "sentence": "VCLT, below its high: \u221217.8%, as of Oct 28, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "\u221217.8%",
    "as_of": "2026-10-28",
    "source": "ETFIQ",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vclt#fact-below-its-high",
    "text": "VCLT, below its high: \u221217.8%, as of Oct 28, 2026."
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "12_month_yield_capital_gains_included_on_its_starting_price",
   "label": "12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price",
   "value": "5.2%",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "sentence": "VCLT, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 5.2%, as of Oct 28, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "5.2%",
    "as_of": "2026-10-28",
    "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vclt#fact-12-month-yield-capital-gains-included-on-its-starting-price",
    "text": "VCLT, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 5.2%, as of Oct 28, 2026."
   }
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  {
   "key": "last_payment",
   "label": "Last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 1, 2026",
   "value": "$0.3498",
   "source": "Tiingo end-of-day distributions",
   "as_of": "2026-10-01",
   "sentence": "VCLT, last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 1, 2026: $0.3498, as of Oct 1, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "$0.3498",
    "as_of": "2026-10-01",
    "source": "Tiingo end-of-day distributions",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vclt#fact-last-payment",
    "text": "VCLT, last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 1, 2026: $0.3498, as of Oct 1, 2026."
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$7.5bn",
   "source": "the issuer\u2019s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-09-30",
   "sentence": "VCLT, net assets: $7.5bn (the issuer\u2019s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026).",
   "cite": {
    "value": "$7.5bn",
    "as_of": "2026-09-30",
    "source": "the issuer\u2019s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vclt#fact-net-assets",
    "text": "VCLT, net assets: $7.5bn (the issuer\u2019s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026)."
   }
  }
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  {
   "key": "what_it_tracks",
   "label": "What it tracks",
   "value": "Bloomberg U.S. 10+ Year Corporate Bond Index",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "fund_type",
   "label": "Fund type",
   "value": "Bond fund",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "category",
   "label": "Category",
   "value": "Bonds \u00b7 Long-term bond",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "0.03%",
   "source": "497 XBRL, Jun 30, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "price",
   "label": "Price",
   "value": "$70.53",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "first_traded",
   "label": "First traded",
   "value": "Nov 23, 2009",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$7.5bn",
   "source": "the issuer\u2019s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "benchmark",
   "label": "Benchmark",
   "value": "Its own holdings, as of Sep 30, 2026; no other fund tracks the Bloomberg U.S. 10+ Year Corporate Bond Index, the index its prospectus names",
   "source": "ETFIQ, from its filings"
  },
  {
   "key": "below_its_high",
   "label": "Below its high",
   "value": "\u221217.8%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "holdings",
   "label": "Holdings",
   "value": "2562",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "top_ten_weight",
   "label": "Top ten weight",
   "value": "3.6%",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "holdings_as_of",
   "label": "Holdings as of",
   "value": "Sep 30, 2026",
   "source": "the issuer\u2019s month-end file"
  }
 ],
 "periods": [
  {
   "window": "1 month",
   "Total return": "+2.8%"
  },
  {
   "window": "3 months",
   "Total return": "\u22120.6%"
  },
  {
   "window": "6 months",
   "Total return": "\u22122.6%"
  },
  {
   "window": "Year to date",
   "Total return": "\u22123.0%"
  },
  {
   "window": "1 year",
   "Total return": "\u22125.9%"
  },
  {
   "window": "3 years",
   "Total return": "+20.4%"
  },
  {
   "window": "5 years",
   "Total return": "\u221215.9%"
  },
  {
   "window": "10 years",
   "Total return": "+18.0%"
  },
  {
   "window": "Since launch",
   "Total return": "+101.2%"
  },
  {
   "window": "Since launch, annualised",
   "Total return": "+4.2%"
  }
 ],
 "questions": [
  {
   "q": "How has VCLT performed?",
   "a": "Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VCLT returned \u22125.9% with distributions reinvested. Over three years the number is +20.4%."
  },
  {
   "q": "What does VCLT cost?",
   "a": "The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year."
  },
  {
   "q": "How far is VCLT below its high?",
   "a": "17.8% below its high of Sep 22, 2021, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026."
  }
 ],
 "key_stats": [
  {
   "key": "high52",
   "label": "52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026",
   "value": "$78.64 on Oct 29, 2025",
   "as_of": "2025-10-29",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "number": 78.64,
   "window": {
    "from": "2025-10-29",
    "to": "2026-10-28"
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "low52",
   "label": "52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026",
   "value": "$68.13 on Oct 5, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-10-05",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "number": 68.13,
   "window": {
    "from": "2025-10-29",
    "to": "2026-10-28"
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "inrange",
   "label": "Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range",
   "value": "$70.53, 23% of the way from the low to the high",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "number": 70.53
  },
  {
   "key": "holdings",
   "label": "Holdings",
   "value": "2562",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "top10",
   "label": "Top ten weight",
   "value": "3.6%",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "source": null
  }
 ],
 "trading": {
  "as_of": "2026-10-27",
  "score": null,
  "tier": null,
  "status": "not-scored",
  "lines": [
   "Not scored.",
   "$1,000: about $0.08, 0.007%, one way.",
   "$10,000: about $0.75, 0.007%, one way.",
   "Premium to NAV at the Oct 27 close: +0.13%; 95% of days within \u00b10.14%.",
   "Limit: midpoint + 1\u00a2 to buy, midpoint \u2212 1\u00a2 to sell. At the Oct 27 close of $70.88, that\u2019s $70.89 to buy and $70.87 to sell."
  ],
  "page": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vclt/trading/"
 },
 "flows": {
  "as_of": "2026-05-31",
  "coverage": "monthly",
  "computed_by": "ETFIQ, from the change in shares outstanding times the previous day\u2019s NAV",
  "method": "https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows",
  "data": "https://etfiq.com/data/flows/funds/vclt.json",
  "windows": [],
  "latest_month": {
   "month": "2026-05",
   "net_flow_usd": 601100192,
   "net_flow": "+$601m",
   "source": "SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone"
  }
 },
 "generated": "2026-10-29",
 "license": "https://etfiq.com/license/",
 "license_text": "Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.",
 "citation": "ETFIQ, VCLT, bond fund, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/vclt"
}