# VCLT (Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF)

Vanguard · Bond ETFs · Long-term bond · data as of Oct 28, 2026

VCLT returned −5.9% over the year to Oct 28, 2026, charges 0.03% a year and holds $7.5bn in net assets on Sep 30, 2026.

Promise check: Delivered. As of May 31, 2026, VCLT had a duration of 12.0 years against "long". https://etfiq.com/promise-index/bonds/

VCLT tracks an index of Long-Term Corporate Bond and returned −5.9% over the past year.

## Key facts

- VCLT, total return, 1 year: −5.9%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VCLT, expense ratio: 0.03%, as of Jun 30, 2026.
- VCLT, holdings: 2562, as of Sep 30, 2026.
- VCLT, below its high: −17.8%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VCLT, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 5.2%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VCLT, last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 1, 2026: $0.3498, as of Oct 1, 2026.
- VCLT, net assets: $7.5bn (the issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026).

## VCLT over each window to Oct 28, 2026

| Window | Total return |
| --- | --- |
| 1 month | +2.8% |
| 3 months | −0.6% |
| 6 months | −2.6% |
| Year to date | −3.0% |
| 1 year | −5.9% |
| 3 years | +20.4% |
| 5 years | −15.9% |
| 10 years | +18.0% |
| Since launch | +101.2% |
| Since launch, annualised | +4.2% |

## VCLT key stats

- 52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $78.64 on Oct 29, 2025 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- 52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $68.13 on Oct 5, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range: $70.53, 23% of the way from the low to the high (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Holdings: 2562
- Top ten weight: 3.6%

## VCLT trading

- 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 ±0.14%.
- Limit: midpoint + 1¢ to buy, midpoint − 1¢ to sell. At the Oct 27 close of $70.88, that’s $70.89 to buy and $70.87 to sell.
- The full trading page: https://etfiq.com/funds/vclt/trading/

## Every published field

| Field | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it tracks | Bloomberg U.S. 10+ Year Corporate Bond Index | ETFIQ |
| Fund type | Bond fund | ETFIQ |
| Category | Bonds · Long-term bond | ETFIQ |
| Expense ratio | 0.03% | 497 XBRL, Jun 30, 2026 |
| Price | $70.53 | ETFIQ |
| First traded | Nov 23, 2009 | ETFIQ |
| Net assets | $7.5bn | the issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026 |
| Benchmark | 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 | ETFIQ, from its filings |
| Below its high | −17.8% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings | 2562 | ETFIQ |
| Top ten weight | 3.6% | 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: +$601m, 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/vclt.json>. Method: https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows

## Questions

### How has VCLT performed?

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VCLT returned −5.9% with distributions reinvested. Over three years the number is +20.4%.

### What does VCLT cost?

The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

### How far is VCLT below its high?

17.8% below its high of Sep 22, 2021, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026.


## Cite this page

ETFIQ, VCLT, bond fund, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/vclt
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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