How has VGLT performed?

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VGLT returned −6.7% with distributions reinvested, against −6.7% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Long Treasury Index. Over three years the number is +11.5%.

The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

How far is VGLT below its high?

38.8% below its high of Aug 4, 2020, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026.

What dividend does VGLT pay?

VGLT pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.2052 a share, which went ex on Oct 1, 2026.

VGLT · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF

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$51.97

−0.7% · 1 day, price

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VGLT tracks an index of Long-term Treasury and returned −6.7% over the past year.

Why did VGLT return −23.8% against SCHQ’s −23.7%?What would a 1-point rise in rates do to VGLT?What does VGLT cost to hold and to trade?

Bond fund · Tracks the Bloomberg U.S. Long Treasury IndexVanguard ↗Expense ratio 0.03%Fund assets $10.4bn on Sep 30, 2026First traded Nov 24, 2009Benchmark Bloomberg U.S. Long Treasury Index, measured by SCHQ, which tracks the same indexFund page at the issuer ↗SEC filings ↗Every Vanguard fund ETFIQ covers Dividend history

VGLT paid $0.2052 a share, ex-date Oct 1, 2026, and 4.3% of its price in cash over the year to Oct 28, 2026.

Promise check: DeliveredOver the year to Oct 28, 2026, VGLT returned −6.7% against −6.7% for SCHQ, which tracks the same Bloomberg U.S. Long Treasury Index. Fees aside, VGLT finished 0.04 points behind SCHQ.

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VGLT risk and return scorecard

vs SCHQ · Oct 2019 to Oct 2026 · 366 weekly returns · dividend-adjusted

7.0 years

VGLT −23.8%, SCHQ −23.7%, Oct 2019 to Oct 2026, distributions reinvested.

Return

MeasureVGLTSCHQEdge

Total return−23.8%−23.7%Tie

Annualized−3.8%−3.8%Tie

Price return−39.1%−39.0%Tie

Risk

MeasureVGLTSCHQEdge

Volatility13.9%13.9%Tie

Max drawdown−45.6%−45.7%Tie

Upside capture99.5%100.0%Tie

Downside capture99.8%100.0%Tie

Risk-adjusted

MeasureVGLTSCHQEdge

Sharpe ratio−0.42−0.42Tie

Sortino ratio−0.57−0.56Tie

Alpha vs SCHQ

MeasureVGLTSCHQEdge

Alpha, a year0.0%Not significant

Alpha t-stat−0.24

Beta to SCHQ1.001.00Tie

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data

What you earned

VGLT +3.2%, SCHQ +3.3%: total return over one month to Oct 28, 2026.

VGLT

+3.2%

SCHQ

+3.3%

VGLT −1.0%, SCHQ −1.0%: total return over three months to Oct 28, 2026.

VGLT

−1.0%

SCHQ

−1.0%

VGLT −2.9%, SCHQ −2.8%: total return over six months to Oct 28, 2026.

VGLT

−2.9%

SCHQ

−2.8%

VGLT −3.5%, SCHQ −3.5%: total return over the year to Oct 28, 2026.

VGLT

−3.5%

SCHQ

−3.5%

VGLT −6.7%, SCHQ −6.7%: total return over one year to Oct 28, 2026.

VGLT

−6.7%

SCHQ

−6.7%

VGLT +11.5%, SCHQ +11.5%: total return over three years to Oct 28, 2026.

VGLT

+11.5%

SCHQ

+11.5%

VGLT −30.1%, SCHQ −30.0%: total return over five years to Oct 28, 2026.

VGLT

−30.1%

SCHQ

−30.0%

VGLT −12.3%: total return over ten years to Oct 28, 2026.

VGLT

−12.3%

VGLT +45.2%: total return since launch to Oct 28, 2026.

VGLT

+45.2%

askIQ: why did VGLT return −6.7% against SCHQ’s −6.7%? ↗

What does it hold, and how long?

Holdings filed for May 31, 2026 (N-PORT)

−6.7%

Total return, 1 year

to Oct 28, 2026

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0.03%

Expense ratio

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102

Holdings

as of Sep 30, 2026

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−38.8%

Below its high

to Oct 28, 2026

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4.3%

12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price

to Oct 28, 2026

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$0.2052

Last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 1, 2026

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Maturity

Under 1 yr

0.0%

1 to 3 yrs

0.0%

3 to 5 yrs

0.0%

5 to 10 yrs

0.0%

10 to 20 yrs

45.3%

Over 20 yrs

52.9%

What it holds

Treasury 98.3%Cash and repo 1.1%

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Price and total return, 1 year

$51.97−0.7%1 day, priceClose, Oct 28, 2026

−10%−5%0%Total return −6.7%Price −10.9%

Oct 28, 2025Oct 28, 2026

Price −10.9%Total return −6.7%

Total return adds every distribution, reinvested. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Oct 28, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error

VGLT returns by window: total return, cash paid and price change
Window	Total return	Benchmark (SCHQ)	Gap to SCHQ
1M Sep 28 – Oct 28, 2026	+3.2%	+3.3%	−0.1 pts
3M Jul 29 – Oct 28, 2026	−1.0%	−1.0%	0.0 pts
6M Apr 29 – Oct 28, 2026	−2.9%	−2.8%	−0.1 pts
YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026	−3.5%	−3.5%	0.0 pts
1Y Oct 28, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026	−6.7%	−6.7%	0.0 pts
3Y Oct 27, 2023 – Oct 28, 2026	+11.5%	+11.5%	0.0 pts
5Y Oct 29, 2021 – Oct 28, 2026	−30.1%	−30.0%	−0.1 pts
10Y Oct 28, 2016 – Oct 28, 2026	−12.3%	not available	not available
Since launch Nov 24, 2009 – Oct 28, 2026	+45.2%	not available	not available
Since launch, annualised Nov 24, 2009 – Oct 28, 2026	+2.2%	–	–

Total returns, distributions reinvested.

Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.

Where every fund in this set sits

How far can rates rise in a year before the year's income is gone?

Rate cushion

0.21 pts to 0.45 pts across 13

That is the share of the 13 government bond ETFs with a long duration sitting at or below VGLT.

One year's income against today's duration; it ignores credit risk, and both numbers move. Where the fund sits in this set, not a rating. Do not average it with another category's score.

57.7

IQ Bonds ScoreETFIQ Rate Cushion Score6th of 13 · Oct 28, 2026

3.8 · lowest of 13 government bond ETFs with a long duration96.2 · highest

How far rates could rise before a year's income is gone, ranked against 13 government bond ETFs with a long duration. 100 is best. How it is computed

VGLT paid 4.83% of its NAV in income over the year to Oct 27, 2026, with a duration of 13.20 years: rates could rise 0.37 percentage points in a year before that income was gone.

rate cushion0.37 pts · 58th pct

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Money in and out

Monthly data · as of May 31, 2026

VGLT’s fund, all share classes together: in the month to May 31, 2026, net $327m came in, by its SEC filing.

Computed by ETFIQ from the monthly sales and redemptions VGLT files with the SEC on Form N-PORT.

How this is computed

ETFIQ reads no daily data for this fund, so its flows are monthly, and the latest month filed is May 2026. The filing covers all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone: Vanguard sells its ETF as one share class of a fund that also has mutual fund shares. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for VGLT, back to Sep 2019, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare VGLT with other funds in the flows tool

Month by month, money in and money outJun 2023 to May 2026

in, up to +$1.6bn

out, down to −$2.0bnJun 2023May 2026

VGLT, all share classes of its fund, money in and money out each month from Jun 2023 to May 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from VGLT’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 24 and went out in 12.

Every bar is from VGLT’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 24 and went out in 12.

MonthInOutNet

May 2026 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$457m−$131m+$327m

Apr 2026 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$208m−$237m−$28.7m

Mar 2026 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$539m−$1.2bn−$670m

Feb 2026 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$997m−$183m+$814m

Jan 2026 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$257m−$297m−$40.0m

Dec 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$414m−$86.2m+$328m

Nov 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$289m−$57.7m+$231m

Oct 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$205m−$309m−$104m

Sep 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$274m−$435m−$161m

Aug 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$228m−$416m−$187m

Jul 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$229m−$139m+$89.7m

Jun 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$140m−$137m+$3.6m

May 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$418m−$197m+$221m

Apr 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$700m−$615m+$85.3m

Mar 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$289m−$318m−$29.3m

Feb 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$272m−$360m−$87.1m

Jan 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$303m−$372m−$68.9m

Dec 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$275m−$1.3bn−$1.1bn

Nov 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$312m−$2.0bn−$1.6bn

Oct 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$414m−$1.7bn−$1.3bn

Sep 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$492m−$88.2m+$404m

Aug 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$386m−$174m+$212m

Jul 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$792m−$245m+$547m

Jun 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$572m−$344m+$228m

May 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$398m−$133m+$265m

Apr 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$540m−$78.5m+$461m

Mar 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$475m−$75.9m+$399m

Feb 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$1.6bn−$176m+$1.4bn

Jan 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$1.1bn−$567m+$529m

Dec 2023 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$1.4bn−$167m+$1.2bn

Nov 2023 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$1.1bn−$154m+$928m

Oct 2023 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$953m−$236m+$718m

Sep 2023 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$387m−$104m+$283m

Aug 2023 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$478m−$302m+$176m

Jul 2023 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$1.5bn−$106m+$1.4bn

Jun 2023 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$600m−$101m+$499m

Most recent first.

How this is computed

N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions.

N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily data; the Source column names any missing day.

Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of May 31, 2026. Updated when the fund files its next report.

VGLT key stats

52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026 (ETFIQ)$57.84 on Feb 27, 2026

52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026 (ETFIQ)$49.68 on Oct 5, 2026

Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range (ETFIQ)$51.97, 28% of the way from the low to the high

Beta to its benchmark, 1 year (ETFIQ)1.00, against SCHQ

R-squared, the same days (ETFIQ)1.00

Beta and R-squared measured over251 daily total returns, Oct 29, 2025 to Oct 28, 2026

Holdings102

Top ten weight20.8%

Range, beta and R-squared computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

Trading

as of Oct 27, 2026

Trading · VGLTas of Oct 27, 2026

Not scored2 of 6 measured · Oct 27, 2026

0 · Hard to tradeIQ Liquidity Score100 · Trades like a giant

Cost for your order · one way, half its 30-day median spread

$1,000$0.100.01%

$10,000$1.000.01%

Premium or discount to NAV, Oct 27 close+0.04%

−0.1%95% of days within ±0.08% · the 1% band is off this scale+0.1%

How to tradeLimit: midpoint + 1¢ to buy, midpoint − 1¢ to sell.At the Oct 27 close of $52.34, that’s $52.35 to buy and $52.33 to sell.

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About VGLT

What it tracksBloomberg U.S. Long Treasury Index

Fund typeBond fund

Category (ETFIQ)Bonds · Long-term government

Expense ratio (497 XBRL, Jun 30, 2026)0.03%

Price$51.97

First tradedNov 24, 2009

Net assets (the issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026)$10.4bnReport

Benchmark (ETFIQ, from its filings)Bloomberg U.S. Long Treasury Index, measured by SCHQ, which tracks the same index

Benchmark named inits prospectus, 497, Jun 30, 2026

VGLT, 1 year to Oct 28, 2026−6.7%

SCHQ, the same days−6.7%

Against its benchmark, 1 year (ETFIQ)0.0 pts

Below its high (ETFIQ)−38.8%

Holdings102

Top ten weight20.8%

Holdings as of (the issuer’s month-end file)Sep 30, 2026

IQ Investment Committee on VGLT

12 seats on VGLT, as of Oct 28, 2026: 2 Supports, 3 Mixed, 1 Challenges, 3 Not enough data, 3 Does not apply.

In the tradition ofJohn BogleBogle-style Low CostMixed

In the tradition ofBenjamin GrahamGraham-style Margin of SafetyNot enough data

In the tradition ofWarren Buffett & Charlie MungerBuffett & Munger-style QualityNot enough data

In the tradition ofPeter LynchLynch-style Growth at a Reasonable PriceNot enough data

In the tradition ofJohn TempletonTempleton-style Global ContrarianDoes not apply

In the tradition ofRay DalioDalio-style All-WeatherChallenges

In the tradition ofHoward MarksMarks-style Cycles & RiskSupports

In the tradition ofStanley DruckenmillerDruckenmiller-style Macro & LiquidityDoes not apply

In the tradition ofDavid SwensenSwensen-style DiversificationSupports

In the tradition ofCathie WoodWood-style Disruptive InnovationDoes not apply

In the tradition ofJesse LivermoreLivermore-style Trend FollowingMixed

Uses ETFIQ’s measuresThe ETFIQ SkepticETFIQ’s own seatMixed

Put VGLT to the committee →See all seats →No investor named is affiliated with or endorses ETFIQ. Not investment advice.

Questions people ask about VGLT

How has VGLT performed?: Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VGLT returned −6.7% with distributions reinvested, against −6.7% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Long Treasury Index. Over three years the number is +11.5%.
What does VGLT cost?: The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.
How far is VGLT below its high?: 38.8% below its high of Aug 4, 2020, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026.
What dividend does VGLT pay?: VGLT pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.2052 a share, which went ex on Oct 1, 2026.

Sources and dates

Prices, VGLT and Benchmark (SCHQ)Tiingo end-of-day · Oct 28, 2026

Fee, 0.03%Prospectus filing with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Net assets, $10.4bnThe issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end · Sep 30, 2026

IssuerHoldings, the issuer’s own month-end file ↗

IssuerVanguard page for VGLT ↗

All fund filingsFund filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

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