{
 "ticker": "VGLT",
 "name": "Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF",
 "issuer": "Vanguard",
 "desk": "core",
 "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vglt",
 "html": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vglt",
 "markdown": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vglt.md",
 "as_of": "2026-10-28",
 "verdict": "VGLT tracks an index of Long-term Treasury and returned \u22126.7% over the past year.",
 "lead": "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.",
 "category": {
  "id": "bonds",
  "name": "Bonds",
  "label": "Bond ETFs",
  "url": "https://etfiq.com/bonds/",
  "group": {
   "id": "taxable-bonds",
   "name": "Taxable bonds"
  },
  "segment": {
   "id": "government-long",
   "name": "Long-term government",
   "url": "https://etfiq.com/bonds/government-long/"
  },
  "status": "classified",
  "as_of": "2026-10-29",
  "method": "https://etfiq.com/methodology/categories"
 },
 "promise": {
  "badge": "delivered",
  "label": "Delivered",
  "category": "bonds",
  "sentence": "Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VGLT returned \u22126.7% against \u22126.7% for SCHQ, which tracks the same Bloomberg U.S. Long Treasury Index. Fees aside, VGLT finished 0.04 points behind SCHQ.",
  "figure": -0.04,
  "unit": "points",
  "from": "2025-10-28",
  "to": "2026-10-28",
  "url": "https://etfiq.com/promise-index/bonds/"
 },
 "key_facts": [
  {
   "key": "total_return_1_year",
   "label": "Total return, 1 year",
   "value": "\u22126.7%",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "sentence": "VGLT, total return, 1 year: \u22126.7%, as of Oct 28, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "\u22126.7%",
    "as_of": "2026-10-28",
    "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vglt#fact-total-return-1-year",
    "text": "VGLT, total return, 1 year: \u22126.7%, 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": "VGLT, 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/vglt#fact-expense-ratio",
    "text": "VGLT, expense ratio: 0.03%, as of Jun 30, 2026."
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "holdings",
   "label": "Holdings",
   "value": "102",
   "source": "the issuer\u2019s holdings file",
   "as_of": "2026-09-30",
   "sentence": "VGLT, holdings: 102, as of Sep 30, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "102",
    "as_of": "2026-09-30",
    "source": "the issuer\u2019s holdings file",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vglt#fact-holdings",
    "text": "VGLT, holdings: 102, as of Sep 30, 2026."
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "below_its_high",
   "label": "Below its high",
   "value": "\u221238.8%",
   "source": "ETFIQ",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "sentence": "VGLT, below its high: \u221238.8%, as of Oct 28, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "\u221238.8%",
    "as_of": "2026-10-28",
    "source": "ETFIQ",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vglt#fact-below-its-high",
    "text": "VGLT, below its high: \u221238.8%, 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": "4.3%",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "sentence": "VGLT, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 4.3%, as of Oct 28, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "4.3%",
    "as_of": "2026-10-28",
    "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vglt#fact-12-month-yield-capital-gains-included-on-its-starting-price",
    "text": "VGLT, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 4.3%, as of Oct 28, 2026."
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "last_payment",
   "label": "Last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 1, 2026",
   "value": "$0.2052",
   "source": "Tiingo end-of-day distributions",
   "as_of": "2026-10-01",
   "sentence": "VGLT, last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 1, 2026: $0.2052, as of Oct 1, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "$0.2052",
    "as_of": "2026-10-01",
    "source": "Tiingo end-of-day distributions",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vglt#fact-last-payment",
    "text": "VGLT, last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 1, 2026: $0.2052, as of Oct 1, 2026."
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$10.4bn",
   "source": "the issuer\u2019s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-09-30",
   "sentence": "VGLT, net assets: $10.4bn (the issuer\u2019s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026).",
   "cite": {
    "value": "$10.4bn",
    "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/vglt#fact-net-assets",
    "text": "VGLT, net assets: $10.4bn (the issuer\u2019s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026)."
   }
  }
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 "fields": [
  {
   "key": "what_it_tracks",
   "label": "What it tracks",
   "value": "Bloomberg U.S. Long Treasury Index",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "fund_type",
   "label": "Fund type",
   "value": "Bond fund",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "category",
   "label": "Category",
   "value": "Bonds \u00b7 Long-term government",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "0.03%",
   "source": "497 XBRL, Jun 30, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "price",
   "label": "Price",
   "value": "$51.97",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "first_traded",
   "label": "First traded",
   "value": "Nov 24, 2009",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$10.4bn",
   "source": "the issuer\u2019s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "benchmark",
   "label": "Benchmark",
   "value": "Bloomberg U.S. Long Treasury Index, measured by SCHQ, which tracks the same index",
   "source": "ETFIQ, from its filings"
  },
  {
   "key": "benchmark_named_in",
   "label": "Benchmark named in",
   "value": "its prospectus, 497, Jun 30, 2026",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "vglt_1_year_to_oct_28_2026",
   "label": "VGLT, 1 year to Oct 28, 2026",
   "value": "\u22126.7%",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "schq_the_same_days",
   "label": "SCHQ, the same days",
   "value": "\u22126.7%",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "against_its_benchmark_1_year",
   "label": "Against its benchmark, 1 year",
   "value": "0.0 pts",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "below_its_high",
   "label": "Below its high",
   "value": "\u221238.8%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "holdings",
   "label": "Holdings",
   "value": "102",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "top_ten_weight",
   "label": "Top ten weight",
   "value": "20.8%",
   "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": "+3.2%",
   "Benchmark (SCHQ)": "+3.3%",
   "Gap to SCHQ": "\u22120.1 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "3 months",
   "Total return": "\u22121.0%",
   "Benchmark (SCHQ)": "\u22121.0%",
   "Gap to SCHQ": "0.0 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "6 months",
   "Total return": "\u22122.9%",
   "Benchmark (SCHQ)": "\u22122.8%",
   "Gap to SCHQ": "\u22120.1 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "Year to date",
   "Total return": "\u22123.5%",
   "Benchmark (SCHQ)": "\u22123.5%",
   "Gap to SCHQ": "0.0 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "1 year",
   "Total return": "\u22126.7%",
   "Benchmark (SCHQ)": "\u22126.7%",
   "Gap to SCHQ": "0.0 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "3 years",
   "Total return": "+11.5%",
   "Benchmark (SCHQ)": "+11.5%",
   "Gap to SCHQ": "0.0 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "5 years",
   "Total return": "\u221230.1%",
   "Benchmark (SCHQ)": "\u221230.0%",
   "Gap to SCHQ": "\u22120.1 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "10 years",
   "Total return": "\u221212.3%",
   "Benchmark (SCHQ)": "not available",
   "Gap to SCHQ": "not available"
  },
  {
   "window": "Since launch",
   "Total return": "+45.2%",
   "Benchmark (SCHQ)": "not available",
   "Gap to SCHQ": "not available"
  },
  {
   "window": "Since launch, annualised",
   "Total return": "+2.2%",
   "Benchmark (SCHQ)": "\u2013",
   "Gap to SCHQ": "\u2013"
  }
 ],
 "questions": [
  {
   "q": "How has VGLT performed?",
   "a": "Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VGLT returned \u22126.7% with distributions reinvested, against \u22126.7% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Long Treasury Index. Over three years the number is +11.5%."
  },
  {
   "q": "What does VGLT cost?",
   "a": "The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year."
  },
  {
   "q": "How far is VGLT below its high?",
   "a": "38.8% below its high of Aug 4, 2020, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026."
  },
  {
   "q": "What dividend does VGLT pay?",
   "a": "VGLT pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.2052 a share, which went ex on Oct 1, 2026."
  }
 ],
 "key_stats": [
  {
   "key": "high52",
   "label": "52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026",
   "value": "$57.84 on Feb 27, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-02-27",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "number": 57.84,
   "window": {
    "from": "2025-10-29",
    "to": "2026-10-28"
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "low52",
   "label": "52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026",
   "value": "$49.68 on Oct 5, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-10-05",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "number": 49.68,
   "window": {
    "from": "2025-10-29",
    "to": "2026-10-28"
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "inrange",
   "label": "Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range",
   "value": "$51.97, 28% of the way from the low to the high",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "number": 51.97
  },
  {
   "key": "beta",
   "label": "Beta to its benchmark, 1 year",
   "value": "1.00, against SCHQ",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "number": 1.0,
   "window": {
    "from": "2025-10-29",
    "to": "2026-10-28"
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "r2",
   "label": "R-squared, the same days",
   "value": "1.00",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "number": 0.9963,
   "window": {
    "from": "2025-10-29",
    "to": "2026-10-28"
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "betawin",
   "label": "Beta and R-squared measured over",
   "value": "251 daily total returns, Oct 29, 2025 to Oct 28, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "window": {
    "from": "2025-10-29",
    "to": "2026-10-28"
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "holdings",
   "label": "Holdings",
   "value": "102",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "top10",
   "label": "Top ten weight",
   "value": "20.8%",
   "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 $0.10, 0.01%, one way.",
   "$10,000: about $1.00, 0.01%, one way.",
   "Premium to NAV at the Oct 27 close: +0.04%; 95% of days within \u00b10.08%.",
   "Limit: midpoint + 1\u00a2 to buy, midpoint \u2212 1\u00a2 to sell. At the Oct 27 close of $52.34, that\u2019s $52.35 to buy and $52.33 to sell."
  ],
  "page": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vglt/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/vglt.json",
  "windows": [],
  "latest_month": {
   "month": "2026-05",
   "net_flow_usd": 326578358,
   "net_flow": "+$327m",
   "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, VGLT, bond fund, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/vglt"
}