Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCLT)

NASDAQ: VCLT · Real-Time Price · USD
78.39
+0.59 (0.76%)
At close: Sep 11, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
78.35
-0.04 (-0.05%)
After-hours: Sep 11, 2025, 6:06 PM EDT
0.76%
Assets$7.40B
Expense Ratio0.04%
PE Ration/a
Shares Out96.19M
Dividend (ttm)$4.16
Dividend Yield5.31%
Ex-Dividend DateSep 2, 2025
Payout FrequencyMonthly
Payout Ration/a
Volume5,222,169
Open78.03
Previous Close77.80
Day's Range77.96 - 78.50
52-Week Low70.61
52-Week High82.63
Beta0.64
Holdings1871
Inception DateNov 19, 2009

About VCLT

Fund Home Page

The Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCLT) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Bloomberg US Corporate (10+ Y) index. The fund tracks a market-weighted index of investment-grade fixed-rate corporate bonds with maturities greater than 10 years. VCLT was launched on Nov 19, 2009 and is issued by Vanguard.

Asset Class Fixed Income
Category Long-Term Bond
Region North America
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol VCLT
ETF Provider Vanguard
Index Tracked Bloomberg US Corporate (10+ Y)

Dividends

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Sep 2, 2025$0.3346Sep 4, 2025
Aug 1, 2025$0.4247Aug 5, 2025
Jul 1, 2025$0.3393Jul 3, 2025
Jun 2, 2025$0.3697Jun 4, 2025
May 1, 2025$0.3583May 5, 2025
Apr 1, 2025$0.3544Apr 3, 2025
Full Dividend History

Performance

VCLT had a total return of 1.88% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 4.83%.

News

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