Vanguard Long-Term Bond Fund (VBLAX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD

10.82

+0.10 (0.93%)

Oct 10, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT

0.93% (1Y)

Fund Assets	8.52B
Expense Ratio	0.06%
Min. Investment	$3,000
Turnover	26.00%
Dividend (ttm)	0.49
Dividend Yield	4.55%
Dividend Growth	2.53%
Payout Frequency	Monthly
Ex-Dividend Date	Sep 30, 2025

Previous Close	10.72
YTD Return	4.92%
1-Year Return	-0.23%
5-Year Return	-22.65%
52-Week Low	10.01
52-Week High	11.14
Beta (5Y)	2.12
Holdings	2916
Inception Date	Feb 7, 2019

About VBLAX

This index includes all medium and larger issues of U.S. government, investment-grade corporate, and investment-grade international dollar-denominated bonds that have maturities of greater than 10 years and are publicly issued. All of the fund's investments will be selected through the sampling process, and at least 80% of the fund's assets will be invested in bonds held in the index.

Fund Family Vanguard

Category Long-Term Bond

Stock Exchange NASDAQ

Ticker Symbol VBLAX

Share Class Admiral Shares

Index Bloomberg US Long Gov/Credit Float Adj TR

Performance

VBLAX had a total return of -0.23% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 0.25%.

Equivalent ETF

VBLAX has an equivalent ETF with the ticker symbol BLV, the Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF. This is an ETF from the same fund company that follows the same index. It has an expense ratio of 0.03% compared to 0.06% for VBLAX.

Symbol	Name	Expense Ratio
BLV	Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF	0.03%

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

Symbol	Share Class	Expense Ratio
VBLIX	Institutional Plus Shares	0.03%
VBLLX	Institutional Shares	0.04%

Top 10 Holdings

11.88% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
United States Treasury Bonds	T.4.625 05.15.54	1.37%
United States Treasury Bonds	T.4.75 05.15.55	1.31%
United States Treasury Bonds	T.4.5 11.15.54	1.26%
United States Treasury Bonds	T.4.75 11.15.53	1.24%
United States Treasury Bonds	T.4.25 02.15.54	1.20%
United States Treasury Bonds	T.4.625 02.15.55	1.19%
United States Treasury Bonds	T.4.25 08.15.54	1.16%
United States Treasury Bonds	T.4.125 08.15.53	1.13%
United States Treasury Bonds	T.3.875 02.15.43	1.08%
United States Treasury Bonds	T.1.75 08.15.41	0.93%

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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Sep 30, 2025	$0.04018	Oct 1, 2025
Aug 29, 2025	$0.04147	Sep 2, 2025
Jul 31, 2025	$0.04155	Aug 1, 2025
Jun 30, 2025	$0.04045	Jul 1, 2025
May 30, 2025	$0.04193	Jun 2, 2025
Apr 30, 2025	$0.04058	May 1, 2025

Full Dividend History