Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund Institutional Plus Shares (VBLIX)
NASDAQ · Mutual Fund
· Delayed Price · Currency is USD
10.33
+0.03 (0.29%)
May 6, 2025, 3:06 PM EDT
-1.99% (1Y)
| Fund Assets | 10.72B |
| Expense Ratio | 0.03% |
| Min. Investment | $100,000,000 |
| Turnover | n/a |
| Dividend (ttm) | 0.49 |
| Dividend Yield | 4.72% |
| Dividend Growth | 2.59% |
| Payout Frequency | Monthly |
| Ex-Dividend Date | Apr 30, 2025 |
| Previous Close | 10.30 |
| YTD Return | 0.16% |
| 1-Year Return | 1.73% |
| 5-Year Return | -22.56% |
| 52-Week Low | n/a |
| 52-Week High | n/a |
| Beta (5Y) | n/a |
| Holdings | 3077 |
| Inception Date | Oct 6, 2011 |
About VBLIX
The Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund Institutional Plus Shares (VBLIX) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted bond index with a long-term dollar-weighted average maturity. VBLIX employs an indexing investment approach to track the performance of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Long Government/Credit Float Adjusted Index and invests by sampling the index.
Fund Family Vanguard
Category Long-Term Bond
Performance Rating Below Average
Risk Rating Above Average
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol VBLIX
Share Class Institutional Plus Shares
Index Bloomberg US Long Gov/Credit Float Adj TR
Performance
VBLIX had a total return of 1.73% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 2.15%.
Equivalent ETF
VBLIX 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 0.03% for VBLIX.
| Symbol | Name | Expense Ratio |
|---|---|---|
| BLV | Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF | 0.03% |
Top 10 Holdings
11.85% of assets| Name | Symbol | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| United States Treasury Bonds | T 4.75 11.15.53 | 1.37% |
| United States Treasury Bonds | T 4.625 05.15.54 | 1.36% |
| United States Treasury Bonds | T 4.25 02.15.54 | 1.30% |
| United States Treasury Bonds | T 4.5 11.15.54 | 1.29% |
| United States Treasury Bonds | T 4.125 08.15.53 | 1.27% |
| United States Treasury Bonds | T 4.25 08.15.54 | 1.23% |
| United States Treasury Bonds | T 4.625 02.15.55 | 1.03% |
| United States Treasury Bonds | T 4 11.15.52 | 1.03% |
| United States Treasury Bonds | T 1.75 08.15.41 | 1.01% |
| United States Treasury Bonds | T 3.625 02.15.53 | 0.97% |
Dividend History
| Ex-Dividend | Amount | Pay Date |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2025 | $0.04083 | May 1, 2025 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | $0.04193 | Apr 1, 2025 |
| Feb 28, 2025 | $0.03767 | Mar 3, 2025 |
| Jan 31, 2025 | $0.04137 | Feb 3, 2025 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | $0.04157 | Jan 2, 2025 |
| Nov 29, 2024 | $0.03986 | Dec 2, 2024 |