Vanguard Core Bond Fund Admiral Shares (VCOBX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
18.05
-0.04 (-0.22%)
Jun 27, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
1.23%
Fund Assets 14.10B
Expense Ratio 0.10%
Min. Investment $50,000
Turnover n/a
Dividend (ttm) 0.85
Dividend Yield 4.70%
Dividend Growth 6.84%
Payout Frequency Monthly
Ex-Dividend Date May 30, 2025
Previous Close 18.09
YTD Return 4.05%
1-Year Return 6.52%
5-Year Return -1.16%
52-Week Low 17.51
52-Week High 18.65
Beta (5Y) 0.24
Holdings 2627
Inception Date Mar 30, 2016

About VCOBX

The fund invests in fixed income securities of various maturities, yields, and qualities. Under normal circumstances, the fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in bonds, which include fixed income securities such as corporate bonds; U.S. Treasury obligations and other U.S. government and agency securities; and asset-backed, mortgage-backed and mortgage-related securities. The fund's dollar-weighted average maturity will normally range between 4 and 12 years, and may either be longer or shorter under certain market conditions.

Fund Family Vanguard
Category Intermediate Core Bond
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol VCOBX
Share Class Admiral Shares
Index Bloomberg US Agg Float Adjusted TR

Performance

VCOBX had a total return of 6.52% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 2.03%.

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol Share Class Expense Ratio
VCORX Investor Shares 0.20%

Top 10 Holdings

7.15% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Federal National Mortgage Association FNCL.5.5 6.11 1.38%
Tennessee Valley Authority TVA.4.875 05.15.35 0.82%
Mktliq 12/31/2049 n/a 0.72%
United States Treasury Notes T.4.5 12.31.31 0.68%
United States Treasury Notes T.4.25 01.15.28 0.61%
Federal National Mortgage Association FNCL.2.5 6.11 0.61%
United States Treasury Notes T.4.125 02.29.32 0.59%
Federal National Mortgage Association FNCL.6.5 6.11 0.59%
United States Treasury Notes T.4.125 01.31.27 0.58%
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. FHR.4390 NZ 0.57%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
May 30, 2025 $0.0709 Jun 2, 2025
Apr 30, 2025 $0.070 May 1, 2025
Mar 31, 2025 $0.0723 Apr 1, 2025
Feb 28, 2025 $0.0654 Mar 3, 2025
Jan 31, 2025 $0.0821 Feb 3, 2025
Dec 23, 2024 $0.0772 Dec 24, 2024
Full Dividend History