Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund Admiral Shares (VLTCX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
20.37
+0.10 (0.49%)
Feb 18, 2025, 8:07 AM EST
-0.54%
Fund Assets 14.50B
Expense Ratio 0.07%
Min. Investment $3,000
Turnover n/a
Dividend (ttm) 1.04
Dividend Yield 5.10%
Dividend Growth 2.91%
Payout Frequency Monthly
Ex-Dividend Date Jan 31, 2025
Previous Close 20.27
YTD Return 1.91%
1-Year Return 5.01%
5-Year Return -10.86%
52-Week Low 19.62
52-Week High 22.07
Beta (5Y) 2.08
Holdings 2967
Inception Date Nov 23, 2009

About VLTCX

The investment seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted corporate bond index with a long-term dollar-weighted average maturity. The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. 10+ Year Corporate Bond Index. This index includes U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade, fixed-rate, taxable securities issued by U.S. and non-U.S. industrial, utility, and financial companies, with maturities greater than 10 years. Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund's assets will be invested in bonds included in the index.

Fund Family Vanguard
Category Long-Term Bond
Performance Rating Average
Risk Rating High
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol VLTCX
Share Class Admiral Shares
Index Bloomberg US Corporate 10+ TR

Performance

VLTCX had a total return of 5.01% in the past year. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 4.65%, including dividends.

Equivalent ETF

VLTCX has an equivalent ETF with the ticker symbol VCLT, the Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF. This is an ETF from the same fund company that follows the same index. It has an expense ratio of 0.04% compared to 0.07% for VLTCX.

Symbol Name Expense Ratio
VCLT Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF 0.04%

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol Share Class Expense Ratio
VLCIX Institutional Shares 0.05%

Top 10 Holdings

2.58% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Anheuser-Busch Companies LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc ABIBB 4.9 02.01.46 * 0.35%
CVS Health Corp CVS 5.05 03.25.48 0.31%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. GS 6.75 10.01.37 0.26%
WarnerMedia Holdings Inc. WBD 5.141 03.15.52 0.25%
AT&T Inc T 3.5 09.15.53 0.25%
Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd. PFE 5.3 05.19.53 0.24%
Anheuser-Busch Companies LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc ABIBB 4.7 02.01.36 * 0.24%
United States Treasury Bonds WIT 4.625 11.15.44 0.23%
AbbVie Inc. ABBV 4.25 11.21.49 0.22%
CVS Health Corp CVS 4.78 03.25.38 0.22%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Jan 31, 2025 $0.0919 Feb 3, 2025
Dec 23, 2024 $0.0954 Dec 24, 2024
Nov 29, 2024 $0.0873 Dec 2, 2024
Oct 31, 2024 $0.0901 Nov 1, 2024
Sep 30, 2024 $0.0842 Oct 1, 2024
Aug 30, 2024 $0.0869 Sep 3, 2024
Full Dividend History