Vanguard High-Yield Corporate Fund Admiral Shares (VWEAX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
5.47
+0.01 (0.18%)
Jun 5, 2025, 8:09 AM EDT
2.05%
Fund Assets 24.31B
Expense Ratio 0.12%
Min. Investment $50,000
Turnover n/a
Dividend (ttm) 0.34
Dividend Yield 6.27%
Dividend Growth 5.30%
Payout Frequency Monthly
Ex-Dividend Date May 30, 2025
Previous Close 5.46
YTD Return 1.96%
1-Year Return 6.92%
5-Year Return 21.69%
52-Week Low 5.30
52-Week High 5.53
Beta (5Y) 0.83
Holdings 946
Inception Date Nov 12, 2001

About VWEAX

The fund invests primarily in a diversified group of high-yielding, higher-risk corporate bonds-commonly known as "junk bonds"-with medium- and lower-range credit-quality ratings. It invests at least 80% of its assets in corporate bonds that are rated below Baa by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. (Moody's); have an equivalent rating by any other independent bond-rating agency; or, if unrated, are determined to be of comparable quality by the fund's advisor. The fund's high-yield bonds and loans mostly have short- and intermediate-term maturities.

Fund Family Vanguard
Category High Yield Bond
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol VWEAX
Share Class Admiral Shares
Index Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield TR

Performance

VWEAX had a total return of 6.92% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 5.87%.

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol Share Class Expense Ratio
VWEHX Investor Shares 0.22%

Top 10 Holdings

5.67% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
United States Treasury Notes T.2.75 07.31.27 0.84%
Imola Merger Corp. IM.4.75 05.15.29 144A 0.72%
United States Treasury Notes T.0.5 02.28.26 0.68%
Mktliq 12/31/2049 n/a 0.67%
1011778 B.C. Unlimited Liability Company / New Red Finance, Inc. BCULC.4 10.15.30 144A 0.51%
Medline Borrower LP MEDIND.3.875 04.01.29 144A 0.47%
Caesars Entertainment Inc. CZR.7 02.15.30 144A 0.45%
CCO Holdings, LLC/ CCO Holdings Capital Corp. CHTR.4.5 05.01.32 0.45%
1261229 Bc Ltd. BHCCN.10 04.15.32 144A 0.45%
Jpm Triparty Treasury n/a 0.45%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
May 30, 2025 $0.02954 Jun 2, 2025
Apr 30, 2025 $0.02927 May 1, 2025
Mar 31, 2025 $0.02878 Apr 1, 2025
Feb 28, 2025 $0.02781 Mar 3, 2025
Jan 31, 2025 $0.02832 Feb 3, 2025
Dec 31, 2024 $0.02823 Jan 2, 2025
Full Dividend History