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About Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF
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Inception date
Nov 19, 2009
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Distributor
Vanguard Marketing Corp.
The fund is passively managed to provide exposure to the investment grade segment of the US corporate bond space. It is an intermediate-term bond fund that adopts a slightly more stringent definition of intermediate by excluding bonds with maturities of under 5 years and over 10. As a result, it has a longer weighted-average maturity than most intermediate-term credit funds. Unsurprisingly, the fund also has a longer effective duration than its peers and boasts one of the highest yields in the segment. Its sector coverage, however, is quite market-like. In all, the fund delivers on its mandate for balanced exposure to the 5-10 year pocket of the investment grade corporate bond space. The fund utilizes a sampling strategy to track its index.
Classification
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Corporate
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Corporate99.60%
Cash0.27%
Government0.13%
Stock breakdown by region
North America89.83%
Europe6.61%
Asia2.95%
Oceania0.61%
Latin America0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
VCIT invests in bonds. The fund's major sectors are Corporate, with 99.60% stocks, and Government, with 0.13% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the North America region.
VCIT top holdings are Bank of America Corporation 5.468% 23-JAN-2035 and Verizon Communications Inc. 2.355% 15-MAR-2032, occupying 0.29% and 0.27% of the portfolio correspondingly.
VCIT last dividends amounted to 0.33 USD. The month before, the issuer paid 0.32 USD in dividends, which shows a 3.93% increase.
VCIT assets under management is 53.14 B USD. It's risen 2.09% over the last month.
VCIT fund flows account for 6.60 B USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Yes, VCIT pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 4.50%. The last dividend (Jun 4, 2025) amounted to 0.33 USD. The dividends are paid monthly.
VCIT shares are issued by The Vanguard Group, Inc. under the brand Vanguard. The ETF was launched on Nov 19, 2009, and its management style is Passive.
VCIT expense ratio is 0.03% meaning you'd have to pay 0.03% of your investment to help manage the fund.
VCIT follows the Bloomberg US Aggregate Credit - Corporate (5-10 Y). ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
VCIT invests in bonds.
VCIT price has risen by 0.54% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 2.29% increase. See more dynamics on VCIT price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 0.80% over the last month, showed a 0.84% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 7.19% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 0.80% over the last month, showed a 0.84% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 7.19% in a year.
VCIT trades at a premium (0.07%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.