Summary
Vanguard Core Bond Fund Admiral Shares is a mutual fund run by Vanguard. It does not trade on an exchange: you buy it from the fund company at a price set once a day. Positions inside: 3,531. The ten largest make up 6.2% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.10%
- Fund size
- $23.3B
- Positions
- 3,531
- Dividend yield
- 4.94%
- Running since
- 2016
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.10% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.27%).
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 6.2% of the fund.
- A large fund with $23.3B under management.
- It has been running since 2016.
What to watch
- 75% of the fund is in one sector (Basic materials).
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- -1.0%
- 3 months
- -3.1%
- This year
- -5.1%
- 1 year
- -6.4%
- 3 years
- +2.2%
- 5 years
- -19%
- 10 years
- -16%
What is inside?
Widely spread- 1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.50% 01/31/2028 0.9%
- 2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.63% 08/31/2029 0.8%
- 3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.75% 04/15/2028 0.7%
- 4 Synthetic Cash - TCS USD 0.6%
- 5 United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.38% 11/30/2027 0.6%
- 6 United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.88% 06/30/2030 0.6%
- 7 United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.63% 05/31/2028 0.5%
- 8 United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.88% 03/31/2031 0.5%
- 9 United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.63% 09/30/2031 0.5%
- 10 United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.00% 07/31/2030 0.4%
Positions in the fund: 3,531. The ten largest make up 6.2% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Basic materials 75%
- Healthcare 25%
Largest sector: Basic materials (75%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $10.00
- Over 20 years
- $501
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $10.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $501.
How has it done?
Losing value- A year on average, 10 years
- -1.7%
- Deepest drop
- -23%
- Yearly volatility
- 4.1%
Average yearly decline over the last ten years: 1.7%. Deepest drop in these years: 23% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 4.94%
- Payments a year
- 12
- Last payment
- $0.07
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.85 per share, which is 4.94% of today's price. The last payment was $0.07 on Oct 1, 2026.