Summary
Vanguard Core Bond ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by Vanguard. Positions inside: 3,550. The ten largest make up 18% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.10%
- Fund size
- $7.60B
- Positions
- 3,550
- Dividend yield
- 4.78%
- Running since
- 2023
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.10% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.20%).
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 18% of the fund.
- A large fund with $7.60B under management.
- Easy to buy and sell: about $56.7M changes hands a day.
What to watch
- 82% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- A young fund: it has been running only since 2023.
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
- +1.9%
- 3 months
- -1.4%
- This year
- -3.7%
- 1 year
- -4.2%
What is inside?
Widely spread- 1 USD/EUR FWD 20261216 4.2%
- 2 US 2YR NOTE (CBT) Dec26 3.6%
- 3 US 5YR NOTE (CBT) Dec26 3.4%
- 4 US LONG BOND(CBT) Dec26 1.8%
- 5 United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.13% 10/31/2029 1.1%
- 6 United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.63% 04/30/2029 0.9%
- 7 United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.75% 04/15/2028 0.9%
- 8 USD/EUR FWD 20261001 0.9%
- 9 United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.38% 11/30/2027 0.8%
- 10 United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.63% 04/30/2031 0.8%
Positions in the fund: 3,550. The ten largest make up 18% of it.
Composition as of Nov 6, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy country
- United States 82%
- Italy 1.5%
- United Kingdom 1.3%
- Canada 0.9%
- Other countries 14%
Largest country: United States (82%).
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- Over the last year
- -4.2%
- Deepest drop
- -8.1%
- Yearly volatility
- 4.0%
Decline over the last year: 4.2%. Deepest drop in these years: 8.1% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 4.78%
- Payments a year
- 12
- Last payment
- $0.30
Over the last 12 months it paid $3.59 per share, which is 4.78% of today's price. The last payment was $0.30 on Nov 2, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Very easy- Traded a day
- $56.7M
- Shares a day
- 756K
On an average day about $56.7M of the fund changes hands.