---
ticker: "VBCA"
name: "Vanguard Target Maturity 2027 Corporate Bond ETF"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/VBCA"
grade: "A"
score: 79
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "Defined-Maturity Investment Grade Corporate"
category_rank: "2 of 43"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# VBCA: Vanguard Target Maturity 2027 Corporate Bond ETF

Grade **A**, Score 79 of 100. Rank 2 of 43 in Defined-Maturity Investment Grade Corporate.

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 87 | 2 of 43 |
| Mission | 100 | 1 of 32 |
| Risk | 81 | 8 of 43 |
| Tradability | 34 | 33 of 43 |
| Holdings | 79 | 10 of 42 |
| Durability | 55 | 20 of 43 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 622 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | — | Mktliq 12/31/2049 | 1.09% |
| 2 | — | Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 3.85% 01/26/2027 | 0.68% |
| 3 | — | T-Mobile USA Inc 3.75% 04/15/2027 | 0.62% |
| 4 | — | Microsoft Corp 3.30% 02/06/2027 | 0.59% |
| 5 | — | Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 4.94% 04/23/2028 | 0.57% |
| 6 | — | HSBC Holdings PLC 4.75% 06/09/2028 | 0.56% |
| 7 | — | Amazon.com Inc 3.15% 08/22/2027 | 0.54% |
| 8 | — | Wells Fargo & Co 3.53% 03/24/2028 | 0.52% |
| 9 | — | Wells Fargo & Co 4.81% 07/25/2028 | 0.51% |
| 10 | — | Bank of America Corp 4.95% 07/22/2028 | 0.49% |
| 11 | — | HSBC Holdings PLC 5.21% 08/11/2028 | 0.48% |
| 12 | — | Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 3.69% 06/05/2028 | 0.47% |
| 13 | — | Wells Fargo & Co 2.39% 06/02/2028 | 0.47% |
| 14 | — | HSBC Holdings PLC 5.13% 11/19/2028 | 0.46% |
| 15 | — | Apple Inc 3.20% 05/11/2027 | 0.46% |
| 16 | — | Citigroup Inc 3.89% 01/10/2028 | 0.46% |
| 17 | — | Apple Inc 3.35% 02/09/2027 | 0.44% |
| 18 | — | Citigroup Inc 4.64% 05/07/2028 | 0.44% |
| 19 | — | Bank of America Corp 3.82% 01/20/2028 | 0.43% |
| 20 | — | Morgan Stanley 6.30% 10/18/2028 | 0.43% |
| 21 | — | Wells Fargo & Co 3.58% 05/22/2028 | 0.42% |
| 22 | — | Meta Platforms Inc 3.50% 08/15/2027 | 0.42% |
| 23 | — | Oracle Corp 2.80% 04/01/2027 | 0.42% |
| 24 | — | Citigroup Inc 4.45% 09/29/2027 | 0.41% |
| 25 | — | Wells Fargo & Co 5.71% 04/22/2028 | 0.41% |
| 26 | — | Bank of America Corp 6.20% 11/10/2028 | 0.41% |
| 27 | — | Wells Fargo & Co 4.90% 01/24/2028 | 0.40% |
| 28 | — | Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 3.62% 03/15/2028 | 0.40% |
| 29 | — | JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.78% 02/01/2028 | 0.39% |
| 30 | — | Citigroup Inc 3.52% 10/27/2028 | 0.39% |

Source: etf.net, https://etf.net/etf/VBCA. Please cite the page URL.