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Vanguard Target Maturity 2030 Corporate Bond ETF

VBCDNasdaqA

$73.54+0.05 (+0.07%)

At close: Oct 13, 2026, 4:00 PM

A75/ 100

Rank 5 of 43 in Defined-Maturity Investment Grade Corporate

A75/100Rank 5 of 43inDefined-Maturity Investment Grade Corporate
Intraday session: up, 38 prints from 73.49 to 73.54. Range 73.39 to 73.55. Use the arrow keys to read each point.73.4073.4273.4510 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.08%
Fund size
$54M
1Y total return
—
Yield · Last 12 months
Data unavailable
Holdings
674
Avg volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$73.32
52W range
low $72.93high $76.08
Launched

The ETF.net VBCD Grade

A

Score 75 out of 100

Category
Defined-Maturity Investment Grade Corporate⁠
Rank
5 of 43
Six-pillar profile for VBCD. Scores out of 100: Cost 87, Risk 58, Mission 100, Tradability 34, Holdings 85, Durability 51. Strongest: Mission (100). Weakest: Tradability (34). Leans toward Mission.

Score 75 of 100 falls in the A band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.

  • Cost

    The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.
    A87 out of 100
    Rank 2 of 43

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    A100 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 32

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    B58 out of 100
    Rank 14 of 43

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    D34 out of 100
    Rank 33 of 43

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    A85 out of 100
    Rank 5 of 42

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    C51 out of 100
    Rank 23 of 43

Our read on VBCD

ETF.net Research

AVanguard turned up late to the defined-maturity bond party and undercut the incumbents: 0.08% across its whole BondBuilder suite. VBCD is the 2030 rung, holding investment-grade corporate bonds that all come due that year.

Stated mandate

The Fund uses an indexing strategy to track an index of U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade corporate bonds scheduled to mature during 2030.

Why people hold it

  1. 01Costs 0.08% a year against the 0.10% on rival 2030 and 2029 vintages such as BSCU and IBDU, and the same 0.08% applies to every fund in Vanguard's ten-ETF suite.prnewswire.com
  2. 02Holds only investment-grade US corporate bonds scheduled to mature in 2030, so you get a bond-style end date with index diversification instead of hand-picking issues.personal1.vanguard.comworkplace.vanguard.com
  3. 03Built as an alternative to hand-built bond ladders and separately managed accounts, with ETF trading and diversification wrapped around a defined maturity year.prnewswire.com
  4. 04Run by Vanguard's global bond indexing team, the same group behind its short-, intermediate- and long-term corporate bond ETFs, and it sits among the stronger builds in its peer group.prnewswire.com

Worth knowing

  1. 01Launched in 2026 and still a small fund that trades thinly, so spreads can run wider than on the long-established iShares and Invesco rungs.
  2. 02Corporate credit, not government bonds. A downgrade or default among issuers can change what the portfolio delivers, unlike a Treasury-only rung such as IBTJ.
  3. 03Income lands quarterly, not monthly, which matters if you are lining the cash flow up against a recurring bill.

VBCD Holdings

As of Oct 11, 2026
Asset class
Other
Holdings
674
Top-10 weight
6%
Largest holding
T-Mobile USA Inc 3.88% 04/15/20301.0%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 45.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001—T-Mobile USA Inc 3.88% 04/15/20301.01%5,590$537K20
002—Boeing Co/The 5.15% 05/01/20300.68%3,610$362K17
003—Citigroup Inc 2.67% 01/29/20310.67%3,880$358K8
004—Wells Fargo & Co 2.57% 02/11/20310.65%3,760$346K9
005—Morgan Stanley Private Bank NA 4.46% 11/19/20310.62%3,420$333K12
006—AT&T Inc 4.30% 02/15/20300.54%2,950$289K11
007—Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV 8.25% 06/15/20300.52%2,500$277K11
008—JPMorgan Chase & Co 5.10% 04/22/20310.50%2,680$268K12
009—Morgan Stanley 4.36% 10/22/20310.50%2,740$265K20
010—Citigroup Inc 4.50% 09/11/20310.50%2,710$264K20
011—Bank of America Corp 5.16% 01/24/20310.49%2,580$259K11
012—JPMorgan Chase & Co 5.14% 01/24/20310.48%2,540$255K12
013—Bank of America Corp 1.90% 07/23/20310.48%2,870$255K11
014—Bank of America Corp 2.59% 04/29/20310.48%2,770$254K14
015—Morgan Stanley 5.23% 01/15/20310.47%2,490$250K18

Showing 1–15 of 674 holdings

VBCD Performance

Launched Mar 24, 2026

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VBCD$9,897
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$10,332
Jul 10, 2026 to Oct 12, 2026. VBCD $9,897. SPY $10,332. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,608$10,004$10,400Jul 2026Aug 2026Oct 2026

Jul 10, 2026 – Oct 12, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.

Trailing total return for VBCD. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodVBCD
Year to dateFund launched this year—
1 month−0.3%
3 months−1.0%
1 yearFund is under 1 year old—
3 yearsFund is under 3 years oldper year—
5 yearsFund is under 5 years oldper year—
10 yearsFund is under 10 years oldper year—

As of the close, with distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for VBCD
YearReturn barVBCD
2026 YTD+0.2%

History from Mar 26, 2026

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VBCD Dividends

Last payment
$0.26 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Monthly

Distribution data unavailable.

Distribution history

2026

One bar per payment. 6 payments in 2026 YTD. May 1, 2026 $0.11; Jun 1, 2026 $0.25; Jul 1, 2026 $0.26; Aug 3, 2026 $0.27; Sep 1, 2026 $0.26; Oct 1, 2026 $0.26. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Oct 1, 2026Oct 5, 2026$0.26
Sep 1, 2026Sep 3, 2026$0.26
Aug 3, 2026Aug 5, 2026$0.27
Jul 1, 2026Jul 6, 2026$0.26
Jun 1, 2026Jun 3, 2026$0.25
May 1, 2026May 5, 2026$0.11

VBCD Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
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Launched Mar 2026; fills in after 12 months
How it’s calculated: standard deviation

The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
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Launched Mar 2026; fills in after 12 months
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio

Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.

Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
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Launched Mar 2026; fills in after 12 months
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown

The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.

Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.07
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

VBCD Cost

Expense ratio0.08%
  • The middle half of Defined-Maturity Investment Grade Corporate funds
  • Median 0.10%

No Defined-Maturity Investment Grade Corporate fund charges less.

VBCD costs $8.00 a year on $10,000. The median Defined-Maturity Investment Grade Corporate fund costs $10.00.

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