---
ticker: "VBCJ"
name: "Vanguard Target Maturity 2036 Corporate Bond ETF"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/VBCJ"
grade: "B"
score: 60
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "Defined-Maturity Investment Grade Corporate"
category_rank: "22 of 43"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# VBCJ: Vanguard Target Maturity 2036 Corporate Bond ETF

Grade **B**, Score 60 of 100. Rank 22 of 43 in Defined-Maturity Investment Grade Corporate.

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 87 | 2 of 43 |
| Mission | 86 | 29 of 32 |
| Risk | 22 | 40 of 43 |
| Tradability | 19 | 39 of 43 |
| Holdings | 45 | 28 of 42 |
| Durability | 45 | 28 of 43 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 303 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | — | Amazon.com Inc 4.88% 03/13/2036 | 1.73% |
| 2 | — | Meta Platforms Inc 5.25% 05/15/2036 | 1.71% |
| 3 | — | Space Exploration Technologies Corp 5.88% 07/15/2036 | 1.68% |
| 4 | — | Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 5.07% 01/21/2037 | 1.45% |
| 5 | — | Morgan Stanley 5.07% 01/30/2037 | 1.44% |
| 6 | — | Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc 4.70% 02/01/2036 | 1.41% |
| 7 | — | Alphabet Inc 5.45% 08/15/2036 | 1.34% |
| 8 | — | Salesforce Inc 5.55% 03/15/2036 | 1.31% |
| 9 | — | Oracle Corp 5.70% 02/04/2036 | 1.27% |
| 10 | — | Amazon.com Inc 5.30% 07/09/2036 | 1.24% |
| 11 | — | Alphabet Inc 4.80% 02/15/2036 | 1.20% |
| 12 | — | Morgan Stanley 5.30% 04/10/2037 | 1.14% |
| 13 | — | NVIDIA Corp 4.95% 06/15/2036 | 1.13% |
| 14 | — | Abbott Laboratories 4.65% 03/15/2036 | 1.09% |
| 15 | — | JPMorgan Chase & Co 4.90% 01/22/2037 | 1.05% |
| 16 | — | Bank of America Corp 5.04% 02/06/2037 | 1.05% |
| 17 | — | JPMorgan Chase & Co 5.15% 04/23/2037 | 1.00% |
| 18 | — | HSBC Holdings PLC 5.28% 03/10/2037 | 0.95% |
| 19 | — | Honeywell Aerospace Inc 4.95% 03/16/2036 | 0.92% |
| 20 | — | Wells Fargo & Co 4.96% 01/23/2037 | 0.91% |
| 21 | — | Bank of America Corp 5.49% 04/23/2037 | 0.90% |
| 22 | — | HSBC Holdings PLC 5.73% 08/14/2037 | 0.79% |
| 23 | — | Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 5.42% 06/03/2037 | 0.79% |
| 24 | — | JPMorgan Chase & Co 5.19% 02/05/2037 | 0.76% |
| 25 | — | Novartis Capital Corp 4.90% 03/18/2036 | 0.64% |
| 26 | — | Intel Corp 5.30% 05/15/2036 | 0.64% |
| 27 | — | Telefonica Emisiones SA 7.04% 06/20/2036 | 0.64% |
| 28 | — | Broadcom Inc 3.19% 11/15/2036 | 0.63% |
| 29 | — | Broadcom Inc 4.80% 02/15/2036 | 0.58% |
| 30 | — | Baker Hughes Holdings LLC / Baker Hughes Co-Obligor Inc 5.00% 06/15/2036 | 0.57% |

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