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VCOB

GradeBNew York Stock Exchange Arca

Voya Core Bond ETF

Core US Bond · Voya · Inception 2025-11-18

$48.06−0.31 (−0.64%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 1:02 PM EDT

History starts Nov 19, 2025.History starts Nov 19, 2025.
Intraday session: down, 4 prints from 48.37 to 48.06. Range 48.06 to 48.37. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$48.10$48.20$48.30$48.4010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.25%
Fund size
$95M
1Y return
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Yield · Last 12 months
Data unavailable
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$48.17
52W range
low $48.06high $52.70

The ETF.net VCOB Grade

B

63/ 100

Rank 52 of 118 in US Aggregate Bond⁠

Confidence High

Six-pillar profile for VCOB. Scores out of 100: Cost 66, Risk 54, Mission 100, Tradability 22, Holdings 58, Durability 31. Strongest: Mission (100). Weakest: Tradability (22). Leans toward Mission.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 63 of 100 sits in the B band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.

  • Cost

    What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.
    BScore 66
    Category rank43/118 · top 36%

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    AScore 100
    Category rank48/100 · top 48%

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    CScore 54
    Category rank42/117 · top 36%

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    FScore 22
    Category rank100/118 · bottom quartile

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    BScore 58
    Category rank62/117 · mid-pack

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    DScore 31
    Category rank98/118 · bottom quartile

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026

Our read on VCOB

ETF.net Research

BAn actively managed take on the core bond aisle: investment-grade corporates, government and mortgage debt, run by Voya's bond team at a price that undercuts the typical fund in the category.

Stated mandate

The Fund is an actively managed ETF seeking total return through current income and capital appreciation. It normally invests at least 80% of net assets in bonds or bond-like derivatives, primarily including investment-grade corporate, government, and mortgage-related debt.

Why people hold it

  1. 01Active mandate, not an index clone: normally at least 80% of net assets in bonds, spanning investment-grade corporate, government and mortgage-related debt.
  2. 02Charges 0.25%, below the typical fund in its core-bond cohort, which is uncommon for an actively run strategy.
  3. 03Pursues total return from two directions, current income plus capital appreciation, inside a standard 1940 Act ETF wrapper.

Worth knowing

  1. 01Cheap for active, still dearer than the aisle's index heavyweights: BND, SPAB and SCHZ each charge 0.03%.
  2. 02Launched in late 2025, so there is little live record of how the managers navigate a full rate cycle.
  3. 03A small, lightly traded fund next to the category's household names, so bid-ask spreads are worth checking before trading.

VCOB Holdings

As of Sep 21, 2026, 8:04 PM
Asset class
Bonds
Holdings
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Top-10 weight
27%
Largest holding
US TREASURY N/B 4.375 8/31/20317.3%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 58.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001—US TREASURY N/B 4.375 8/31/20317.29%7,337,200$7M29
002—US TREASURY N/B 5.125 8/15/20463.34%3,399,400$3M20
003—US TREASURY N/B 4.375 9/15/20293.16%3,156,700$3M10
004—MCCORMICK + CO INC DISC 0.0 30SEP26 09262.03%2,000,000$2M2
005—FN FS5050 3 6/1/20521.90%2,235,050$2M1
006—FN FS9860 2 6/1/20521.89%2,424,888$2M1
007—FN MA5759 5 7/1/20551.84%1,914,386$2M8
008—FN MA5877 4.5 11/1/20551.79%1,920,330$2M1
009—FR RQ0056 5.5 10/1/20551.78%1,802,399$2M4
010—G2 MA7471 2 7/20/20511.76%2,196,698$2M4
011—FR RQ0028 6 7/1/20551.49%1,474,947$1M8
012—FNCL 4 10/26 TBA1.48%1,635,000$1M9
013—FNCL 3.5 10/26 TBA1.45%1,650,000$1M11
014—US TREASURY N/B 4.5 8/31/20331.42%1,434,600$1M16
015—FN FA2839 2.5 7/1/20521.16%1,418,866$1M5

Showing 1–15 of 857 holdings

VCOB Performance

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

VCOB$9,926
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,430
Dec 31, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026. VCOB $9,926. SPY $11,430. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,119$10,381$11,642Dec 2025May 2026Sep 2026

Dec 31, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026

Returns run to the Sep 22, 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 VCOB. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodVCOB
Year to date−0.7%
1 month−0.6%
3 months−1.3%
1 yearFund is under 1 year old—
3 yearsFund is under 3 years old—per year
5 yearsFund is under 5 years old—per year
10 yearsFund is under 10 years old—per 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 VCOB
YearReturn barVCOB
2026 YTD−0.7%
2025+0.4%

History from Nov 19, 2025

VCOB in the news

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VCOB Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Sep 22, 2026.
Data unavailableLast 12 months
Payout per share
Data unavailableLast 12 months
Last payment
$0.18 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Monthly

Distribution data unavailable.

Distribution history

2025–2026

One bar per payment. 9 payments from 2025 to 2026 YTD. Dec 30, 2025 $0.25; Jan 29, 2026 $0.10; Feb 26, 2026 $0.18; Mar 30, 2026 $0.24; Apr 29, 2026 $0.11; May 28, 2026 $0.13; Jun 29, 2026 $0.18; Jul 30, 2026 $0.16; Aug 27, 2026 $0.18. Use the arrow keys to read each point.20252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Aug 27, 2026Aug 28, 2026$0.18
Jul 30, 2026Jul 31, 2026$0.16
Jun 29, 2026Jun 30, 2026$0.18
May 28, 2026May 29, 2026$0.13
Apr 29, 2026Apr 30, 2026$0.11
Mar 30, 2026Mar 31, 2026$0.24
Feb 26, 2026Feb 27, 2026$0.18
Jan 29, 2026Jan 30, 2026$0.10
Dec 30, 2025Dec 31, 2025$0.25

VCOB Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
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Launched Nov 2025; 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 Nov 2025; 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 Nov 2025; 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.
0.11
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.

VCOB Cost

Expense ratio0.25%
  • The middle half of US Aggregate Bond funds
  • Median 0.34%

35 of the 112 US Aggregate Bond funds charge less.

VCOB costs $25.00 a year on $10,000. The median US Aggregate Bond fund costs $34.00.