Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF
$72.99+0.01 (+0.02%)
- 0.03%
- $1.7B
- −2.1%
- 5.21%
- 0.1M sh
- $72.92
- low $72.11high $79.24
The ETF.net VTC Grade
A
Score 82 out of 100
- 3 of 49
Score 82 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.A98 out of 100Rank 1 of 49Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 45Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.D31 out of 100Rank 42 of 49Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B66 out of 100Rank 13 of 49Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A95 out of 100Rank 2 of 49Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A88 out of 100Rank 4 of 49
Our read on VTC
AMost cheap corporate bond funds sell you one slice of the maturity curve. VTC buys the whole investment-grade corporate market, short to long, for 0.03% a year, and since 2025 it owns the bonds directly instead of stacking three Vanguard funds.
The Fund seeks to track a broad, market-weighted corporate bond index, specifically the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Bond Index. It uses an indexing approach focused on investment-grade, fixed-rate, taxable corporate bonds.
Why people hold it
- 0.03% a year against a 0.19% median for investment-grade corporate ETFs. On this exact Bloomberg index, nothing in the group charges less.
- One ticker, the full corporate curve. Top-graded rivals like VCIT, IGIB and IGSB each buy a single maturity band; VTC's index spans short, intermediate and long fixed-rate corporates.
- No overlays, no active tilts, no credit guesswork. Market-weighted indexing of investment-grade, fixed-rate, taxable corporates, and the portfolio hews tightly to that mandate.
- Income lands monthly, not quarterly, which matters if bond coupons are doing real work in your cash flow.
Worth knowing
- Whole-curve means long bonds in the mix, so prices move more with interest rates than a 1-5 year slice like IGSB does.
- The plumbing changed in March 2025: Vanguard moved it from holding three underlying corporate bond ETFs to buying the index bonds directly. Same objective, same index.sec.gov
- Moderately traded rather than a volume heavyweight, so spreads can run wider than the busiest corporate bond funds, particularly in choppy markets.
VTC Holdings
- Bonds
- 5,318
- 1%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.25% 07/31/2028
Geography
- United States86.51%
- United Kingdom3.60%
- Canada2.89%
- Japan1.93%
- Spain0.86%
- Australia0.86%
- Belgium0.59%
- Germany0.45%
- 2.31%
VTC Performance
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VTC$9,795
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.
| Period | VTC |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −2.4% |
| 1 month | −1.0% |
| 3 months | −2.6% |
| 1 year | −2.1% |
| 3 years | +5.4% |
| 5 years | −0.3% |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | VTC |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −2.4% | |
| 2025 | +7.6% | |
| 2024 | +2.1% | |
| 2023 | +8.6% | |
| 2022 | −15.7% | |
| 2021 | −1.4% | |
| 2020 | +9.3% |
VTC in the news
Filings Digest
VanEck cuts its CLO ETF fee from 0.36% to 0.29%
VTC Dividends
- 5.21%
- $3.80
- $0.32 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
VTC Risk
- 6.4%
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.
- 0.08
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.
- −21.7%
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.
- 1.12
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
VTC Cost
0.03%
VTC0.03%
- The middle half of Investment Grade Corporate funds
- Median 0.29%
No Investment Grade Corporate fund charges less.
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- ASPBOState Street SPDR Portfolio Corporate Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.03%1 year return −1.8%
- AIGEBiShares Investment Grade Systematic Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.18%1 year return −1.7%
- AGIGBGoldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.08%1 year return −1.9%
- ALQDiShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.14%1 year return −3.5%