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VCITVanguardINDEX

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund

$78.24+0.32% vs prior close
788552-WK

Price through Oct 6, 2026 · Flows through Oct 31, 2024. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 6, 2026. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 6, 2026.

The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index. This index includes U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade, fixed-rate, taxable securities issued by U.S. and non-U.S. industrial, utility, and financial companies, with maturities between 5 and 10 years. Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund's assets will be invested in bonds included in the index.

Price & daily flows
79.979.278.5Tue Sep 29 · AI infrastructure debt pushes tech past banks in major investment-grade bond indexes78.24DAILY NET FLOWSep 8Sep 17Sep 25Oct 6

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned -6.6% so far this year. At 0.040% a year it is not the cheapest way in — AGG has a reported fee of 0.03%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$49.2Bassets under management
0.040%expense ratio · $4 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
13.2Mavg daily volume, 30 days
343holdings · US-domiciled
2009listed November 19, 2009 · beta 0.16
Sector weights
Cash & Others100%
Corporate99.69%
Industrial54.57%
Financial38.87%
Real Estate15.38%
Healthcare11.65%
Utilities11.43%
Energy10.71%
Industrials9.2%
Communication Services7.98%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States90.76%
Other6.79%
United Kingdom1.16%
Bermuda0.55%
Singapore0.46%
Ireland0.28%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.1%
1 month-2.8%
3 months-5.0%
6 months-5.4%
YTD-6.6%
1 year-6.7%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
1 year—

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
JulSepOct
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
6%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
5%realized volatility, 1 year
-8.1%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-7.8%latest close versus that peak

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
5calls · latest snapshot
2puts · latest snapshot
0.40put/call ratio
9.5Mshares traded
The case against VCIT

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat VCIT on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
STIP iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF0.03%$16.4B+$489M-1bp on fee · +$489M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$123.5B+$2.3B3× the assets · +$2.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTS State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF0.03%$7.1B+$1.4B-1bp on fee · +$1.4B in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.3B+$575M+$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M+$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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