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VTCVanguardINDEX

Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF

$74.04+0.89% vs prior close
737952-WK

Price through Oct 22, 2026 · Flows through Oct 31, 2024. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 22, 2026. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 22, 2026.

The fund is a fund of funds and employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Bond Index, which measures the investment-grade, fixed-rate, taxable corporate bond market. The index includes U.S. dollar-denominated securities that are publicly issued by industrial, utility, and financial issuers.

VTC price

Source: Market tape, daily closes; price return, distributions not reinvested
Table
DateVTC close
Jul 22, 2026$75.48
Jul 23, 2026$75.25
Jul 24, 2026$75.27
Jul 27, 2026$75.43
Jul 28, 2026$75.60
Jul 29, 2026$75.30
Jul 30, 2026$75.40
Jul 31, 2026$75.25
Aug 3, 2026$75.13
Aug 4, 2026$75.53
Aug 5, 2026$75.52
Aug 6, 2026$75.28
Aug 7, 2026$75.40
Aug 10, 2026$75.08
Aug 11, 2026$75.09
Aug 12, 2026$75.18
Aug 13, 2026$75.40
Aug 14, 2026$75.18
Aug 17, 2026$74.95
Aug 18, 2026$75.03
Aug 19, 2026$75.42
Aug 20, 2026$75.14
Aug 21, 2026$75.08
Aug 24, 2026$75.20
Aug 25, 2026$75.61
Aug 26, 2026$75.56
Aug 27, 2026$75.51
Aug 28, 2026$75.30
Aug 31, 2026$75.18
Sep 1, 2026$74.59
Sep 2, 2026$74.68
Sep 3, 2026$74.79
Sep 4, 2026$74.77
Sep 8, 2026$74.73
Sep 9, 2026$74.61
Sep 10, 2026$74.09
Sep 11, 2026$74.03
Sep 14, 2026$74.00
Sep 15, 2026$73.97
Sep 16, 2026$74.05
Sep 17, 2026$74.44
Sep 18, 2026$74.19
Sep 21, 2026$74.40
Sep 22, 2026$74.43
Sep 23, 2026$73.73
Sep 24, 2026$73.32
Sep 25, 2026$73.34
Sep 28, 2026$72.92
Sep 29, 2026$72.87
Sep 30, 2026$72.78
Oct 1, 2026$72.63
Oct 2, 2026$72.52
Oct 5, 2026$72.54
Oct 6, 2026$72.73
Oct 7, 2026$72.70
Oct 8, 2026$72.90
Oct 9, 2026$72.91
Oct 12, 2026$72.97
Oct 13, 2026$72.99
Oct 14, 2026$73.06
Oct 15, 2026$73.51
Oct 16, 2026$73.51
Oct 19, 2026$73.21
Oct 20, 2026$73.42
Oct 21, 2026$73.38
Oct 22, 2026$74.04

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned -4.6% 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

$1.1Bassets under management
0.040%expense ratio · $4 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
275Kavg daily volume, 30 days
3holdings · US-domiciled
2017listed November 7, 2017 · beta 0.17

Sector weights

  • Cash & Others100%
  • ETF99.96%
  • Other72.74%
  • Miscellaneous27.26%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
Show as table
ItemValue (%)
Cash & Others100%
ETF99.96%
Other72.74%
Miscellaneous27.26%
Performance
1 week+0.7%
1 month-0.5%
3 months-1.9%
6 months-4.4%
YTD-4.6%
1 year-6.3%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

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

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
6%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
5%realized volatility, 1 year
-8.4%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-6.5%latest close versus that peak

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

Options tape
4calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
81Kshares traded
The case against VTC

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat VTC 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 · 16× the assets · +$489M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$123.5B+$2.3B117× 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 · 7× the assets · +$1.4B in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M18× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
MUB iShares National Muni Bond ETF0.05%$48B+$2B46× the assets · +$2B in over the monthHead-to-head
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