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Vanguard Target Maturity 2027 Corporate Bond ETF

Vanguard · US9219387001

Vanguard Target Maturity 2027 Corporate Bond ETF is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from Vanguard, traded under the ticker VBCA (ISIN US9219387001). One trade buys a whole basket of holdings, so your money is spread out instead of riding on a single company. In plain terms it is about lending to governments and companies in return for regular interest, which tends to be steadier than shares but grows more slowly, spread across its target market. Rather than a manager picking stocks, it simply replicates the ICE 2027 Maturity US Corporate Constrained Index index — the passive, low-cost approach, and its largest holdings include Goldman Sachs Group Inc., United States Treasury Note/Bond and Citibank NA. It holds around 535 positions (the ten largest ≈ 6.4%), spreading risk so no single holding decides your outcome. By geography it is weighted towards ~99.8% United States. By industry it concentrates most in ~45.2% Financials and ~7.8% Consumer Discretionary. Funds like this are often used as the steadier, lower-swing part of a portfolio — the ballast that cushions the ups and downs of shares. Its ongoing charge (TER) is 0.08% a year — about €8 a year on a €10,000 holding, taken automatically from the fund. It holds the underlying investments directly (physical replication); it is domiciled in the United States and trades in USD. Its price has swung about 0.9% over the past year — a gauge of how much the value moves, not a judgement of quality. Like any investment, it can lose value as well as gain, and what it did before does not predict what it will do next. (Fund data sourced from Vanguard.)

· Tracks the ICE 2027 Maturity US Corporate Constrained Index index ?
Bond ?Unknown Physical ?United States ?
Low yearly feeOwns the shares directlyUnited StatesBroadly spread
Fund size (AUM) ?
€0
Yearly fee (TER) ?
0.08%
All-in cost ≈ 0.00%

About this fund

The ICE 2027 Maturity US Corporate Constrained Index index is the benchmark this fund aims to copy. By holding it, this fund gives you a stake in around 535 companies across United States in a single purchase.

The fund actually buys every share in the index it tracks (full replication).

Fund facts

Index tracked ?
ICE 2027 Maturity US Corporate Constrained Index
Replication ?
Physical
Full — buys every share

Performance

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Growth of $100 invested — both lines start at $100.

Vanguard Target Maturity 2027 Corporate Bond ETF Average ICE 2027 Maturity US Corporate Constrained Index ETF (funds we track) ?

Compared with the average fund tracking the same index — our own data, not the licensed index itself.

How bumpy has it been?

0.9%
Volatility (1y) ?
How much the price swings year to year — lower is calmer.
-0.2%
Worst drop (3y) ?
The biggest fall from a peak over the last three years.

What's inside

By sector ?

Financials45.2%
Consumer Discretionary7.8%
Consumer Staples7.8%
Technology6.8%
Industrials5.1%
Health Care4.4%
Utilities4.4%
Energy4.1%
Other / not shown14.4%

The 10 biggest holdings make up 4.9% of the fund — the rest is spread across roughly 314 more companies.

Top 10 holdings

#CompanyWeight
2United States Treasury Note/Bond0.7%
3Citibank NA0.7%
6T-Mobile USA Inc.0.6%
18Meta Platforms Inc.0.5%
21Amgen Inc.0.5%
32Sherwin-Williams Co.0.4%
33Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.0.4%
39Exxon Mobil Corp.0.4%
43AbbVie Inc.0.4%
45HCA Inc.0.4%

Where to buy this fund

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Where it trades

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For serious comparison — full data holdings, percentiles, advanced risk, tilt, flows

Full holdings

As of 2026-07-07 · the fund's own published holdings.

#CompanyWeight
2United States Treasury Note/Bond0.7%
3Citibank NA0.7%
6T-Mobile USA Inc.0.6%
18Meta Platforms Inc.0.5%
21Amgen Inc.0.5%
32Sherwin-Williams Co.0.4%
33Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.0.4%
39Exxon Mobil Corp.0.4%
43AbbVie Inc.0.4%
45HCA Inc.0.4%
53Microsoft Corp.0.3%
58Oracle Corp.0.3%
59Cisco Systems Inc.0.3%
74GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.0.3%
77AT&T Inc.0.3%
78Verizon Communications Inc.0.3%
79ONEOK Inc.0.3%
83QUALCOMM Inc.0.3%
88S&P Global Inc.0.3%
91HSBC USA Inc.0.3%
92Astrazeneca Finance LLC0.3%
93Wells Fargo & Co.0.3%
99Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.0.3%
102Anthem Inc.0.3%
108Ally Financial Inc.0.3%
109Starbucks Corp.0.3%
115Williams Cos. Inc.0.3%
116FirstEnergy Corp.0.3%
117Comcast Corp.0.3%
118NiSource Finance Corp.0.3%
119CSX Corp.0.2%
122Honda Motor Co. Ltd.0.2%
126Enbridge Inc.0.2%
127L3Harris Technologies Inc.0.2%
132Southwest Airlines Co.0.2%
134Citigroup Inc.0.2%
138Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.0.2%
140Kraft Heinz Foods Co.0.2%
142Haleon US Capital LLC0.2%
143Novartis Capital Corp.0.2%
144AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap Global Aviation Trust0.2%
145Baker Hughes a GE Co. LLC / Baker Hughes Co-Obligor Inc.0.2%
152Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd./New York NY0.2%
154Amazon.com Inc.0.2%
155DTE Energy Co.0.2%
156Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC0.2%
160IBM International Capital Pte Ltd.0.2%
164Northern Trust Corp.0.2%
165Bank of America Corp.0.2%
166Telefonica Emisiones SAU0.2%
167Cintas Corp. No. 20.2%
171Mastercard Inc.0.2%
172BlackRock Inc.0.2%
174ORIX Corp.0.2%
175Corebridge Financial Inc.0.2%
176Rogers Communications Inc.0.2%
177BP Capital Markets plc0.2%
178Crown Castle Inc.0.2%
179AmerisourceBergen Corp.0.2%
186Westpac Banking Corp.0.2%
187HSBC Holdings plc0.2%
188Nomura Holdings Inc.0.2%
192Pepsico Singapore Financing I Pte Ltd.0.2%
195US Bancorp0.2%
197Huntington Bancshares Inc./OH0.2%
198Constellation Brands Inc.0.2%
199Pfizer Inc.0.2%
204Coca-Cola Co.0.2%
205Applied Materials Inc.0.2%
206Digital Realty Trust LP0.2%
207NSTAR Electric Co.0.2%
208Synchrony Financial0.2%
209Crown Castle International Corp.0.2%
210United Technologies Corp.0.2%
212Waste Management Inc.0.2%
213American Electric Power Co. Inc.0.2%
214BorgWarner Inc.0.2%
215Merck & Co. Inc.0.2%
217Royalty Pharma plc0.2%
218Alphabet Inc.0.2%
220Conagra Brands Inc.0.2%
222ArcelorMittal SA0.2%
223Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA0.2%
224Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.0.2%
225Keybank National Assn.0.2%
226Lockheed Martin Corp.0.2%
227Diageo Capital plc0.2%
230DCP Midstream Operating LP0.2%
233Owens Corning0.2%
234Barclays plc0.2%
235Morgan Stanley0.2%
237Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.0.2%
239Equifax Inc.0.2%
241Phillips 66 Co.0.2%
242Marriott International Inc./MD0.2%
244Ingersoll Rand Inc.0.2%
245American Express Co.0.2%
246Southern Co.0.2%
247Diamondback Energy Inc.0.2%
249Adobe Inc.0.2%
250PACCAR Financial Corp.0.2%
251Aon North America Inc.0.2%
253Fiserv Inc.0.2%
254Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc.0.2%
255South Bow USA Infrastructure Holdings LLC0.2%
256Hormel Foods Corp.0.2%
258Fifth Third Bank NA0.2%
260Capital One Financial Corp.0.2%
262Arthur J Gallagher & Co.0.2%
265Lennar Corp.0.2%
267Willis North America Inc.0.2%
268Synopsys Inc.0.2%
272Morgan Stanley Private Bank NA0.2%
274NXP BV / NXP Funding LLC / NXP USA Inc.0.2%
277Walt Disney Co.0.2%
278TSMC Arizona Corp.0.2%
280ING Groep NV0.2%
284Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations LP0.2%
287Mosaic Co.0.2%
288AutoZone Inc.0.2%
289Kroger Co.0.2%
291Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp.0.2%
292eBay Inc.0.2%
294Charles Schwab Corp.0.2%
295O'Reilly Automotive Inc.0.2%
296Kaiser Foundation Hospitals0.2%
297Apple Inc.0.2%
298Autodesk Inc.0.2%
299Carlisle Cos. Inc.0.2%
300McCormick & Co. Inc.0.2%
301Cardinal Health Inc.0.2%
302NIKE Inc.0.2%
303Simon Property Group LP0.2%
304Eaton Corp.0.2%
305Intel Corp.0.2%
307Exelon Corp.0.2%
309Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.0.2%
313Santander Holdings USA Inc.0.2%
314Zoetis Inc.0.2%
316Visa Inc.0.2%
3173M Co.0.2%
319Honeywell International Inc.0.2%
320Blackstone Secured Lending Fund0.2%
321WEC Energy Group Inc.0.2%
326JPMorgan Chase & Co.0.1%
328National Australia Bank Ltd./New York0.1%
332BAT Capital Corp.0.1%
333Keysight Technologies Inc.0.1%
334Accenture Capital Inc.0.1%
338RTX Corp.0.1%
339Tyson Foods Inc.0.1%
340Gilead Sciences Inc.0.1%
343General Motors Co.0.1%
346Southern California Edison Co.0.1%
347PNC Financial Services Group Inc.0.1%
348NatWest Group plc0.1%
349Blue Owl Credit Income Corp.0.1%
350Las Vegas Sands Corp.0.1%
351Goldman Sachs Group Inc.0.1%
353Standard Chartered Bank/New York0.1%
355Energy Transfer Operating LP0.1%
358Deutsche Bank AG/New York NY0.1%
359Targa Resources Corp.0.1%
360Banco Santander SA0.1%
362BlackRock Funding Inc.0.1%
363Amphenol Corp.0.1%
366Georgia Power Co.0.1%
368Morgan Stanley Bank NA0.1%
369Icon Investments Six DAC0.1%
370Philip Morris International Inc.0.1%
371Duke Energy Corp.0.1%
372Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.0.1%
373Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.0.1%
377PepsiCo Inc.0.1%
378Unilever Capital Corp.0.1%
379Cooperatieve Rabobank UA/NY0.1%
380Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co.0.1%
381Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.0.1%
382Stryker Corp.0.1%
383Walmart Inc.0.1%
384Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC0.1%
385Rio Tinto Finance USA plc0.1%
387Royal Bank of Canada0.1%
388Expedia Group Inc.0.1%
389Citizens Bank NA/Providence RI0.1%
390Jefferies Financial Group Inc.0.1%
391Huntington National Bank0.1%
392PNC Bank NA0.1%
393Augusta SpinCo Corp.0.1%
394Bank of Nova Scotia0.1%
395Omega Healthcare Investors Inc.0.1%
396Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce0.1%
397MPLX LP0.1%
398Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.0.1%
399Truist Financial Corp.0.1%
400Bank of Montreal0.1%
402Realty Income Corp.0.1%
403National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp.0.1%
405Alabama Power Co.0.1%
406Virginia Electric and Power Co.0.1%
407Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.0.1%
408Duke Energy Florida LLC0.1%
409Coterra Energy Inc.0.1%
410Lloyds Banking Group plc0.1%
411BP Capital Markets America Inc.0.1%
412Mid-America Apartments LP0.1%
413Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.0.1%
414CVS Health Corp.0.1%
415Bank of New York Mellon Corp.0.1%
416Workday Inc.0.1%
417Costco Wholesale Corp.0.1%
418UnitedHealth Group Inc.0.1%
419Healthcare Trust of America Holdings LP0.1%
420Lowe's Cos. Inc.0.1%
421Air Lease Corp.0.1%
422Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings0.1%
424American Tower Corp.0.1%
425TELUS Corp.0.1%
426Home Depot Inc.0.1%
427Republic Services Inc.0.1%
428Union Pacific Corp.0.1%
429TWDC Enterprises 18 Corp.0.1%
431Santander UK Group Holdings plc0.1%
433Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.0.1%
434Procter & Gamble Co.0.1%
435Progressive Corp.0.1%
436Sempra Energy0.1%
437Boeing Co.0.1%
438American Honda Finance Corp.0.1%
439Mondelez International Inc.0.1%
440United Parcel Service Inc.0.1%
441Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.0.1%
442Mizuho Financial Group Inc.0.1%
443Sysco Corp.0.1%
444International Business Machines Corp.0.1%
445HP Inc.0.1%
446Toronto-Dominion Bank0.1%
447Toyota Motor Credit Corp.0.1%
448State Street Corp.0.1%
449American Water Capital Corp.0.1%
450Cigna Group0.1%
451John Deere Capital Corp.0.1%
452NextEra Energy Capital Holdings Inc.0.1%
454Fifth Third Bancorp0.1%
455Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC0.1%
456Brighthouse Financial Inc.0.1%
457Prologis LP0.1%
458Chevron Corp.0.1%
459KeyCorp0.1%
460Baxter International Inc.0.1%
461Air Products and Chemicals Inc.0.1%
462Sands China Ltd.0.1%
463General Motors Financial Co. Inc.0.1%
464Blackstone Private Credit Fund0.1%
465Humana Inc.0.1%
466Viatris Inc.0.1%
467Pacific Gas and Electric Co.0.1%
469Roper Technologies Inc.0.1%
470AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap Global Aviation Trust0.1%
471LPL Holdings Inc.0.1%
472Duke Energy Progress LLC0.1%
473McDonald's Corp.0.1%
474Baidu Inc.0.1%
475Boston Properties LP0.1%
476Edison International0.1%
477National Bank of Canada0.1%
478Eli Lilly & Co.0.1%
479Chevron USA Inc.0.1%
480Enable Midstream Partners LP0.1%
481M&T Bank Corp.0.1%
482Virginia Electric & Power Co.0.1%
483Northrop Grumman Corp.0.1%
484Johnson & Johnson0.1%
485AstraZeneca plc0.1%
486Southern California Gas Co.0.1%
487Global Payments Inc.0.1%
488DR Horton Inc.0.1%
489CommonSpirit Health0.1%
490Illumina Inc.0.1%
491UBS AG/Stamford CT0.1%
492Hyatt Hotels Corp.0.1%
493Quanta Services Inc.0.1%
494Campbell's Co.0.1%
495Essential Utilities Inc.0.1%
496Nucor Corp.0.1%
497Eversource Energy0.1%
498Truist Bank0.1%
499CNH Industrial Capital LLC0.1%
500Boardwalk Pipelines LP0.1%
501Cadence Design Systems Inc.0.0%
502Agilent Technologies Inc.0.0%
503Jabil Inc.0.0%
504American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.0.0%
505PayPal Holdings Inc.0.0%
506Nokia Oyj0.0%
507TC PipeLines LP0.0%
508Darden Restaurants Inc.0.0%
509Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC0.0%
510Lear Corp.0.0%
511Parker-Hannifin Corp.0.0%
512LYB International Finance II BV0.0%
513Estee Lauder Cos. Inc.0.0%
514Kellogg Co.0.0%
515Atmos Energy Corp.0.0%
516Ecolab Inc.0.0%
517CNA Financial Corp.0.0%
518Public Storage0.0%
519Texas Instruments Inc.0.0%
520Packaging Corp. of America0.0%
521JM Smucker Co.0.0%
522Aon Corp. / Aon Global Holdings plc0.0%
523ITC Holdings Corp.0.0%
524FactSet Research Systems Inc.0.0%
525Manulife Financial Corp.0.0%
526General Dynamics Corp.0.0%
527Ameren Corp.0.0%
528NetApp Inc.0.0%
529Xcel Energy Inc.0.0%
530Ares Capital Corp.0.0%
531Valero Energy Corp.0.0%
532Equinix Inc.0.0%
533Emerson Electric Co.0.0%
534Intuit Inc.0.0%
535Kimberly-Clark Corp.0.0%

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How it ranks vs peers

🪙 Cheaper than 45% of similar ETFs

Versus the Bonds · United States · USD ETFs we track.

Advanced risk

0.5%
Downside deviation ?
100%
Up months (hit rate) ?
$76.08
52-week high ?
$75.00
52-week low ?

Concentration depth

~382 ?
Effective number of holdings

Roughly 535 companies are held, but the largest names carry most of the weight — so it behaves like ~382 equal-sized positions.

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Index trackedICE 2027 Maturity US Corporate Constrained IndexBloomberg U.S. Intermediate Corporate Bond IndexICE BofA US High Yield IndexBloomberg Long U.S. Treasury Index
Yearly fee (TER)0.08%0.03%0.03%0.03%0.04%0.05%0.03%
All-in cost0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Fund size€0€14.4B€11.7B€11B€9.9B€9.8B€9.3B
DomicileUnited StatesUnited StatesUnited StatesUnited StatesUnited StatesUnited StatesUnited States
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3-yr return p.a.+0.7%+0.4%+0.2%+1.6%+1.2%-3.8%
5-yr return p.a.-3.4%-3.0%-1.2%-2.0%-2.8%-9.5%
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