VCORX — Vanguard Core Bond Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-28
VCORX — Vanguard Core Bond Fund. Long Total / Aggregate Bond · $22.64B AUM · 0.20% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
VCORX Fund Overview
VCORX — Vanguard Core Bond Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Vanguard Malvern Funds, categorised as Long Total / Aggregate Bond. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Vanguard Malvern Funds
- Category: Long Total / Aggregate Bond
- Assets under management: $22.64B
- 1-year return: 3.9%
- Ticker: VCORX
- SEC CIK: 0000836906
- SEC series ID: S000053068
- Share class ID: C000166996
VCORX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Vanguard Core Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp | 0.96% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 0.75% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.62% |
| Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau | 0.62% |
| OBX 2026-INV2 Trust | 0.61% |
| Fannie Mae REMICS | 0.60% |
| Finland Government International Bond | 0.55% |
| Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro | 0.52% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.49% |
| Province of Quebec Canada | 0.49% |
VCORX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Vanguard Core Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 59.4% |
| Securitized | 38.6% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.1% |
VCORX Performance
Total returns for VCORX (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 0.8% |
| 1 year | 3.9% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 4.6% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 0.3% |
VCORX Risk Information
Risk metrics for VCORX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 2.9%
VCORX Costs and Fees
VCORX costs about $20 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.20%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.20%
- Portfolio turnover: 367%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
VCORX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Vanguard Core Bond Fund had net inflows of $8.34B, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | $645.81M |
| 2026-05 | $519.44M |
| 2026-04 | $512.64M |
| 2026-03 | $825.32M |
| 2026-02 | $476.73M |
| 2026-01 | $564.73M |
VCORX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Vanguard Core Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp | 0.96% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 0.75% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.62% |
| Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau | 0.62% |
| Finland Government International Bond | 0.55% |
| Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro | 0.52% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.49% |
| Province of Quebec Canada | 0.49% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.44% |
| Cassa Depositi e Prestiti SpA | 0.41% |
VCORX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Vanguard Core Bond Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-01-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-01-31
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-01-31
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-26
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-12-10
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2024-12-12
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.