VCRB — Vanguard Core Bond ETF
Data updated: 2026-08-28
VCRB — Vanguard Core Bond ETF. Intermediate Total / Aggregate Bond · $7.29B AUM · 0.10% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
VCRB Fund Overview
VCRB — Vanguard Core Bond ETF is a US ETF managed by Vanguard Malvern Funds, categorised as Intermediate Total / Aggregate Bond. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US ETF
- Manager: Vanguard Malvern Funds
- Category: Intermediate Total / Aggregate Bond
- Assets under management: $7.29B
- 1-year return: 4.2%
- Ticker: VCRB
- SEC CIK: 0000836906
- SEC series ID: S000083197
- Share class ID: C000246714
VCRB Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Vanguard Core Bond ETF by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.02% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 0.97% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 0.75% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.65% |
| Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau | 0.60% |
| Fannie Mae REMICS | 0.59% |
| OBX 2026-INV2 Trust | 0.57% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.55% |
| Finland Government International Bond | 0.54% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.54% |
VCRB Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Vanguard Core Bond ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 61.8% |
| Securitized | 36.2% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.3% |
VCRB Performance
Total returns for VCRB (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 0.9% |
| 1 year | 4.2% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 5.4% |
VCRB Risk Information
Risk metrics for VCRB, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 3.0%
VCRB Costs and Fees
VCRB costs about $10 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.10%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.10%
- Portfolio turnover: 426%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
VCRB Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Vanguard Core Bond ETF had net inflows of $4.22B, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | $290.30M |
| 2026-05 | $404.94M |
| 2026-04 | $203.85M |
| 2026-03 | $228.64M |
| 2026-02 | $502.28M |
| 2026-01 | $723.28M |
VCRB Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Vanguard Core Bond ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.02% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 0.97% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 0.75% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.65% |
| Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau | 0.60% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.55% |
| Finland Government International Bond | 0.54% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.54% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.53% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.52% |
VCRB Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Vanguard Core Bond ETF 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 2023-12-06
- 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.