VMLUX — Vanguard Limited-Term Tax-Exempt Fund
Data updated: 2026-06-26
VMLUX — Vanguard Limited-Term Tax-Exempt Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Long Municipal - National Bond · $34.64B AUM · 0.09% expense ratio · 4.6% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
VMLUX Fund Overview
VMLUX — Vanguard Limited-Term Tax-Exempt Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Vanguard Municipal Bond Funds, categorised as Long Municipal - National 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 Municipal Bond Funds
- Category: Long Municipal - National Bond
- Assets under management: $34.64B
- 1-year return: 4.6%
- Ticker: VMLUX
- SEC CIK: 0000225997
- SEC series ID: S000002895
- Share class ID: C000007956
VMLUX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Vanguard Limited-Term Tax-Exempt Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Municipal Cash Management Fund | 2.69% |
| Southeast Energy Authority A Cooperative District | 0.39% |
| Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income Fund | 0.37% |
| Black Belt Energy Gas District | 0.36% |
| Black Belt Energy Gas District | 0.35% |
| Main Street Natural Gas Inc | 0.32% |
| Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund | 0.32% |
| California Community Choice Financing Authority | 0.32% |
| Black Belt Energy Gas District | 0.31% |
| Kentucky Public Energy Authority | 0.31% |
VMLUX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Vanguard Limited-Term Tax-Exempt Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 97.5% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 2.7% |
VMLUX Performance
Total returns for VMLUX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 0.7% |
| 1 year | 4.6% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 3.7% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 1.9% |
VMLUX Risk Information
Risk metrics for VMLUX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 1.8%
VMLUX Costs and Fees
VMLUX costs about $9 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.09%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.09%
- Portfolio turnover: 36%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
VMLUX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, Vanguard Limited-Term Tax-Exempt Fund had net inflows of $3.52B, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | $155.02M |
| 2026-03 | $363.18M |
| 2026-02 | $417.25M |
| 2026-01 | $401.29M |
| 2025-12 | $329.83M |
| 2025-11 | $290.68M |
VMLUX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Vanguard Limited-Term Tax-Exempt Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Southeast Energy Authority A Cooperative District | 0.39% |
| Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income Fund | 0.37% |
| Black Belt Energy Gas District | 0.36% |
| Black Belt Energy Gas District | 0.35% |
| Main Street Natural Gas Inc | 0.32% |
| Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund | 0.32% |
| California Community Choice Financing Authority | 0.32% |
| Black Belt Energy Gas District | 0.31% |
| Kentucky Public Energy Authority | 0.31% |
| New Mexico Municipal Energy Acquisition Authority | 0.30% |
VMLUX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Vanguard Limited-Term Tax-Exempt Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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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.