VWEAX — Vanguard High-Yield Corporate Fund
Data updated: 2026-06-26
VWEAX — Vanguard High-Yield Corporate Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Short Corporate Bond · $25.65B AUM · 0.12% expense ratio · 8.1% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
VWEAX Fund Overview
VWEAX — Vanguard High-Yield Corporate Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Vanguard Fixed Income Securities Funds, categorised as Short Corporate 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 Fixed Income Securities Funds
- Category: Short Corporate Bond
- Assets under management: $25.65B
- 1-year return: 8.1%
- Ticker: VWEAX
- SEC CIK: 0000106444
- SEC series ID: S000002584
- Share class ID: C000007093
VWEAX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Vanguard High-Yield Corporate Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.67% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.64% |
| JP Morgan Securities LLC | 0.60% |
| Ingram Micro Inc | 0.60% |
| JP Morgan Securities LLC | 0.59% |
| Credit Agricole | 0.56% |
| Nomura Securities International, Inc. | 0.55% |
| Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund | 0.50% |
| 1011778 BC ULC / New Red Finance Inc | 0.46% |
| CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp | 0.46% |
VWEAX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Vanguard High-Yield Corporate Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 92.2% |
| Loans | 3.5% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 3.2% |
| Derivatives | 0.2% |
| Equity | 0.1% |
VWEAX Performance
Total returns for VWEAX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 0.6% |
| 1 year | 8.1% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 8.0% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 4.1% |
VWEAX Risk Information
Risk metrics for VWEAX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 2.7%
VWEAX Costs and Fees
VWEAX costs about $12 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.12%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.12%
- Portfolio turnover: 44%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
VWEAX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, Vanguard High-Yield Corporate Fund had net inflows of $1.06B, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | −$23.99M |
| 2026-03 | $86.88M |
| 2026-02 | $65.26M |
| 2026-01 | $214.54M |
| 2025-12 | −$49.96M |
| 2025-11 | $64.37M |
VWEAX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Vanguard High-Yield Corporate Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.67% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.64% |
| Ingram Micro Inc | 0.60% |
| 1011778 BC ULC / New Red Finance Inc | 0.46% |
| CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp | 0.46% |
| 1261229 Bc Ltd. | 0.45% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.44% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.40% |
| EMRLD Borrower LP / Emerald Co-Issuer Inc | 0.40% |
| SS&C Technologies Inc | 0.40% |
VWEAX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Vanguard High-Yield Corporate 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.