VWIAX — Vanguard Wellesley Income Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-28
VWIAX — Vanguard Wellesley Income Fund. Balanced Allocation · $47.53B AUM · 0.15% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
VWIAX Fund Overview
VWIAX — Vanguard Wellesley Income Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Vanguard Wellesley Income Fund, categorised as Balanced Allocation. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Vanguard Wellesley Income Fund
- Category: Balanced Allocation
- Assets under management: $47.53B
- 1-year return: 8.6%
- Ticker: VWIAX
- SEC CIK: 0000105544
- SEC series ID: S000004405
- Share class ID: C000012162
VWIAX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Vanguard Wellesley Income Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Broadcom Inc | 3.04% |
| Merck & Co Inc | 1.14% |
| Diamondback Energy Inc | 1.10% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.93% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 0.85% |
| Bank of America Corp | 0.84% |
| Huntington Bancshares Inc/OH | 0.78% |
| TE Connectivity PLC | 0.76% |
| Unilever PLC | 0.73% |
| Keurig Dr Pepper Inc | 0.68% |
VWIAX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Vanguard Wellesley Income Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 58.6% |
| Equity | 36.4% |
| Securitized | 2.5% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.6% |
| Other | 0.3% |
VWIAX Performance
Total returns for VWIAX (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 3.3% |
| 1 year | 8.6% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 8.4% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 4.1% |
VWIAX Risk Information
Risk metrics for VWIAX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 5.3%
VWIAX Costs and Fees
VWIAX costs about $15 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.15%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.15%
- Portfolio turnover: 63%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.32 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
VWIAX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Vanguard Wellesley Income Fund had net outflows of $1.44B, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$47.82M |
| 2026-05 | −$439.23M |
| 2026-04 | −$409.93M |
| 2026-03 | $38.10M |
| 2026-02 | −$286.01M |
| 2026-01 | −$457.93M |
VWIAX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Vanguard Wellesley Income Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.93% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.49% |
| State of Illinois | 0.48% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.46% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.43% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.42% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.41% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.39% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.38% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.37% |
VWIAX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Vanguard Wellesley Income 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.