Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund Admiral Shares (VLGSX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
19.42
-0.02 (-0.10%)
May 16, 2024, 4:00 PM EDT
-8.35%
Fund Assets 16.33B
Expense Ratio 0.07%
Min. Investment $3,000
Turnover 20.00%
Dividend (ttm) 0.72
Dividend Yield 3.72%
Dividend Growth 17.08%
Payout Frequency Monthly
Ex-Dividend Date Apr 30, 2024
Previous Close 19.44
YTD Return -5.15%
1-Year Return -5.70%
5-Year Return -15.42%
52-Week Low 17.49
52-Week High 21.49
Beta (5Y) 2.07
Holdings 84
Inception Date Nov 23, 2009

About VLGSX

The investment seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted Treasury index with a long-term dollar-weighted average maturity. The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Long Treasury Index. This index includes fixed income securities issued by the U.S. Treasury (not including inflation-protected bonds, floating rate securities and certain other security types), with maturities greater than 10 years. Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund's assets will be invested in bonds included in the index.

Fund Family Vanguard
Category Long Government
Performance Rating Average
Risk Rating Average
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol VLGSX
Index Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Bond Long TR

Performance

VLGSX had a total return of -5.70% in the past year. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been -0.18%, including dividends.

Equivalent ETF

VLGSX has an equivalent ETF with the ticker symbol VGLT, the Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF. This is an ETF from the same fund company that follows the same index. It has an expense ratio of 0.04% compared to 0.07% for VLGSX.

Symbol Name Expense Ratio
VGLT Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF 0.04%

Equivalent Funds

These are funds that follow the same index from the other major fund companies.

Symbol Provider Name Expense Ratio
FNBGX Fidelity Fidelity Long-Term Treasury Bond Index Fund 0.03%
FTLTX Fidelity Fidelity Series Long-Term Treasury Bond Index Fund n/a

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

Symbol Share Class Expense Ratio
VLGIX Institutional Shares 0.05%

Top 10 Holdings

23.18% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
United States Treasury Bonds T 4.75 11.15.53 3.06%
United States Treasury Bonds T 4.125 08.15.53 2.66%
United States Treasury Bonds T 4 11.15.52 2.35%
United States Treasury Bonds T 2.375 05.15.51 2.26%
United States Treasury Bonds T 1.75 08.15.41 2.25%
United States Treasury Bonds T 3.625 02.15.53 2.23%
United States Treasury Bonds T 3.625 05.15.53 2.20%
United States Treasury Bonds T 4.25 02.15.54 2.09%
United States Treasury Bonds T 1.875 02.15.41 2.07%
United States Treasury Bonds T 2.875 05.15.52 2.02%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Apr 30, 2024 $0.0646 May 1, 2024
Mar 28, 2024 $0.0668 Apr 1, 2024
Feb 29, 2024 $0.0587 Mar 1, 2024
Jan 31, 2024 $0.0625 Feb 1, 2024
Dec 21, 2023 $0.0635 Dec 22, 2023
Nov 30, 2023 $0.0593 Dec 1, 2023
Full Dividend History