Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCIT)
Bonds · Investment Grade Corp · data since 2009-11-23 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+0.09%
7d
-0.92%
30d
-1.42%
YTD
-0.72%
1y
+3.29%
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCIT) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.2 | 1.3 | -2.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | -1.4 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.0 | -0.2 |
| 2024 | -0.1 | -1.4 | 1.3 | -2.3 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 | -2.5 | 1.4 | -1.6 |
| 2023 | 4.2 | -3.2 | 3.2 | 0.7 | -1.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 | -0.7 | -2.6 | -1.7 | 6.0 | 4.1 |
| 2022 | -2.5 | -1.5 | -3.1 | -5.0 | 1.3 | -2.7 | 3.9 | -3.8 | -4.7 | -0.4 | 4.8 | -0.8 |
| 2021 | -0.9 | -1.6 | -1.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.3 | -0.3 | -1.0 | -0.4 | -0.3 | 0.3 |
| 2020 | 2.2 | 1.1 | -7.3 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.0 | -0.2 | -0.4 | -0.1 | 2.0 | 0.6 |
| 2019 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 2.6 | -0.4 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| 2018 | -1.2 | -1.5 | 0.3 | -1.1 | 0.6 | -0.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | -0.5 | -0.9 | -0.2 | 1.6 |
| 2017 | 0.4 | 0.9 | -0.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 | -0.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | -0.4 | 0.2 | -0.3 | 0.5 |
| 2016 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 1.0 | -0.2 | 0.2 | -0.9 | -3.0 | 0.6 |
| 2015 | 3.0 | -1.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | -0.8 | -1.3 | 0.2 | -0.9 | 1.7 | 0.3 | -0.3 | -0.7 |
| 2014 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.2 | -0.3 | 1.5 | -1.3 | 1.1 | 0.7 | -0.3 |
| 2013 | -0.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.8 | -3.0 | -3.0 | 1.1 | -1.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | -0.1 | -0.5 |
| 2012 | 2.6 | 0.7 | -0.7 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.1 | -0.2 |
| 2011 | 0.9 | 0.6 | -0.1 | 2.1 | 1.3 | -0.8 | 2.6 | 0.7 | -1.3 | 1.9 | -1.7 | 2.6 |
| 2010 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.6 | -0.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 | -1.4 | -1.6 |
| 2009 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1.0 | -0.8 |
| Avg | 0.9 | 0.0 | -0.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.3 | -0.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +0.9% | 0.0% | -0.2% | +0.6% | +0.5% | +0.3% | +1.4% | +0.3% | -0.3% | +0.1% | +0.6% | +0.2% |
| Win rate | 71%/17 | 65%/17 | 59%/17 | 82%/17 | 76%/17 | 65%/17 | 94%/16 | 56%/16 | 44%/16 | 56%/16 | 53%/17 | 47%/17 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-20.6%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±1.7%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
64%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+5.95%
2023-11
Worst month
-7.3%
2020-03
Longest streaks
11▲ / 4▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF does respectable public-company things — with price receipts on this site going back to 2009. Since 2009 it has ground out +99% overall — not every story is a rocket.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was November 2023 at +5.95%; its worst, March 2020 at -7.3%.
- It has closed July in the green 15 out of 16 times — past performance, future shrug.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.