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Vanguard Target Maturity 2028 Corporate Bond ETF (VBCB)

Target Maturity | Exchange Traded Fund | NasdaqGM
75.24 USD -0.15 (-0.206%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 6:38 a.m. EDT

The Vanguard Target Maturity 2028 Corporate Bond ETF presents as a static, neutral holding with no directional edge. Price action over the last two weeks shows negligible movement, hovering tightly around the $75.40 to $75.60 range with no discernible trend, while the fifty-day and two-hundred-day averages remain virtually unchanged, confirming a lack of momentum. The statistical forecast model indicates a flat 0.00% expected return over the next 45 days with very high confidence, reinforcing the view that the asset is currently priced at equilibrium with no immediate catalyst for appreciation or depreciation. While the entity distributes income regularly, the recent payout history reveals volatility in the per-share amount, suggesting the yield is not yet stable enough to command a premium rating. Without a multi-year price history to assess long-term capital preservation or growth, and lacking any short-term technical breakout, the instrument remains a neutral placeholder for investors seeking exposure to the 2028 corporate bond sector.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.001742
MSTL0.001753
AutoTheta0.004168
AutoARIMA0.006326

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 88%
H-stat 1.54
Ljung-Box p 0.001
Jarque-Bera p 0.670
Excess Kurtosis -0.64

Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-07-01 0.224 0.297161
2026-06-01 0.242 0.320997
2026-05-01 0.072 0.095314
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 75.74
All Time Low 74.93
Ask 75.31
Ask Size 1
Average Daily Volume10 Day 36,440
Average Daily Volume3 Month 18,147
Average Volume 18,147
Average Volume10Days 36,440
Beta3 Year 0.0
Bid 75.18
Bid Size 1
Category Target Maturity
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 75.33
Day Low 75.24
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NGM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 75.4846
Fifty Day Average Change -0.24459839
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.0032403748
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 0.62725544
Fifty Two Week High 75.74
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.5
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.0066015315
Fifty Two Week Low 74.93
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.30999756
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.004137162
Fifty Two Week Range 74.93 - 75.74
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,774,531,800,000
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGM
Fund Family Vanguard
Fund Inception Date 1,774,310,400
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Ipo Expected Date 2,026-03-26
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in the components of the target index or in securities determined by the fund’s advisor to have economic characteristics substantially identical to those of the target index components.
Long Name Vanguard Target Maturity 2028 Corporate Bond ETF
Market us_market
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1973086888
Nav Price 75.29
Net Assets 46,810,000.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.08
Open 75.33
Phone 610-669-6295
Previous Close 75.395
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.15499878
Regular Market Change Percent -0.2055823
Regular Market Day High 75.33
Regular Market Day Low 75.24
Regular Market Day Range 75.24 - 75.33
Regular Market Open 75.33
Regular Market Previous Close 75.395
Regular Market Price 75.24
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,800
Regular Market Volume 36,505
Short Name Vanguard Target Maturity 2028 C
Source Interval 15
Symbol VBCB
Total Assets 46,810,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 0.77684
Trailing Three Month Returns 0.77684
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 75.48082
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.24082184
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.0031905037
Type Disp ETF
Volume 36,505