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Vanguard Target Maturity 2036 Corporate Bond ETF (VBCJ)

Target Maturity | Exchange Traded Fund | NasdaqGM
71.57 USD -0.03 (-0.049%) ⇩ (Oct. 16, 2026, 12:33 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 3:51 a.m. EDT

The short-term outlook remains neutral as the fund trades near its 52-week lows, having slipped below both its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, while a high-confidence statistical model predicts a slight downside drift over the next month. However, the long-term investment case is fundamentally sound; this is a high-quality corporate bond ladder targeting a specific maturity date, offering predictable income and principal protection suitable for a defined horizon, despite the lack of multi-year price history which prevents assessing long-term equity-style growth trajectories. The dividend profile supports a neutral-to-positive view, delivering a yield that appears competitive relative to the broader fixed-income environment, though the recent price action suggests the market is currently pricing in a wait-and-see approach regarding interest rate stability.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.010754
AutoETS0.013975
MSTL0.014022
AutoARIMA0.014185

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 68%
H-stat 64.63
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.019
Excess Kurtosis 0.10

Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-10-01 0.271 0.382660
2026-09-01 0.296 0.404593
2026-08-03 0.332 0.449621
2026-07-01 0.296 0.393460
2026-06-01 0.316 0.418931
2026-05-01 0.362 0.479597
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 76.64
All Time Low 70.41
Ask 95.33
Ask Size 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 11,410
Average Daily Volume3 Month 7,484
Average Volume 7,484
Average Volume10Days 11,410
Beta3 Year 0.0
Bid 53.42
Bid Size 2
Category Target Maturity
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 71.8386
Day Low 71.565
Display Name Trgt Maturity 2036 Corp ETF
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NGM
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 72.6182
Fifty Day Average Change -1.0531998
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.014503248
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -3.9367974
Fifty Two Week High 76.64
Fifty Two Week High Change -5.074997
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.066218644
Fifty Two Week Low 70.41
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.1549988
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.016403902
Fifty Two Week Range 70.41 - 76.64
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,774,531,800,000
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGM
Fullday Change -0.034996033
Fullday Change Percent -0.048877142
Fullday Price 71.565
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 2036 Corporate Bond ETF
Market us_market
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1973086889
Nav Price 71.14
Net Assets 24,106,000.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.08
Open 71.64
Phone 610-669-6295
Previous Close 71.6
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.034996033
Regular Market Change Percent -0.048877142
Regular Market Day High 71.8386
Regular Market Day Low 71.565
Regular Market Day Range 71.565 - 71.8386
Regular Market Open 71.64
Regular Market Previous Close 71.6
Regular Market Price 71.565
Regular Market Time 1,792,168,384
Regular Market Volume 7,488
Short Name Vanguard Target Maturity 2036 C
Source Interval 15
Symbol VBCJ
Total Assets 24,106,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -5.05323
Trailing Three Month Returns -5.05323
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 74.3339
Two Hundred Day Average Change -2.768898
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.037249465
Type Disp ETF
Volume 7,488