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Vanguard Core-Plus Bond ETF (VPLS)

Intermediate Core-Plus Bond | Exchange Traded Fund | NasdaqGM
78.17 USD +0.29 (0.368%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 78.17 +0.02 (0.021%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4:10 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ★★★★☆
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 11:32 p.m. EDT

Institutional accumulation from Insight Wealth combined with price stabilization near the 200-day average suggests VPLS is a high-quality tactical barometer for intermediate-to-long-duration credit, offering a robust ~4.5% yield with sustainable payouts, despite the forecasting model indicating slight near-term price stagnation.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.005599
AutoTheta0.006159
AutoARIMA0.008131
MSTL0.008154

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 80%
H-stat 0.58
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.533
Excess Kurtosis -0.80
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 60.43

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.38% 4.87%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-04-01 0.295 0.381655
2026-03-02 0.263 0.335328
2026-02-02 0.287 0.370392
2025-12-18 0.496 0.641525
2025-12-01 0.289 0.374827
2025-11-03 0.291 0.378709
2025-10-01 0.279 0.363928
2025-09-02 0.298 0.395074
2025-08-01 0.311 0.413249
2025-07-01 0.292 0.390599
2025-06-02 0.304 0.413898
2025-05-01 0.299 0.405944
2025-04-01 0.294 0.397860
2025-03-03 0.265 0.358730
2025-02-03 0.317 0.438884
2024-12-24 0.331 0.463027
2024-12-02 0.284 0.390163
2024-11-01 0.287 0.400221
2024-10-01 0.275 0.372404
2024-09-03 0.284 0.389449
2024-08-01 0.289 0.402180
2024-07-01 0.281 0.404166
2024-06-03 0.289 0.415692
2024-05-01 0.288 0.421918
2024-04-01 0.295 0.426415
2024-03-01 0.251 0.362639
2024-02-01 0.280 0.399879
Additional Data
dividendYield 4.55

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 79.75
All Time Low 74.41
Ask 84.38
Ask Size 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 135,370
Average Daily Volume3 Month 150,052
Average Volume 150,052
Average Volume10Days 135,370
Beta3 Year 0.0
Bid 71.88
Bid Size 2
Category Intermediate Core-Plus Bond
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 78.245
Day Low 78.1
Dividend Yield 4.55
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.293407
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NGM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 78.0985
Fifty Day Average Change 0.0677948
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.00086806784
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 2.8770685
Fifty Two Week High 79.41
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.2437057
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.015661826
Fifty Two Week Low 75.77
Fifty Two Week Low Change 2.3963013
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.03162599
Fifty Two Week Range 75.77 - 79.41
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,701,959,400,000
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGM
Fund Family Vanguard
Fund Inception Date 1,701,907,200
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Ipo Expected Date 2,023-12-07
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary The Target Index includes U.S. government and agencyobligations, corporate bonds, mortgage-backed securities, asset-backedsecurities, and emerging market bonds, all denominated in the U.S. dollar andwith maturities of at least one year. Under normal circumstances, the fundinvests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings forinvestment purposes, in the bonds that make up the Target Index.
Long Name Vanguard Core-Plus Bond ETF
Market us_market
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1676103236
Nav Price 78.06
Net Assets 1,351,267,070.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.2
Open 78.1
Post Market Change 0.016296387
Post Market Change Percent 0.020852702
Post Market Price 78.1663
Post Market Time 1,776,456,605
Previous Close 77.88
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.28630066
Regular Market Change Percent 0.3676177
Regular Market Day High 78.245
Regular Market Day Low 78.1
Regular Market Day Range 78.1 - 78.245
Regular Market Open 78.1
Regular Market Previous Close 77.88
Regular Market Price 78.1663
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,000
Regular Market Volume 141,784
Short Name Vanguard Core Plus Bond ETF
Source Interval 15
Symbol VPLS
Total Assets 1,351,267,072
Tradeable 0
Trailing P E 60.434418
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -0.13462
Trailing Three Month Returns -0.13462
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 78.20547
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.03916931
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.0005008513
Type Disp ETF
Volume 141,784
Yield 0.045500003
Ytd Return -0.13462