Vanguard Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF vs Vanguard Value Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? Vanguard Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF trades at $81.54, while Vanguard Value Index Fund ETF trades at $218.54. The key difference: Vanguard Value Index Fund ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, Vanguard Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| VCIT | VTV | |
|---|---|---|
Sector | Fixed Income | — |
52-Week High | $84.82 | $220.51 |
52-Week Low | $81.45 | $175.51 |
Trailing returns across standard periods
VCIT tracks the Bloomberg U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index, providing exposure to investment-grade debt from industrial, utility, and financial companies. It acts as a middle-ground bond fund, offering higher yields than short-term bonds with less price volatility than long-term corporate debt.
Read more on VCIT →The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the CRSP US Large Cap Value Index, a broadly diversified index predominantly made up of value stocks of large US companies. The advisor attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index.
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