Vanguard Long-Term Government Bond ETF
Find Ratings Reports- Last Ratings Update:02/29/2024
- Price as of 02/29/2024 :$58.84
- Net Assets:$0 Million
- NAV:$58.95
- Premium-0.19%
- Peer Rank:50 of 62
- Investment Rating:D-
- Performance:E+
- RiskC+
We rate Vanguard Long Trm Treasury Idx ETF at D-. Negative factors that influence this rating include a well below average total return. The fund may be considered for investors seeking a Government Bond strategy.
Total return ranks well below peers over the last three years. The Vanguard Long Trm Treasury Idx ETF has returned an annual rate of 2.67% since inception. More recently, the fund has generated a total return of -2.37% in the last five years, -8.93% in the last three years, and -2.49% in the last year. How does that compare to other equity funds? In the last five years, it has outperformed 8% of them. It has also outpaced 9% of its competitors on a three year basis and 11% of them over the last year for the period ending 2/29/2024. On a year to date basis, VGLT has returned -3.51%.
Downside risk has been above average. VGLT has a draw down risk of -42.46%, which is the largest price decline experienced over the last three years. This fund has a three year standard deviation of 15.7%. This fund has had moderate volatility in its monthly performance over the last 36 months.
Low expense ratio helps performance. As VGLT is an exchange traded fund, it has no front end or back end load.
The Vanguard Long Trm Treasury Idx ETF is managed by Joshua C. Barrickman at Vanguard Group Inc. This fund is one of 81 Vanguard Group Inc exchange-traded funds launched since 5/24/2001 that we track.