Fund · Vanguard Core-Plus Bond ETF · measured from SEC filings
VPLS holdings
VPLS reports 2,903 holdings and behaves like 446.1 equally weighted ones, computed from its SEC Form N-PORT filing for 2026-06-30. The fact sheet publishes the first number; this page computes the second, and traces it across 11 quarters of filings.
Measured concentration
as of 2026-06-30This figure is not comparable with other funds
swap and futures notional is 1329% of net assets: the fund's exposure is delivered by derivatives, and a count of its filed positions does not describe it. See the exposure section for what the notional is written on
The figure below is what the filing says, published unchanged. What it may not do is sit beside a plain long-only fund and be read as the same quantity. How comparability is decided.
Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing; what the measure does not tell you · every fund in one table · hold it with other funds? X-ray the mix. Pricing: 1.74% at a quoted market price (level 1), 73 issuer countries, 20.12% restricted securities.
What stands out
as of 2026-06-30VPLS's largest investment is Fncl 5 7/26 at 2.42% of net assets. Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and Pmtlt 2026-inv1 A36 follow; the three together are 5.28%. Between the 2026-03-31 and 2026-06-30 filings 597 positions were added and 338 dropped; 41.4% of the weight moved. the United States is the largest country at 74.52% of the portfolio, across 73 countries in the filing.
Each sentence is read from the fund's own SEC filing; the class median is computed across the comparable bond funds on this site. Nothing here is a view on the fund.
Every filing since 2023
11Between 2023-12-31 and 2024-09-30, VPLS went from behaving like 41.4 equally weighted positions to 269.1 — 550% more, while its top ten went from 35.97% to 11.98% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 * | 2,903 | 446.1 | 9.8% | 2.31% |
| 2026-03-31 * | 2,653 | 418.8 | 10.54% | 1.7% |
| 2025-12-31 * | 2,270 | 421.5 | 9.88% | 1.85% |
| 2025-09-30 * | 2,232 | 438.7 | 9.48% | 1.83% |
| 2025-06-30 * | 1,898 | 440.3 | 8.36% | 1.69% |
| 2025-03-31 * | 1,634 | 364.2 | 9.57% | 1.39% |
| 2024-12-31 * | 1,397 | 283.2 | 11.55% | 2.15% |
| 2024-09-30 | 1,199 | 269.1 | 11.98% | 1.92% |
Earlier filings (3 more, back to 2023-12-31)
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-30 * | 916 | 181.6 | 15.7% | 2.79% |
| 2024-03-31 | 754 | 134.3 | 18.92% | 4.07% |
| 2023-12-31 | 451 | 41.4 | 35.97% | 10.85% |
One row per filed reporting period, newest first, read from EDGAR. Quarterly because that is the public filing cadence. Rows marked * are published but held out of the comparison above; the methodology page says when and why.
Largest positions, as filed
as of 2026-06-30The 15 largest of 2,903 positions in VPLS's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: VPLS.csv.gz.
| # | Position | Weight | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac | 2.31% | 2.3% |
| 2 | Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund | 1.67% | 4.0% |
| 3 | PMT Loan Trust 2026-INV1 | 1.05% | 5.0% |
| 4 | Fannie Mae REMICS | 0.92% | 5.9% |
| 5 | Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac | 0.86% | 6.8% |
| 6 | Fannie Mae REMICS | 0.65% | 7.5% |
| 7 | NVIDIA Corp | 0.63% | 8.1% |
| 8 | OBX 2026-INV2 Trust | 0.61% | 8.7% |
| 9 | Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau | 0.56% | 9.2% |
| 10 | Fannie Mae REMICS | 0.55% | 9.8% |
| 11 | Finland Government International Bond | 0.50% | 10.3% |
| 12 | NVIDIA Corp | 0.49% | 10.8% |
| 13 | Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac | 0.48% | 11.3% |
| 14 | Ginnie Mae II Pool | 0.45% | 11.7% |
| 15 | Province of Quebec Canada | 0.44% | 12.2% |
By country of issuer
as of 2026-06-30Share of VPLS's own investments by the issuer country the filer reported (incorporation, not revenue). Each country links to every fund that holds it.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| United States | 74.52% |
| Canada | 1.70% |
| Mexico | 1.48% |
| United Kingdom | 1.35% |
| Italy | 1.22% |
| Spain | 1.19% |
| Dominican Republic | 1.00% |
| Cayman Islands° | 0.99% |
Returns the fund reported
2023-12 – 2026-06Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of VPLS's own filings, 31 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.
Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference — percentage points over 0 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: VPLS.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-03-31 → 2026-06-302,574 positions became 2,833: 597 added (35.7% of the fund at the later date), 338 dropped (27.5% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 41.4%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of VPLS compared this way, as a feed: changes.xml · all funds: filings received.
| Largest increases | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-30 | Largest decreases | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund | 0.41% | 1.67% | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.62% | 0.18% |
| PMT Loan Trust 2026-INV1 | 0.11% | 1.05% | Agence Francaise de Developpement EPIC | 0.34% | 0.02% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.07% | 0.33% | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.37% | 0.07% |
| Ginnie Mae II Pool | 0.02% | 0.16% | Central American Bank for Economic Integration | 0.32% | 0.04% |
| Morocco Government International Bond | 0.25% | 0.35% | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.48% | 0.27% |
| OCP SA | 0.02% | 0.10% | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.18% | 0.02% |
New: Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac (2.31%), Fannie Mae REMICS (0.92%), Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac (0.86%), Fannie Mae REMICS (0.65%), NVIDIA Corp (0.63%), OBX 2026-INV2 Trust (0.61%). Gone: Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac (1.70%), Ginnie Mae II Pool (1.51%), United States Treasury Note/Bond (1.34%), Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac (1.29%), Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac (1.21%), Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac (0.83%).
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-06-30| Asset category (as filed) | Share of investments |
|---|---|
| debt DBT | 55.36% |
| mortgage-backed ABS-MBS | 38.86% |
| CDO/CLO ABS-CBDO | 3.68% |
| short-term investment STIV | 1.67% |
| loan LON | 0.22% |
| DIR DIR | 0.13% |
| DFE DFE | 0.07% |
1.7% of VPLS is carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1); 0.1% at level 3, priced from the filer's own inputs. Categories and levels are the filer's, from Form N-PORT; what a low level-1 share does and does not mean is in the measure's page.
Derivative exposure and counterparties
as of 2026-06-30A position count cannot describe a fund that uses derivatives, because a swap is filed at its unrealised gain, not its exposure. These are the notionals the fund itself reported, against net assets of $1.66B. Notional of an interest-rate or currency swap is not equity exposure.
| Swap counterparty | Notional | % of net assets |
|---|---|---|
| BARCLAYS PLC | $16.24B | 975.28% |
| CITIGROUP INC | $4.56B | 274.15% |
| BNP PARIBAS | $512M | 30.74% |
| Goldman Sachs | $117M | 7.03% |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | $60M | 3.61% |
| MIZUHO CAPITAL MARKETS LLC | $47M | 2.79% |
| Bank of America NA | $42M | 2.53% |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | $19M | 1.17% |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | $19M | 1.15% |
| Deutsche Bank AG | $17M | 1.05% |
| CITADEL SECURITIES SWAP DEALER LLC | $16M | 0.94% |
| CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC | $10M | 0.62% |
| Societe Generale SA | $7M | 0.44% |
| NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL INC | $4M | 0.25% |
| MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC | $1M | 0.07% |
| Nomura Global Financial Products, Inc | $0M | 0% |
| JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $0M | 0% |
| Barclays Bank plc | $0M | 0% |
| Wells Fargo Bank NA | $0M | 0% |
| Goldman Sachs International | $0M | 0% |
Financing leg as filed: the fund pays MXIBTIIE + 0% on $506M of long swap notional . Issuers fill the spread field differently (some file the all-in rate), so compare within an issuer, not across.
25 option positions filed, 12 of them written. The book as filed:
| Type | Side | Strike | Expiry | Underlying |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Call | Purchased | 3.35 | 2030-10-16 | Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
| Put | Written | 4.91 | 2027-06-24 | Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
| Put | Written | 3.85 | 2028-01-20 | Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
| Put | Written | 3.954 | 2026-10-19 | Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
| Call | Written | 1.5 | 2028-03-10 | Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
| Put | Written | 5.327 | 2036-05-21 | Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
| Call | Written | 2.91 | 2027-06-24 | Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
| Put | Purchased | 3.45 | 2027-02-05 | Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
| Put | Purchased | 3.6 | 2028-01-20 | Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
| Put | Purchased | 3.5 | 2027-01-21 | Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
| Put | Purchased | 109 | 2026-07-24 | as filed, not named |
| Call | Written | 3.608 | 2035-10-16 | Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
| Call | Purchased | 3.91 | 2027-06-24 | Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
| Call | Purchased | 2.5 | 2028-03-10 | Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
| Put | Purchased | 3.91 | 2027-06-24 | Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
| Call | Written | 3.39 | 2027-05-13 | Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
9 more in leverage.json.
Full detail for every fund that files derivatives: leverage.json (CC BY 4.0).
Neighbours by effective holdings, debt funds
10Every measured debt fund lined up by how many holdings it behaves like; these sit either side of VPLS (446.1). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CGMS Capital Group U.S. Multi-Sector Income ETF | 1,493 | 422.4 | 6.76% | 2026-06-30 |
| BKAG BNY Mellon Core Bond ETF | 5,130 | 427.3 | 7.38% | 2026-07-31 |
| IBDS iShares iBonds Dec 2027 Term Corporate ETF | 660 | 427.5 | 7.11% | 2026-07-31 |
| TAXF American Century Diversified Municipal Bond ETF | 755 | 429.2 | 7.49% | 2026-05-31 |
| TAFI AB Tax-Aware Short Duration Municipal ETF | 689 | 432.2 | 7.16% | 2026-05-31 |
| HYMB State Street(R) SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF | 1,870 | 456.2 | 9.2% | 2026-06-30 |
| SPSB State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF | 1,601 | 463.5 | 6.92% | 2026-06-30 |
| EUSB iShares ESG Advanced Universal USD Bond ETF | 4,233 | 479.3 | 6.99% | 2026-05-31 |
| MLN VanEck Long Muni ETF | 654 | 485.5 | 5.4% | 2026-07-31 |
| VCRB Vanguard Core Bond ETF | 3,486 | 501.4 | 8.36% | 2026-06-30 |
Essays that examine VPLS
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