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VUTA Vanguard USD Treasury Bond UCITS ETF
ISIN IE00BGYWFS63London Stock Exchange: VUTAThe Vanguard Group, Inc.
- Government bonds
- ETF
- ISA
- SIPP
- Accumulating
Latest close
LSE£20.25
on
- Ongoing charge
- 0.05% a year
- Fund size
- £1.2bn
As of , at least 15 min delayed
At a glance
As of 13/11/2026, VUTA (Vanguard USD Treasury Bond UCITS ETF, ISIN IE00BGYWFS63) closed at £20.25 on the London Stock Exchange. Its ongoing charge is 0.05% a year (about £5 on £10,000). Over the five years to 13/11/2026 its total return was −2.6%, or −24.0% after UK CPIH inflation.
Past returns
- 1 year to 13/11/2026
- −1.5%
- −5.0% after inflation (UK CPIH)
- 3 years to 13/11/2026
- +3.1%
- −6.8% after inflation (UK CPIH)
- 5 years to 13/11/2026
- −2.6%
- −24.0% after inflation (UK CPIH)
£1,000 put in five years ago would have been worth about £974 on 13/11/2026 — about £760 in today’s spending power, once price rises are taken out. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.
Returns: as reported (delayed data). Inflation: UK CPIH, latest month published.
How we work it out:ReturnsReturns after inflationTotal returnReal returnCPIH
Calendar-year and 12-month returns
Calendar-year returns of Vanguard USD Treasury Bond UCITS ETF Accum Shs Unhedged USD in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund): 2022 −1.9%, 2023 −1.9%, 2024 +3.4%, 2025 −2.4%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 +0.6%. Returns of Vanguard USD Treasury Bond UCITS ETF Accum Shs Unhedged USD in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund) over the 12 months to 30/09/2026: −0.7%; to 30/09/2025: +1.5%; to 30/09/2024: −0.1%; to 30/09/2023: −9.7%; to 30/09/2022: +6.1%.
| Year | Return | After inflation | Return shown as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| to | +0.6% | −2.6% | |
| to | −2.4% | −5.8% | |
| to | +3.4% | −0.2% | |
| −1.9% | −5.8% | ||
| −1.9% | −10.2% |
| 12 months to | Return | After inflation |
|---|---|---|
| from | −0.7% | −4.2% |
| from | +1.5% | −2.4% |
| from | −0.1% | −2.6% |
| from | −9.7% | −15.2% |
| from | +6.1% | −2.5% |
As of , inflation: UK CPIH
How we work it out:Calendar-year returnsWhat a calendar-year return isAccumulating and distributing
Risk: volatility and largest fall
Volatility (annualised)
7.8%over 5 years
| 1 year | 5.6% |
|---|---|
| 3 years | 6.9% |
| 5 years | 7.8% |
Annualised from weekly returns. Higher means bumpier.
- Largest fall since November 2021
- −14.8%
- From to
- Lowest 12-month return
- −11.5%
- 12 months to
- Highest 12-month return
- +8.8%
- 12 months to
- Below its highest weekly close since November 2021
- 9.3%
- High of , latest
In words: Volatility of Vanguard USD Treasury Bond UCITS ETF Accum Shs Unhedged USD in pounds, annualised from weekly returns to 13/11/2026: 5.6% over 1 year, 6.9% over 3 years, 7.8% over 5 years. Largest fall in the price of Vanguard USD Treasury Bond UCITS ETF Accum Shs Unhedged USD since November 2021, in pounds: −14.8% from 23/09/2022 to 14/07/2023. The lowest 12-month return of Vanguard USD Treasury Bond UCITS ETF Accum Shs Unhedged USD in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund) since January 2021 was −11.5% (12 months to 14/07/2023); the highest was +8.8% (12 months to 23/09/2022). On 13/11/2026 the price of Vanguard USD Treasury Bond UCITS ETF Accum Shs Unhedged USD was 9.3% below its highest weekly close since November 2021 (23/09/2022), in pounds.
As of , price, with income reinvested in the fund
How we work it out:Risk figuresFallsVolatilityLargest fall
Charges compared with similar funds
- Ongoing charge
- 0.05%
- a year
- On £10,000
- £5
- a year, roughly
- Over five years
- £25
- of £10,000, before growth
- 0 charge less
- 12 the same
- 299 charge more
Ongoing charge of Vanguard USD Treasury Bond UCITS ETF Accum Shs Unhedged USD 0.05% a year. Compared on 14/11/2026, 299 of the 311 other government bond funds charge more, 12 the same and 0 less (share classes counted once).
As of
A lower charge is not a promise of a higher return: what the fund holds matters more.
As of
Read more:Ongoing charge (OCF)OCF and TERFee dragHow charges add up
In plain English
Vanguard USD Treasury Bond UCITS ETF Accum Shs Unhedged USD is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from Vanguard, launched in 2019.
It tracks the Bloomberg Global Aggregate - US Treasury Float Adjusted.
You buy and sell it through a share-dealing account or platform during stock-market hours, like a share.
Its ongoing charge is 0.05% a year — about £5 a year on every £10,000 invested, taken from the fund's value rather than billed to you.
Income from its investments is reinvested inside the fund, so it shows up as a rising price rather than cash paid to you.
Government bonds: Loans to governments, such as UK gilts and US Treasuries. They pay interest; their prices move when interest rates change.
Terms:ETFIndex fundUCITSAccumulating or incomeShare classISIN
Key facts
- Ticker
- VUTA
- ISIN
- IE00BGYWFS63
- Also listed as
- VDTA (London Stock Exchange, US dollars), VAGT (Xetra, euros)
- Provider
- Vanguard
- Structure
- ETF
- An exchange-traded fund: bought and sold on the stock exchange through the day, like a share.
- Income
- Accumulating
- Income is reinvested inside the fund, so it shows up as a rising price rather than cash paid to you.
- Ongoing charge
- 0.05% a year · about £5 on £10,000
- Fund size
- £1.2bn
- Launched
- Domicile
- Ireland
- UK reporting fund status
- Yes — on HMRC’s list of reporting funds (list of )
- Reporting fund since . What reporting fund status means
- Can usually be held in
- ISA and SIPP
- Check with your platform: each decides which funds it offers.
- Currency hedged
- No
- Price currency
- Pounds (GBP)
- Category
- Government bonds
Price chart
Over the last year, the closing price went from £20.59 on 14/11/2025 to £20.25 on 13/11/2026 (−1.7%). The lowest close shown was £19.80 on 30/01/2026 and the highest £20.78 on 21/11/2025.
One close a week. Before 18/09/2026 the closes are from the weekly price history for this listing; from then on, the closing prices we have recorded.
As of , at least 15 min delayed
Five years of prices, and after inflation
262 weekly closes, from 12/11/2021 to 13/11/2026. The same history in November 2026 pounds, adjusted with CPIH inflation.
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How we work it out:Prices and returnsNAV and price
What it holds
- Holdings
- 297
- 308 reported in all
- Ten largest
- 8.2%
- of the whole fund
- Effective number of holdings
- 232
- As concentrated as this many equal-sized holdings (how it is worked out)
- Largest holding
- 0.8%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.25% 15/11/2034
Top 10 holdings
| Rank# | Holding | Weight as a percentage of the fund |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.25% 15/11/2034United States | 0.85% |
| 2 | United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.625% 15/02/2035United States | 0.85% |
| 3 | United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.875% 15/08/2034United States | 0.83% |
| 4 | United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.25% 15/05/2035United States | 0.82% |
| 5 | United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.25% 15/08/2035United States | 0.82% |
| 6 | United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.00% 15/02/2034United States | 0.81% |
| 7 | United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.375% 15/05/2034United States | 0.81% |
| 8 | United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.375% 15/05/2036United States | 0.81% |
| 9 | United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.00% 15/11/2035United States | 0.80% |
| 10 | United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.125% 15/02/2036United States | 0.80% |
As of , holdings as published
Where it invests
The portfolio by sector, country and type of asset, as a share of the whole fund. Bonds, cash and positions without a classification are shown as they come, not guessed.
By type of asset
- Bonds99.2%
- Cash and money market0.8%
See the full portfolio
Every holding with search and filters, the whole breakdown by sector, country and type of asset, a map of the 100 largest and what changed since .
All holdings
The fund publishes 308 holdings; the ten largest make up 8.2% of it.
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Holdings:Compare what it holds with another fundHoldings overlapHow overlap is measured
Funds tracking the same index
3 funds track Bloomberg Global Aggregate - US Treasury Float Adjusted, this one included and share classes counted once; their ongoing charges range from 0.05% to 0.08% a year (13/11/2026).
| Fund | Charge | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard USD Treasury Bond UCITS ETFDistributing · 0.05% a year | 0.05% | −1.9% | Not reported | Not reported |
| Vanguard USD Treasury Bond UCITS ETFThis fundAccumulating · 0.05% a year | 0.05% | −1.5% | +3.1% | −2.6% |
| Vanguard USD Treasury Bond UCITS ETF Hedged GBPDistributing · Currency hedged · 0.08% a year | 0.08% | −0.7% | +1.4% | Not reported |
As of
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Other versions of this fund
Risk and return in depth
Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios
Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios over 1, 3 and 5 years, from weekly returns in pounds.
With a free accountRolling returns
The full range of 254 rolling 12-month returns since January 2021, and of 150 rolling three-year returns, in pounds, with how often they were above zero.
With a free accountLargest falls and recoveries
The 2 largest falls since November 2021, in pounds, with how many weeks each took to reach its low and to recover.
With a free account
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Moves compared with a similar fund
Correlation and beta of weekly returns in pounds against iShares Core UK Gilts UCITS ETF, over the three years to 13/11/2026 (156 weeks).
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Questions people ask
What is the ongoing charge of VUTA?
The ongoing charge of VUTA is 0.05% a year — about £5 a year on every £10,000 invested, taken from the fund’s value rather than billed to you. Platform and dealing fees are charged separately. Ongoing charge of Vanguard USD Treasury Bond UCITS ETF Accum Shs Unhedged USD 0.05% a year. Compared on 14/11/2026, 299 of the 311 other government bond funds charge more, 12 the same and 0 less (share classes counted once).
What does VUTA track?
VUTA tracks the Bloomberg Global Aggregate - US Treasury Float Adjusted.
Is VUTA accumulating or distributing?
VUTA is accumulating: income is reinvested inside the fund, so it shows up as a rising price rather than cash paid to you.
What is the ISIN of VUTA?
The ISIN of VUTA is IE00BGYWFS63. An ISIN identifies one exact share class of a fund; VUTA is its ticker on the London Stock Exchange. The same share class is also listed as VDTA (London Stock Exchange, US dollars) and VAGT (Xetra, euros).
What does VUTA hold?
As of 31/10/2026, VUTA holds 308 positions, according to its published holdings. The largest is United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.25% 15/11/2034 at 0.85% of the fund; the ten largest make up 8.2%. Its ten largest holdings are United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.25% 15/11/2034 (0.85%), United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.625% 15/02/2035 (0.85%), United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.875% 15/08/2034 (0.83%), United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.25% 15/05/2035 (0.82%), United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.25% 15/08/2035 (0.82%), United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.00% 15/02/2034 (0.81%), United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.375% 15/05/2034 (0.81%), United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.375% 15/05/2036 (0.81%), United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.00% 15/11/2035 (0.80%) and United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.125% 15/02/2036 (0.80%).
What were VUTA’s returns in each of the last five years?
Calendar-year returns of VUTA in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund): 2022 −1.9%, 2023 −1.9%, 2024 +3.4%, 2025 −2.4%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 +0.6%. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.
How has VUTA done after inflation?
Over the five years to 13/11/2026 VUTA’s total return was −2.6%, or −24.0% after UK CPIH inflation. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.
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Fund documents and methods
- Fund documents
- Fund page at Vanguard · Key investor information document (KIID) · Factsheet (links checked )
Methodology:ReturnsCategoriesAll methods
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