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Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF (BIV)

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Price: $74.06; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $52.1B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.03%; Category 0.54%
Yield: 4.32%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: -1.7%-1.3%; Category -0.3%
3Y CAGR: 4.3%+0.2%; Category 4.1%
5Y CAGR: -0.4%0.0%; Category -0.5%

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Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF

Calendar-year returns

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Risk statistics

Five years of daily closes. Risk-free rate 4% a year.

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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3YCAGR	5YCAGR	10YCAGR	LaunchCAGR
ETF	-1.6%	-2.1%	-1.9%	-2.1%	-1.7%	+4.3%	-0.4%	+1.5%	+3.6%
Intermediate Core Bond average	-1.2%	-1.7%	-1.1%	-1.1%	-0.3%	4.1%	-0.5%	1.3%	1.6%
Difference	-0.4%	-0.4%	-0.8%	-1.0%	-1.3%	+0.2%	0.0%	+0.2%	+2.1%

Holdings

Allocation as last published by the fund.

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government60.8%
AAA2.2%
AA60.1%
A18.4%
BBB19.3%

Asset mix

Bonds99.6%
Cash0.4%
Convertibles0.0%

ETF details

Issuer: Vanguard
Category: Fixed Income · Intermediate Core Bond
Ticker: BIV
Exchange: NYSE Arca
Inception: 3 Apr 2007 (19.4 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.03% (category 0.54%)
Holdings turnover: 55% (category 124%)
Distribution yield: 4.32%
Beta, 3 years: 1.03
Total net assets: $52.1B
Average maturity: 9.66 years

Prices and returns as of 11 Sept 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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