VanguardShort-Term BondBSV · NYSE Arca

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (BSV)

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Price: $76.74; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $71B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.03%; Category 0.63%
Yield: 4.03%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: 1.1%-0.6%; Category 1.7%
3Y CAGR: 4.4%-0.8%; Category 5.1%
5Y CAGR: 1.6%-0.6%; Category 2.2%

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Vanguard Short-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	-0.7%	-0.4%	-0.1%	0.0%	+1.1%	+4.4%	+1.6%	+1.9%	+2.4%
Short-Term Bond average	-0.6%	-0.2%	0.6%	0.7%	1.7%	5.1%	2.2%	2.4%	3.0%
Difference	-0.1%	-0.2%	-0.7%	-0.7%	-0.6%	-0.8%	-0.6%	-0.5%	-0.5%

Holdings

Allocation as last published by the fund.

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government74.1%
AAA3.3%
AA73.1%
A11.9%
BBB11.6%
Other0.1%

Asset mix

Bonds98.9%
Cash1.2%

ETF details

Issuer: Vanguard
Category: Fixed Income · Short-Term Bond
Ticker: BSV
Exchange: NYSE Arca
Inception: 3 Apr 2007 (19.4 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.03% (category 0.63%)
Holdings turnover: 55% (category 130%)
Distribution yield: 4.03%
Beta, 3 years: 0.38
Total net assets: $71B
Average maturity: 9.77 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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