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VanguardShort-Term BondBSV · NYSE Arca

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (BSV)

Price
$77.08
—30 Oct 2026
Assets
$69.5B
Total net assets
Expense ratio
0.03%
Category 0.63%
Yield
4.10%
Trailing distributions
3Y CAGR
4.7%-0.7%
Category 5.4%
5Y CAGR
1.9%-0.6%
Category 2.4%
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Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF

Calendar-year returns

Fund only: no comparison series covers this fund's history.

Risk statistics

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

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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period1M3M6MYTD1Y3YCAGR5YCAGR10YCAGRLaunchCAGR
ETF+1.3%+0.4%+0.4%+0.8%+1.7%+4.7%+1.9%+2.0%+2.5%
Short-Term Bond average1.0%0.2%0.5%1.2%1.9%5.4%2.4%2.4%3.1%
Difference+0.2%+0.2%-0.1%-0.4%-0.3%-0.7%-0.6%-0.5%-0.6%

Holdings

Allocation as last published by the fund.

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

6rating buckets
  1. US government74.3%
  2. AAA3.3%
  3. AA73.1%
  4. A12.1%
  5. BBB11.5%
  6. BB0.0%

Asset mix

  • Bonds99.2%
  • Cash0.8%

ETF details

Issuer
Vanguard
Category
Fixed Income · Short-Term Bond
Ticker
BSV
Exchange
NYSE Arca
Inception
3 Apr 2007 (19.6 years)
Structure
Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio
0.03% (category 0.63%)
Holdings turnover
55% (category 130%)
Distribution yield
4.10%
Beta, 3 years
0.39
Total net assets
$69.5B
Average maturity
9.64 years

Prices and returns as of 30 Oct 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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