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Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCSH)

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Price: $77.89; —30 Oct 2026
Assets: $50.9B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.03%; Category 0.63%
Yield: 4.56%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: 1.9%0.0%; Category 1.9%
3Y CAGR: 5.7%+0.3%; Category 5.4%
5Y CAGR: 2.5%+0.1%; Category 2.4%

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Vanguard Short-Term Corporate 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	+1.2%	+0.2%	+0.5%	+1.0%	+1.9%	+5.7%	+2.5%	+2.7%	+2.9%
Short-Term Bond average	1.0%	0.2%	0.5%	1.2%	1.9%	5.4%	2.4%	2.4%	3.1%
Difference	+0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	-0.2%	0.0%	+0.3%	+0.1%	+0.2%	-0.2%

Holdings

Allocation as last published by the fund.

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government0.2%
AAA0.3%
AA8.6%
A45.7%
BBB45.5%
BB0.0%

Asset mix

Bonds98.7%
Cash1.3%
Convertibles0.0%

ETF details

Issuer: Vanguard
Category: Fixed Income · Short-Term Bond
Ticker: VCSH
Exchange: Nasdaq
Inception: 19 Nov 2009 (16.9 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.03% (category 0.63%)
Holdings turnover: 73% (category 130%)
Distribution yield: 4.56%
Beta, 3 years: 0.43
Total net assets: $50.9B
Average maturity: 9.63 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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