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Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (VGSH)

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Price: $57.69; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $39.2B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.03%; Category 0.52%
Yield: 3.82%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: 1.8%-0.1%; Category 1.9%
3Y CAGR: 4.1%-0.1%; Category 4.2%
5Y CAGR: 1.9%-0.1%; Category 2.0%

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Vanguard Short-Term Treasury 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	-0.4%	+0.1%	+0.4%	+0.7%	+1.8%	+4.1%	+1.9%	+1.7%	+1.4%
Short Government average	-0.4%	0.0%	0.4%	0.7%	1.9%	4.2%	2.0%	1.9%	2.7%
Difference	0.0%	+0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	-0.1%	-0.1%	-0.1%	-0.1%	-1.3%

Holdings

Allocation as last published by the fund.

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government99.4%
AA99.9%
Other0.1%

Asset mix

Bonds99.4%
Cash0.6%

ETF details

Issuer: Vanguard
Category: Fixed Income · Short Government
Ticker: VGSH
Exchange: Nasdaq
Inception: 19 Nov 2009 (16.8 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.03% (category 0.52%)
Holdings turnover: 93% (category 192%)
Distribution yield: 3.82%
Beta, 3 years: 0.22
Total net assets: $39.2B
Average maturity: 9.80 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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