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Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (VMBS)

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Price: $45.60; —30 Oct 2026
Assets: $17.1B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.03%; Category 0.82%
Yield: 4.41%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: 1.0%+0.4%; Category 0.6%
3Y CAGR: 6.6%+0.5%; Category 6.1%
5Y CAGR: 0.4%+0.1%; Category 0.3%

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Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities 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	+3.1%	+0.1%	-0.8%	0.0%	+1.0%	+6.6%	+0.4%	+1.2%	+2.0%
Government Mortgage-Backed Bond average	2.8%	-0.1%	-1.0%	-0.2%	0.6%	6.1%	0.3%	1.2%	2.0%
Difference	+0.3%	+0.2%	+0.2%	+0.2%	+0.4%	+0.5%	+0.1%	+0.1%	0.0%

Holdings

Allocation as last published by the fund.

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

AA99.9%
Other0.1%

Asset mix

Bonds95.9%
Cash4.1%

ETF details

Issuer: Vanguard
Category: Fixed Income · Government Mortgage-Backed Bond
Ticker: VMBS
Exchange: Nasdaq
Inception: 19 Nov 2009 (16.9 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.03% (category 0.82%)
Holdings turnover: 91% (category 321%)
Distribution yield: 4.41%
Beta, 3 years: 1.12
Total net assets: $17.1B
Average maturity: 8.92 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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