VanguardShort-Term BondVSDB · Cboe BZX

Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF (VSDB)

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Price: $75.22; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $1B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.15%; Category 0.63%
Yield: 4.01%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: 2.1%+0.4%; Category 1.7%
3Y CAGR: —; Category 5.1%
5Y CAGR: —; Category 2.2%

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Vanguard Short Duration 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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Sharpe ratio: —
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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3YCAGR	5YCAGR	10YCAGR	LaunchCAGR
ETF	-0.6%	-0.2%	+0.8%	+0.9%	+2.1%	—	—	—	+3.9%
Short-Term Bond average	-0.6%	-0.2%	0.6%	0.7%	1.7%	5.1%	2.2%	2.4%	3.0%
Difference	0.0%	0.0%	+0.2%	+0.2%	+0.4%	—	—	—	+0.9%

Holdings

Allocation as last published by the fund.

Sector allocation

Share of the equity the fund holds.

Materials92.6%
Health care7.5%

Asset mix

Bonds99.6%
Cash0.4%
Stocks0.0%

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government30.1%
AAA3.7%
AA39.0%
A20.7%
BBB23.2%
BB10.6%
B4.4%
Below B0.8%

ETF details

Issuer: Vanguard
Category: Fixed Income · Short-Term Bond
Ticker: VSDB
Exchange: Cboe BZX
Inception: 2 Apr 2025 (1.4 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.15% (category 0.63%)
Holdings turnover: 110% (category 130%)
Distribution yield: 4.01%
Beta, 3 years: 0.00
Total net assets: $1B
Average duration: 4.60 years
Average maturity: 9.84 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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