VanguardUltrashort BondVUSB · Cboe BZX

Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF (VUSB)

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Price: $49.55; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $10.2B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.10%; Category 0.38%
Yield: 4.31%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: 3.7%-0.2%; Category 3.9%
3Y CAGR: 5.2%+0.1%; Category 5.1%
5Y CAGR: 3.6%-0.3%; Category 3.9%

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Vanguard Ultra-Short 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
Period	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3YCAGR	5YCAGR	10YCAGR	LaunchCAGR
ETF	+0.1%	+0.8%	+1.8%	+2.2%	+3.7%	+5.2%	+3.6%	—	+3.3%
Ultrashort Bond average	0.3%	0.8%	2.0%	2.6%	3.9%	5.1%	3.9%	3.0%	3.4%
Difference	-0.2%	-0.1%	-0.2%	-0.3%	-0.2%	+0.1%	-0.3%	—	-0.1%

Holdings

Allocation as last published by the fund.

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government8.1%
AAA23.2%
AA9.0%
A35.9%
BBB31.0%
BB0.6%
B0.1%
Other0.3%

Asset mix

Bonds97.4%
Cash2.7%

ETF details

Issuer: Vanguard
Category: Fixed Income · Ultrashort Bond
Ticker: VUSB
Exchange: Cboe BZX
Inception: 6 Apr 2021 (5.4 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.10% (category 0.38%)
Holdings turnover: 65% (category 63%)
Distribution yield: 4.31%
Beta, 3 years: 0.10
Total net assets: $10.2B
Average maturity: 9.95 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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