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Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Ticker: BSV ISIN: US9219378273
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ETF Low-cost Broad market exposure
Morningstar
★★
TER
0.04%
Fund size
$44.24B
Holdings
465
Top 10
0.5%
Issuer
Vanguard
Yield to maturity
3.63%
Duration
2.6y
Avg. maturity
2.8y
$77.61 0.05%
Price as of 2026-08-24 · NYSE ARCA

Performance by timeframe

Rolling returns
1 Month +0.49%
6 Months +0.06%
1 Year +2.56%
5 Years +1.72% p.a.+8.89%
10 Years +1.95% p.a.+21.25%
Since inception +2.52% p.a.+61.96%
Calendar year returns
YTD +0.81%
2025 +6.00%
2024 +3.78%
2023 +4.90%
2022 -5.49%
2021 -1.18%

Key stats

AUM
44.24B
Expense ratio
0.04%
Holdings
465
1Y return
2.56%
Volatility (1Y)
1.70%
52-week range
74.62 - 78.81
Section 1

Fund overview

Fund profile data from fundamentals.

This index includes all medium and larger issues of U.S. government, investment-grade corporate, and investment-grade international dollar-denominated bonds that have maturities between 1 and 5 years and are publicly issued. All of the fund's investments will be selected through the sampling process, and at least 80% of its assets will be invested in bonds held in the index.

Category Short-Term Bond
Issuer Vanguard
Domicile USA
Section 2

Exposure breakdown

Exposure breakdown shows how the fund is allocated across assets, sectors, regions, and size buckets.

Asset allocation

Bond
98.54%
Cash
1.45%
NotClassified
0.00%

Fixed income

Price
99.85%
YieldToMaturity
3.63%
Coupon
3.53%
EffectiveMaturity
2.80%
EffectiveDuration
2.63%
Section 3

Top holdings

Top holdings show which underlying securities drive the fund most.

Wipro Limited ADR
0.26%
Carrier Global Corp
0.03%
Visa Inc. Class A
0.02%
Dupont De Nemours Inc
0.02%
Verizon Communications Inc
0.02%
Eaton Corporation PLC
0.02%
Vodafone Group PLC ADR
0.02%
Charter Communications Inc
0.02%
Microchip Technology Inc
0.02%
Otis Worldwide Corp
0.02%
Section 4

Performance & risk

Historical return and risk indicators over fixed windows.

Returns

YTD return 23.00%
1M return 0.49%
6M return 0.06%
1Y return 2.56%
3Y return 4.23%
5Y return 8.89%
10Y return 1.98%

Risk

Volatility (1Y) 1.70%
Volatility (3Y) 2.38%
Sharpe ratio (3Y) -0.23
Beta 0.39
52-week range 74.62 - 78.81
Section 5

Portfolio characteristics

Broad diversification

Fund concentration and composition metrics from source fields.

Overview

Holdings count 465
Top 10 weight 0.45%
Expense ratio 0.04%
Fund size 44.24B
Turnover 64.00%

Details

Instrument metadata and source update timestamps.

Symbol BSV
Name Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares
Asset type ETF
Exchange NYSE ARCA
Currency USD
ISIN US9219378273
Country USA
Code + exchange BSV.NYSE ARCA
Last price date 2026-04-02
Fundamentals updated 2026-04-05

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