VCSHVanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares
Tracks the performance of a market-weighted corporate bond index with a short-term dollar-weighted average maturity.
By Vanguard · Launched 2009
Annual Cost
0.03%
#40 of 5,853 · low cost
Fund Size
$51.8B
#61 of 5,853 · large
Dividend YieldGoal
4.44%
Track Record
16 years
#708 of 5,853 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$10,223+2.2%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
Fixed incomeRegion
North americaStrategy
Index tracking
Index tracked
Bloomberg US 1-5 Year Corporate Bond Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 2.2% of fund✓ well diversified
Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund
0.3%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
0.3%
Bank of America Corp
0.2%
AbbVie Inc
0.2%
CVS Health Corp
0.2%
T-Mobile USA Inc
0.2%
Boeing Co/The
0.2%
Wells Fargo & Co
0.2%
Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd
0.2%
Amgen Inc
0.2%
Asset allocation
Bonds
98.0%
Cash
2.0%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
1.9%Low
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-12.9%Mild
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.70Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.03Good downside protection
Bond profile
Avg maturity
9.9 years
Credit ratings
US Government
0.4%
AAA
0.3%
AA
8.8%
A
45.5%
BBB
45.4%
Other
0.1%
Listing
- Exchange
- NASDAQ Global Select Market
Full fund details
- Objective
- Tracks the performance of a market-weighted corporate bond index with a short-term dollar-weighted average maturity.
- Strategy
- Employs an indexing investment approach to track the Bloomberg U.S. 1-5 Year Corporate Bond Index, holding U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade, fixed-rate, taxable debt securities issued by U.S. and non-U.S. companies with maturities between 1 and 5 years. Invests at least 80% of net assets in bonds that approximate the full Target Index through sampling.
- Inception date
- November 19, 2009
- Fund family
- Vanguard
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Data updated on 2026-08-02