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About Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF
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Inception date
Nov 19, 2009
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Distributor
Vanguard Marketing Corp.
The fund is passively managed to provide exposure to the short-term pocket of the US treasury debt market, excluding inflation-protected bonds. It includes short-term US treasury securities including bullet, putable, sinkable/amortizing and callable bonds, as well as original issue zero coupons. The fund excludes securities that are separate trading of registered interest and principal securities (STRIPS), as well as certain special issues, such as state and local government series bonds (SLGs) and inflation-protected securities. The fund uses a sampling technique to track its index, in which it holds a range of securities that has the same return and risk characteristics of the underlying index.
Classification
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Government
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Government99.74%
Cash0.26%
Stock breakdown by region
North America100.00%
Latin America0.00%
Europe0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
VGSH top holdings are United States Treasury Notes 4.875% 31-MAY-2026 and United States Treasury Notes 1.5% 31-JAN-2027, occupying 1.75% and 1.64% of the portfolio correspondingly.
VGSH last dividends amounted to 0.20 USD. The month before, the issuer paid 0.20 USD in dividends, which shows a 3.08% increase.
VGSH assets under management is 22.43 B USD. It's fallen 2.58% over the last month.
VGSH fund flows account for 2.82 B USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Yes, VGSH pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 4.19%. The last dividend (Jun 4, 2025) amounted to 0.20 USD. The dividends are paid monthly.
VGSH shares are issued by The Vanguard Group, Inc. under the brand Vanguard. The ETF was launched on Nov 19, 2009, and its management style is Passive.
VGSH expense ratio is 0.03% meaning you'd have to pay 0.03% of your investment to help manage the fund.
VGSH follows the Bloomberg US Treasury (1-3 Y) (Inception 4/30/1996). ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
VGSH invests in bonds.
VGSH price has fallen by −0.49% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 1.03% increase. See more dynamics on VGSH price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by −0.04% over the last month, have fallen by −0.04% over the last month, showed a 0.82% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 5.13% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by −0.04% over the last month, have fallen by −0.04% over the last month, showed a 0.82% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 5.13% in a year.
VGSH trades at a premium (0.03%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.