Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCSH)

Description

The investment seeks to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. 1-5 Year Corporate Bond Index. The VCSH ETF contains 2313 constituents. It is focused on holdings in the region.

Price $73.35 as of 2022-10-20

Cost/Risk/Yield

Dividend yield	2.08%
Expense ratio	0.05%
Average spread	0.014%
1Y roundtrip cost	0.064%

Historic prices

Total Returns (including dividends)

Returns by Year

Returns by Period

Monthly returns heatmap

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2022	-1.2%	-0.7%	-1.8%	-1.5%	0.9%	-1.3%	1.6%	-1.6%	-2.2%	-1.1%			-8.8%
2021	-0.2%	-0.3%	-0.2%	0.4%	0.3%	-0.0%	0.3%	-0.1%	-0.2%	-0.5%	-0.3%	0.1%	-0.6%
2020	0.9%	0.6%	-3.5%	2.8%	1.5%	0.9%	0.7%	0.2%	-0.1%	0.1%	0.6%	0.4%	5.1%
2019	1.3%	0.3%	1.2%	0.2%	0.7%	1.0%	0.1%	1.1%	-0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.4%	6.8%
2018	-0.3%	-0.5%	0.1%	-0.1%	0.4%	-0.0%	0.3%	0.5%	-0.1%	-0.1%	-0.1%	0.8%	0.9%
2017	0.3%	0.4%	0.1%	0.4%	0.5%	0.1%	0.4%	0.4%	-0.1%	0.1%	-0.3%	-0.0%	2.2%
2016	0.2%	0.2%	1.2%	0.4%	-0.1%	1.2%	0.3%	-0.1%	-0.0%	-0.1%	-1.0%	0.3%	2.6%
2015	0.9%	-0.2%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%	-0.5%	0.4%	-0.3%	0.6%	0.1%	-0.2%	-0.2%	1.1%
2014	0.5%	0.4%	-0.3%	0.4%	0.5%	0.0%	-0.2%	0.3%	-0.3%	0.5%	0.2%	-0.2%	1.8%
2013	-0.0%	0.3%	0.2%	0.4%	-0.6%	-0.9%	0.7%	-0.3%	0.7%	0.8%	0.3%	-0.1%	1.4%
2012	1.3%	0.9%	-0.1%	0.4%	-0.1%	0.4%	0.9%	0.6%	0.5%	0.5%	-0.0%	0.2%	5.4%
2011	0.6%	0.2%	-0.1%	1.2%	0.7%	-0.1%	0.7%	-0.1%	-1.0%	0.8%	-0.8%	1.1%	3.0%
	4.3%	1.5%	-2.9%	5.1%	4.7%	0.7%	6.4%	0.7%	-2.3%	1.5%	-1.5%	2.8%

Historical Dividends

Dividends by Year

Dividend Yields by Year

Monthly dividend heatmap

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2022		0.10	0.09	0.11	0.11	0.12	0.12	0.13	0.14	0.14			1.05
2021		0.12	0.11	0.12	0.11	0.11	0.10	0.11	0.11	0.11	0.10	0.10	1.19
2020		0.19	0.16	0.20	0.17	0.17	0.15	0.16	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.13	1.76
2019		0.17	0.17	0.21	0.19	0.21	0.19	0.21	0.20	0.19	0.20	0.18	2.12
2018		0.14	0.14	0.18	0.16	0.17	0.17	0.18	0.17	0.17	0.19	0.18	1.86
2017		0.12	0.14	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	1.61
2016		0.11	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14	1.51
2015		0.12	0.12	0.13	0.12	0.13	0.13	0.13	0.13	0.13		0.13	1.28
2014		0.12	0.12	0.13	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.11	0.12	0.12	0.12	1.32
2013	0.13	0.12	0.14	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.30	1.64
2012	0.15	0.14	0.15	0.14	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.14	0.14		0.14	0.25	1.71
2011	0.14	0.14	0.17	0.14	0.15	0.15	0.16	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.25	1.89
	0.42	1.58	1.65	1.77	1.69	1.74	1.70	1.73	1.70	1.58	1.45	1.92

Sectors and Top Holdings

Security	% Assets
U.S. Dollar	0.37%
Apple Inc. 2.4% 03-MAY-2023	0.24%
AT&T Inc. 0.9% 25-MAR-2024	0.23%
Boeing Company 2.196% 04-FEB-2026	0.23%
Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp. 4.908% 23-JUL-2025	0.23%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 3.5% 01-APR-2025	0.21%
Citigroup Inc. 3.106% 08-APR-2026	0.20%
Boeing Company 4.875% 01-MAY-2025	0.20%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.083% 22-APR-2026	0.19%
Morgan Stanley 3.125% 27-JUL-2026	0.19%
Bank of America Corporation 3.5% 19-APR-2026	0.19%
Wells Fargo & Company 3.196% 17-JUN-2027	0.19%
Top 12 Weights	2.67%

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Product name	Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF	FIDELITY LIMITED TERM BOND ETF	Inspire Corporate Bond Impact ETF	iShares iBonds December 2027 Term Corporate ETF	Schwab 1-5 Year Corporate Bond ETF	iShares ESG 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF
Issuer	Vanguard	Fidelity	Inspire	iShares	Schwab	iShares
Price	$73.35	$47.1809	$22.26	$22.55	$45.76	$23.19
Expense Ratio	0.05%	0.36%	0.49%	0.1%	0.05%	0.12%
Average Spread	0.014%	0.127%	0.225%	0.133%	0.022%	0.043%
AUM	$38,389,200,000	$261,642,000	$200,297,000	$440,696,000	$572,925,000	$947,000,000
Shares	523,369,618	5,545,507	8,998,073	19,543,071	12,520,213	40,836,561
Average Daily Volume	7,035,350	23,033	116,460	281,075	57,087	307,953
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Inception Date	2009-11-19	2014-10-06	2017-07-10	2017-09-12	2019-10-10	2017-07-11
Index Tracked	Bloomberg U.S. 1-5 Year Corporate Bond Index	No Underlying Index	Inspire Corporate Bond Impact Equal Weight Index	Bloomberg December 2027 Maturity Corporate Index	Bloomberg U.S. 1-5 Year Corporate Bond Index	Bloomberg MSCI US Corporate 1-5 Year ESG Focus Index
Category	Corporate Bonds	Corporate Bonds	Corporate Bonds	Corporate Bonds	Corporate Bonds	Corporate Bonds
Asset Class	Bond	Bond	Bond	Bond	Bond	Bond
Asset Class Size
Value or Growth
Region
Countries	Broad	Broad	U.S.	U.S.	U.S.	Broad
Annual Dividend Rate	$1.528	$0.525	$0.352	$0.612	$0.659	$0.392
Annual Dividend Yield	0.021%	0.011%	0.016%	0.027%	0.014%	0.017%
Number of Holdings	2313	0	124	402	2073	1274
YTD Return	-8.50%	-8.14%	-12.71%	-13.43%	-8.45%	-8.54%
Beta	0.07	0.06	0.09	0.16	0.01	0.07
Upside Beta	0.00	0.03	0.04	0.11	-0.08	0.04
Downside Beta	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.11	-0.25	0.02
Volatility 1Y	3.71%	3.27%	6.09%	6.28%	3.82%	3.78%
Sharpe Ratio 3Y	-0.93	-1.24	-0.98	-0.76	-0.88	-0.95
Treynor Ratio 3Y	-0.04	-0.05	-0.06	-0.02	-0.26	-0.04

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