Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund Institutional Shares (VBITX)
NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
10.25
+0.02 (0.20%)
Jun 4, 2025, 3:38 PM EDT
2.40%
Fund Assets 51.33B
Expense Ratio 0.04%
Min. Investment $5,000,000
Turnover n/a
Dividend (ttm) 0.37
Dividend Yield 3.62%
Dividend Growth 27.44%
Payout Frequency Monthly
Ex-Dividend Date May 30, 2025
Previous Close 10.23
YTD Return 1.60%
1-Year Return 4.96%
5-Year Return 3.75%
52-Week Low 10.00
52-Week High 10.33
Beta (5Y) n/a
Holdings 2844
Inception Date Sep 27, 2011

About VBITX

The Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund Institutional Shares (VBITX) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted bond index with a short-term dollar-weighted average maturity. VBITX employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. 1-5 Year Government/ Credit Float Adjusted Index.

Fund Family Vanguard
Category Short-Term Bond
Performance Rating Below Average
Risk Rating Average
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol VBITX
Share Class Institutional Shares
Index Bloomberg 1-5 Y Govt/Credit Float Adj TR

Performance

VBITX had a total return of 4.96% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 1.47%.

Equivalent ETF

VBITX has an equivalent ETF with the ticker symbol BSV, the Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF. This is an ETF from the same fund company that follows the same index. It has an expense ratio of 0.03% compared to 0.04% for VBITX.

Symbol Name Expense Ratio
BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF 0.03%

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

Symbol Share Class Expense Ratio
VBIPX Institutional Plus Shares 0.03%
VBIRX Admiral Shares 0.06%
VBISX Investor Shares 0.15%

Top 10 Holdings

9.38% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
United States Treasury Notes T.3.875 04.30.30 1.50%
United States Treasury Notes T.4 02.28.30 1.31%
Mktliq 12/31/2049 n/a 1.13%
United States Treasury Notes T.4 03.31.30 0.99%
United States Treasury Notes T.4.25 11.30.26 0.87%
United States Treasury Notes T.4.125 11.30.29 0.79%
United States Treasury Notes T.4 01.31.29 0.71%
United States Treasury Notes T.4.25 02.28.29 0.70%
United States Treasury Notes T.4.125 02.28.27 0.69%
United States Treasury Notes T.4.375 12.31.29 0.69%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
May 30, 2025 $0.03361 Jun 2, 2025
Apr 30, 2025 $0.03234 May 1, 2025
Mar 31, 2025 $0.03303 Apr 1, 2025
Feb 28, 2025 $0.02949 Mar 3, 2025
Jan 31, 2025 $0.03196 Feb 3, 2025
Dec 31, 2024 $0.03158 Jan 2, 2025
Full Dividend History