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% (1Y)
| 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% |
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% |
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 |