Vanguard Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund Investor Shares (VFSTX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
10.35
+0.01 (0.10%)
Oct 29, 2024, 8:01 PM EDT
4.44%
Fund Assets 55.24B
Expense Ratio 0.20%
Min. Investment $3,000
Turnover 70.00%
Dividend (ttm) 0.40
Dividend Yield 3.83%
Dividend Growth 41.34%
Payout Frequency Monthly
Ex-Dividend Date Sep 30, 2024
Previous Close 10.34
YTD Return 4.15%
1-Year Return 8.14%
5-Year Return 9.04%
52-Week Low 9.89
52-Week High 10.48
Beta (5Y) 0.47
Holdings 2019
Inception Date Oct 29, 1982

About VFSTX

The investment seeks to provide current income while maintaining limited price volatility. The fund invests in a variety of high-quality and, to a lesser extent, medium-quality fixed income securities, at least 80% of which will be short- and intermediate-term investment-grade securities. High-quality fixed income securities are those rated the equivalent of A3 or better; medium-quality fixed income securities are those rated the equivalent of Baa1, Baa2, or Baa3.

Fund Family Vanguard
Category Short-Term Bond
Performance Rating Above Average
Risk Rating Average
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol VFSTX
Index Bloomberg 1-5 Y Credit TR

Performance

VFSTX had a total return of 8.14% in the past year. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 3.73%, including dividends.

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol Share Class Expense Ratio
VFSIX Institutional Shares 0.07%
VFSUX Admiral Shares 0.10%

Top 10 Holdings

7.20% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
United States Treasury Note/Bond - US TREASURY N/B T 0.5 02.28.26 1.29%
Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund - Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund n/a 0.90%
ABBVIE INC ABBV 4.8 03.15.27 0.81%
Boeing Co/The - BOEING CO BA 2.196 02.04.26 0.70%
ABBVIE INC ABBV 4.8 03.15.29 0.69%
Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd - PFIZER INVSTMNT PFE 4.45 05.19.26 0.62%
United States Treasury Note/Bond - US TREASURY N/B T 0.375 01.31.26 0.60%
Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd - PFIZER INVSTMNT PFE 4.45 05.19.28 0.59%
United States Treasury Note/Bond - US TREASURY N/B T 4.625 02.28.26 0.51%
United States Treasury Note/Bond - US TREASURY N/B T 2.625 05.31.27 0.48%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Sep 30, 2024 $0.03628 Sep 30, 2024
Aug 30, 2024 $0.03651 Sep 3, 2024
Jul 31, 2024 $0.03611 Aug 1, 2024
Jun 28, 2024 $0.0353 Jul 1, 2024
May 31, 2024 $0.03472 Jun 3, 2024
Apr 30, 2024 $0.03344 May 1, 2024
Full Dividend History