Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund Institutional Shares (VSTBX)
Fund Assets | 26.53B |
Expense Ratio | 0.05% |
Min. Investment | $5,000,000 |
Turnover | n/a |
Dividend (ttm) | 1.07 |
Dividend Yield | 4.07% |
Dividend Growth | 24.55% |
Payout Frequency | Monthly |
Ex-Dividend Date | Mar 31, 2025 |
Previous Close | 26.18 |
YTD Return | 2.03% |
1-Year Return | 7.48% |
5-Year Return | 12.40% |
52-Week Low | n/a |
52-Week High | n/a |
Beta (5Y) | n/a |
Holdings | 2552 |
Inception Date | Nov 19, 2009 |
About VSTBX
The Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund Institutional Shares (VSTBX) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted corporate bond index with a short-term dollar-weighted average maturity. VSTBX employs a "passive management" - or indexing - investment approach designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. 1-5 Year Corporate Bond Index.
Performance
VSTBX had a total return of 7.48% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 3.01%.
Equivalent ETF
VSTBX has an equivalent ETF with the ticker symbol VCSH, the Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF. This is an ETF from the same fund company that follows the same index. It has an expense ratio of 0.04% compared to 0.05% for VSTBX.
Symbol | Name | Expense Ratio |
---|---|---|
VCSH | Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF | 0.04% |
Other Share Classes
These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.
Symbol | Share Class | Expense Ratio |
---|---|---|
VSCSX | Admiral Shares | 0.07% |
Top 10 Holdings
2.35% of assetsName | Symbol | Weight |
---|---|---|
United States Treasury Notes | T 4 03.31.30 | 0.34% |
United States Treasury Notes | T 3.875 03.15.28 | 0.33% |
Bank of America Corp. | BAC V3.419 12.20.28 | 0.25% |
Bank of America Corp. | BAC V1.734 07.22.27 | 0.24% |
CVS Health Corp | CVS 4.3 03.25.28 | 0.22% |
AbbVie Inc. | ABBV 3.2 11.21.29 | 0.21% |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC V5.574 07.25.29 MTN | 0.20% |
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. | ABIBB 4.75 01.23.29 | 0.19% |
Bank of America Corp. | BAC V2.496 02.13.31 MTN | 0.19% |
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | GS V1.948 10.21.27 | 0.19% |
Dividend History
Ex-Dividend | Amount | Pay Date |
---|---|---|
Mar 31, 2025 | $0.0961 | Apr 1, 2025 |
Feb 28, 2025 | $0.0861 | Mar 3, 2025 |
Jan 31, 2025 | $0.0935 | Feb 3, 2025 |
Dec 23, 2024 | $0.0931 | Dec 24, 2024 |
Nov 29, 2024 | $0.0908 | Dec 2, 2024 |
Oct 31, 2024 | $0.0912 | Nov 1, 2024 |