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) | 1.05 |
Dividend Yield | 4.01% |
Dividend Growth | 25.74% |
Payout Frequency | Monthly |
Ex-Dividend Date | Feb 28, 2025 |
Previous Close | 26.25 |
YTD Return | 1.74% |
1-Year Return | 6.47% |
5-Year Return | 15.95% |
52-Week Low | n/a |
52-Week High | n/a |
Beta (5Y) | n/a |
Holdings | 2650 |
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 6.47% in the past year. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 3.01%, including dividends.
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
2.20% of assetsName | Symbol | Weight |
---|---|---|
Mktliq 12/31/2049 | n/a | 0.38% |
Bank of America Corp. | BAC V1.734 07.22.27 | 0.25% |
Bank of America Corp. | BAC V3.419 12.20.28 | 0.24% |
CVS Health Corp | CVS 4.3 03.25.28 | 0.22% |
AbbVie Inc. | ABBV 3.2 11.21.29 | 0.20% |
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. | ABIBB 4.75 01.23.29 | 0.19% |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC V5.574 07.25.29 MTN | 0.18% |
Verizon Communications Inc. | VZ 4.329 09.21.28 | 0.18% |
Amgen Inc. | AMGN 5.15 03.02.28 | 0.18% |
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | GS V1.948 10.21.27 | 0.18% |
Dividend History
Ex-Dividend | Amount | Pay Date |
---|---|---|
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 |
Sep 30, 2024 | $0.0867 | Oct 1, 2024 |