Vanguard Ultra Short-Term Tax-Exempt Fund (VWSTX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
15.72
+0.01 (0.06%)
Jul 3, 2024, 8:01 PM EDT
0.70%
Fund Assets 14.94B
Expense Ratio 0.17%
Min. Investment $3,000
Turnover 85.00%
Dividend (ttm) 0.46
Dividend Yield 2.94%
Dividend Growth 56.54%
Payout Frequency Monthly
Ex-Dividend Date Jun 28, 2024
Previous Close 15.71
YTD Return 0.60%
1-Year Return 2.83%
5-Year Return 6.52%
52-Week Low 15.50
52-Week High 15.78
Beta (5Y) 0.20
Holdings 3202
Inception Date Sep 1, 1977

About VWSTX

The fund has no limitations on the maturity of individual securities, but is expected to maintain a dollar-weighted average maturity of 1 to 2 years. At least 75% of the securities held by the fund are municipal bonds in the top three credit-rating categories as determined by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization or, if unrated, determined to be of comparable quality by the advisor.

Fund Family Vanguard
Category Muni National Short
Performance Rating Above Average
Risk Rating Below Average
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol VWSTX
Index Bloomberg Municipal Bond 1 Y TR

Performance

VWSTX had a total return of 2.83% in the past year. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 0.10%, including dividends.

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol Share Class Expense Ratio
VWSUX Admiral Shares 0.09%

Top 10 Holdings

10.00% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Municipal Cash Management Fund - Vanguard Municipal Cash Management Fund n/a 1.85%
Southeast Alabama Gas Supply District/The - S E ALABAMA ST GAS SP AL SOUUTL 06.01.2049 1.65%
Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund - NUVEEN AMT-FREE MUNI n/a 1.23%
Kentucky Public Energy Authority - KY PUB ENERGY AUTH-B KY KYSPWR 01.01.2049 1.03%
Black Belt Energy Gas District - BLACK BELT ENERGY GAS AL BBEUTL 10.01.2052 0.75%
Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund - NUVEEN AMT-FREE-D OT NEAGEN 03.01.2029 0.74%
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico - RESTRUCTURED-SER A1 PR PRC 5.38 07.01.2025 0.71%
Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income Fund - NUVEEN-AMT-FREE-C OT NVGGEN 12.01.2031 0.69%
Kentucky Public Energy Authority - KY PUB ENERGY-C-1 KY KYSPWR 12.01.2049 0.69%
Main Street Natural Gas Inc - MAIN ST NATURAL GAS-B GA MAIUTL 08.01.2049 0.66%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Jun 28, 2024 $0.04277 Jul 1, 2024
May 31, 2024 $0.04289 Jun 3, 2024
Apr 30, 2024 $0.04279 May 1, 2024
Mar 28, 2024 $0.04121 Apr 1, 2024
Feb 29, 2024 $0.04113 Mar 1, 2024
Jan 31, 2024 $0.03932 Feb 1, 2024
Full Dividend History