Vanguard Canadian Short-Term Corporate Bond Index ETF (TSX: VSC)

Canada flag Canada · Delayed Price · Currency is CAD
23.37
+0.01 (0.04%)
Jul 3, 2024, 3:55 PM EDT
3.50%
Assets 906.77M
Expense Ratio 0.11%
PE Ratio n/a
Dividend (ttm) 0.80
Dividend Yield 3.42%
Ex-Dividend Date Jul 2, 2024
Payout Frequency Monthly
Payout Ratio n/a
1-Year Return +3.45%
Volume 7,202
Open 23.35
Previous Close 23.36
Day's Range n/a
52-Week Low 22.33
52-Week High 23.55
Beta 1.12
Holdings 378
Inception Date Nov 2, 2012

About VSC

The fund provides exposure to a portfolio of short-term investment grade corporate bonds issued in Canada through a passively-managed, index-sampling strategy. This means that the sub-advisor matches the funds investments to the primary risk factors and other key characteristics of the underlying index. Such bonds have a term to maturity between one and five years. Holdings are selected and weighted by market value. In all, the fund aims to provide current income with its high credit quality exposure to short-term bonds.

Asset Class Fixed Income
Category Investment Grade
Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange
Ticker Symbol VSC
Provider Vanguard
Index Tracked Bloomberg Global Aggregate Canadian Credit Float Adjusted (1-5 Y)

Performance

VSC had a total return of 3.45% in the past year. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been -0.59%, including dividends.

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Jul 2, 2024 0.06579 CAD Jul 9, 2024
Jun 3, 2024 0.06954 CAD Jun 10, 2024
May 1, 2024 0.07561 CAD May 9, 2024
Apr 1, 2024 0.06364 CAD Apr 9, 2024
Feb 29, 2024 0.0651 CAD Mar 8, 2024
Jan 31, 2024 0.09108 CAD Feb 8, 2024
Full Dividend History