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

Canada flag Canada · Delayed Price · Currency is CAD
23.31
-0.04 (-0.15%)
May 17, 2024, 3:57 PM EDT
2.35%
Assets 908.18M
Expense Ratio 0.11%
PE Ratio n/a
Dividend (ttm) 0.79
Dividend Yield 3.38%
Ex-Dividend Date May 1, 2024
Payout Frequency Monthly
Payout Ratio n/a
1-Year Return +2.26%
Volume 4,185
Open 23.31
Previous Close 23.34
Day's Range 23.30 - 23.33
52-Week Low 22.33
52-Week High 23.39
Beta 1.12
Holdings 377
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 TSX
Ticker Symbol VSC
Provider Vanguard
Index Tracked Bloomberg Global Aggregate Canadian Credit Float Adjusted (1-5 Y)

Performance

VSC had a total return of 2.26% in the past year. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been -0.62%, including dividends.

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount
May 1, 2024 0.07561 CAD
Apr 1, 2024 0.06364 CAD
Feb 29, 2024 0.0651 CAD
Jan 31, 2024 0.09108 CAD
Dec 28, 2023 0.04843 CAD
Nov 30, 2023 0.0637 CAD
Full Dividend History