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Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF BSV

Issuer: Vanguard SEC registrant: VANGUARD BOND INDEX FUNDS Fixed income · US
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Last price 76.53 USD Change: Unchanged 0.00 Percent change: Unchanged 0.00%

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Observed · 1 day ago Quotes may be delayed

Expense ratio
0.03%
Prospectus 28 Apr 2026
Net assets
$69.8B
As of 30 Jun 2026
Holdings
3,186
As of 30 Jun 2026
12-month distribution yield
4.11%
Monthly
Asset class
Fixed income
From holdings

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (BSV) is an exchange-traded fund listed on NYSE Arca in the United States, issued by Vanguard. Its category is Fixed income · US (fixed income). Its last price was US$76.53 on 20 Oct 2026. Its expense ratio is 0.03% a year, from its prospectus dated 28 Apr 2026. It reported net assets of US$69.75 billion as of 30 Jun 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 3,186 holdings as of 30 Jun 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$3.15 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 4.11%, paid monthly.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.03%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
No waiver stated
Management fee
0.02%
Prospectus date
28 Apr 2026
Filed with the SEC
28 Apr 2026

Source: SEC prospectus risk/return data sets (opens in a new tab) Filed

Size and reporting

Net assets
$69,752,254,627
Total assets
$69,843,863,492
Holdings as of
30 Jun 2026
Report made public
28 Aug 2026 (59 days after the month end)

Net assets are for the whole fund series, which for some funds (Vanguard's, for example) also includes mutual fund share classes.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Filed

Top holdings

Largest 25 of 3,186 positions, as of 30 Jun 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

BSV top holdings as of 30 Jun 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond US TREASURY N/B US91282CGH88 1.12% $779.3M Debt United States USD
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond US TREASURY N/B US91282CPS43 0.89% $619.0M Debt United States USD
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond US TREASURY N/B US91282CGQ87 0.88% $612.0M Debt United States USD
4 United States Treasury Note/Bond US TREASURY N/B US91282CQH78 0.81% $566.6M Debt United States USD
5 United States Treasury Note/Bond US TREASURY N/B US91282CKZ31 0.80% $556.0M Debt United States USD
6 United States Treasury Note/Bond US TREASURY N/B US91282CAV37 0.79% $554.2M Debt United States USD
7 United States Treasury Note/Bond US TREASURY N/B US91282CQU89 0.78% $546.6M Debt United States USD
8 United States Treasury Note/Bond US TREASURY N/B US91282CMD01 0.77% $535.6M Debt United States USD
9 United States Treasury Note/Bond US TREASURY N/B US91282CBL46 0.77% $534.2M Debt United States USD
10 United States Treasury Note/Bond US TREASURY N/B US91282CNP22 0.75% $526.0M Debt United States USD
11 United States Treasury Note/Bond US TREASURY N/B US91282CPL99 0.75% $525.7M Debt United States USD
12 United States Treasury Note/Bond US TREASURY N/B US91282CAE12 0.75% $524.9M Debt United States USD
13 United States Treasury Note/Bond US TREASURY N/B US91282CPE56 0.75% $522.1M Debt United States USD
14 United States Treasury Note/Bond US TREASURY N/B US91282CNV99 0.75% $520.0M Debt United States USD
15 United States Treasury Note/Bond US TREASURY N/B US91282CLN91 0.74% $513.3M Debt United States USD
16 United States Treasury Note/Bond US TREASURY N/B US91282CLC37 0.72% $498.8M Debt United States USD
17 United States Treasury Note/Bond US TREASURY N/B US91282CKX82 0.71% $491.9M Debt United States USD
18 United States Treasury Note/Bond US TREASURY N/B US91282CCB54 0.70% $490.6M Debt United States USD
19 United States Treasury Note/Bond US TREASURY N/B US91282CNN73 0.70% $489.2M Debt United States USD
20 United States Treasury Note/Bond US TREASURY N/B US91282CMA61 0.70% $488.5M Debt United States USD
21 United States Treasury Note/Bond US TREASURY N/B US91282CPA35 0.70% $484.9M Debt United States USD
22 United States Treasury Note/Bond US TREASURY N/B US91282CQL80 0.68% $476.4M Debt United States USD
23 United States Treasury Note/Bond US TREASURY N/B US91282CLR06 0.68% $475.3M Debt United States USD
24 United States Treasury Note/Bond US TREASURY N/B US91282CQS34 0.67% $464.3M Debt United States USD
25 United States Treasury Note/Bond US TREASURY N/B US91282CLK52 0.64% $449.0M Debt United States USD

The fund reported 3,186 positions; the largest 2,000 are kept and make up 96.6% of its reported weight. Breakdowns below use every position.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Made public Holdings as of 30 Jun 2026

All 2,000 stored holdings

Breakdowns

Sums of reported weights over every position in the report. Totals can differ from 100% because of derivatives, borrowing and cash.

Asset type

Asset type by weight
TypeWeightBar
Debt 98.61%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 0.26%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
United States 89.79%
Canada 1.55%
United Kingdom 1.07%
Japan 0.84%
Germany 0.67%
Australia 0.25%
Ireland 0.21%
South Korea 0.20%
Spain 0.20%
Netherlands 0.14%
Mexico 0.13%
Cayman Islands 0.12%
Other (19) 1.13%
Not stated 2.58%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
US dollar (USD) 98.88%

The currency each holding is denominated in. Currency hedges are not netted off, so a hedged fund still shows its holdings' currencies.

Sector

No sector data

None of this fund's holdings matched a stock listed on this site, so no sector is shown.

Partial coverage: sectors are known for 0.0% of net assets, the holdings matched by CUSIP or ticker to US stocks listed on this site. The rest is not assigned a sector.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Holdings as of

Distributions

Paid in the last 12 months
$3.1460
12 payments per unit
12-month yield
4.11%
Distributions only, not total return
Frequency
Monthly
From the gaps between ex-dates
Latest ex-date
1 Oct 2026

12-month yield = distributions per unit with an ex-date in the last 12 months ($3.1460) ÷ latest price ($76.53) × 100 = 4.11%. It looks back, so it is not a forecast; special distributions in the window are included.

Why a distribution yield is not the fund's return: yield vs total return

Distribution history table (60 payments)
BSV distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
1 Oct 2026$0.2680
1 Sep 2026$0.2680
3 Aug 2026$0.2660
1 Jul 2026$0.2610
1 Jun 2026$0.2670
1 May 2026$0.2590
1 Apr 2026$0.2670
2 Mar 2026$0.2420
2 Feb 2026$0.2660
18 Dec 2025$0.2670
1 Dec 2025$0.2500
3 Nov 2025$0.2650
1 Oct 2025$0.2530
2 Sep 2025$0.2600
1 Aug 2025$0.2590
1 Jul 2025$0.2510
2 Jun 2025$0.2580
1 May 2025$0.2360
1 Apr 2025$0.2500
3 Mar 2025$0.2240
3 Feb 2025$0.2470
24 Dec 2024$0.2400
2 Dec 2024$0.2310
1 Nov 2024$0.2340
1 Oct 2024$0.2230
3 Sep 2024$0.2290
1 Aug 2024$0.2270
1 Jul 2024$0.2170
3 Jun 2024$0.2200
1 May 2024$0.2020
1 Apr 2024$0.2040
1 Mar 2024$0.1880
1 Feb 2024$0.1980
22 Dec 2023$0.1950
1 Dec 2023$0.1850
1 Nov 2023$0.1860
2 Oct 2023$0.1720
1 Sep 2023$0.1710
1 Aug 2023$0.1670
3 Jul 2023$0.1470
1 Jun 2023$0.1460
1 May 2023$0.1380
3 Apr 2023$0.1380
1 Mar 2023$0.1180
1 Feb 2023$0.1280
23 Dec 2022$0.1210
1 Dec 2022$0.1130
1 Nov 2022$0.1120
3 Oct 2022$0.1000
1 Sep 2022$0.0980
1 Aug 2022$0.0940
1 Jul 2022$0.0920
1 Jun 2022$0.0820
2 May 2022$0.0750
1 Apr 2022$0.0990
1 Mar 2022$0.0660
1 Feb 2022$0.0740
23 Dec 2021$0.2940
1 Dec 2021$0.0720
1 Nov 2021$0.0730

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Checked · 2 days ago Amounts are adjusted for later unit splits

Filings and sources

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