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Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF

VUSB CBOE - exBATS

The fund’s investment objective is to seek to provide current income while maintaining limited price volatility. The fund invests in a diversified portfolio of high-quality and, to a lesser extent, medium-quality fixed income securities. The fund is expected to maintain a dollar-weighted average ma...

49.48USD
+1.66 (+3.47%) 1 Year · close Oct 12

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Dividend yield
4.28%
Trailing 12 months
Volatility · 1Y
0.7%
Low Risk
Beta
0.04
vs the market
52-week range
47.8249.49
01 Performance

How VUSB has paid off

Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.

Return by period

Price · to Oct 12
Above Average performance Select a period to update every chart on the page.

Total return vs price return

Price only
+4.4 pts
0%2%4%6%8% VUSB +7.9% Price +3.5%

Over 1 year, VUSB returned +7.9% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +4.4 pts to the price move.

02 Risk

How bumpy is the ride?

Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.

Volatility

Annualized · 1Y
0.7%Low Risk

A typical year sees the price swing about ±1% around its trend.

Drawdown from peak

How far below its previous high the price has been
−0.4%
0%-1%−0.4%

Deepest fall −0.4% on Mar 26, 2026 — 27 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 0% of the time.

Market sensitivity

Beta
Market moves+10.0%
VUSB tends to move+0.4%

A beta of 0.04 means VUSB has moved less than the market.

Sharpe ratio 0.54 Return earned per unit of volatility
03 Technicals

Trend & momentum

Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.

Price vs moving averages

Uptrend
49.48
  • 12-day average49.44 +0.1%
  • 26-day average49.40 +0.2%
  • 50-day average49.35 +0.3%
  • 200-day average48.84 +1.3%

The price is above 4 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.

Relative strength (RSI)

Neutral
OversoldOverbought64.5

RSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.

Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.

04 Dividends

What it pays you

Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.

Dividend yield4.28%

About 43 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.

Per share
2.12
Last paid
Oct 1, 2026

Last 12 months

2.12 USD / share
0.19Nov 30.18Dec 10.18Dec 180.18Feb 20.17Mar 20.18Apr 10.18May 10.17Jun 10.18Jul 10.17Aug 30.17Sep 10.18Oct 1
05 Themes

Where VUSB shows up

Curated themes and indices that hold VUSB. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.

06 Profile

About Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF

The fund’s investment objective is to seek to provide current income while maintaining limited price volatility. The fund invests in a diversified portfolio of high-quality and, to a lesser extent, medium-quality fixed income securities. The fund is expected to maintain a dollar-weighted average maturity of 0 to 2 years.

  • Featured in 1 curated theme
Ticker
VUSB
Exchange
CBOE - exBATS
ISIN
US92203C3034
CUSIP
92203C303
Currency
U.S. Dollar (USD)
Country
USA
Sector
Fixed Income
Industry
Short Duration
All key statistics

Details

NameVanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF
TickerVUSB
ISINUS92203C3034
CUSIP92203C303
ExchangeBATS
CategoryFixed Income
Sub CategoryShort Duration
CountryUSA
CurrencyU.S. Dollar
Inception DateApr 5, 2021
Benchmark-

Shareas of Oct 12, 2026

Close Price USD49.48
52W Low / High 47.82 / 49.49
1Y Total Return7.91%
Above Average
1Y Volatility1.57%
Low Risk
Beta0.04
12M Dividends2.1198
Last Dividend DateOct 1, 2026
Dist. Frequency-
Dividend Yield4.28%

Dataas of Oct 13, 2026

AUM-
Discount/Premium-
NAV-
Shares Outstanding-
Volume 20D Avg-
Nbr of Holdings-
Risk Rank-
Net Expense-
Options available-
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