Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
BSV NYSE Arca
The Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF seeks to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. 1–5 Year Government/Credit Float Adjusted Index, a market-weighted bond index that covers investment-grade bonds with a dollar-weighted average maturity of 1 to 5 years. The Fund invests in U.S. government, high-q...
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- Fund size
- 22.5B as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.07% per year
- Dividend yield
- 4.12% Monthly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 1.9% Low Risk
- Beta
- 0.03 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 75.6477.06
How BSV has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Nov 11Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, BSV returned +5.3% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +4.2 pts to the price move.
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 · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±2% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −1.4% on Sep 28, 2026 — 34 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 0% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.03 means BSV has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average76.72 −0.1%
- 26-day average76.57 +0.1%
- 50-day average76.48 +0.2%
- 200-day average76.24 +0.5%
The price is above 3 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI 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.
Inside the fund
Fixed Income · Aggregate — tracking the Bloomberg US Universal 1-5 Year Index.
- Assets under management22.5BUSD
- Expense ratio0.07%per year
- Holdings2,478
- Risk score2.3Low
Launched April 2007. Listed options available. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 41 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 3.16
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Last paid
- Nov 2, 2026
Last 12 months
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About Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
The Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF seeks to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. 1–5 Year Government/Credit Float Adjusted Index, a market-weighted bond index that covers investment-grade bonds with a dollar-weighted average maturity of 1 to 5 years. The Fund invests in U.S. government, high-quality (investment-grade) corporate, and investment-grade international dollar-denominated bonds.
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 2,478 holdings
- Ticker
- BSV
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US9219378273
- CUSIP
- 921937827
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Fixed Income
- Industry
- Aggregate
- Benchmark
- Bloomberg US Universal 1-5 Year Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Nov 11, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.