# VCSH (Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF)

Vanguard · Bond ETFs · Short-term bond · data as of Oct 28, 2026

VCSH returned +1.3% over the year to Oct 28, 2026, charges 0.03% a year and holds $43.9bn in net assets on Sep 30, 2026.

Promise check: Delivered. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VCSH returned 1.3% against 1.3% for SCHJ, which tracks the same Bloomberg U.S. 1-5 Year Corporate Bond Index. Fees aside, VCSH finished 0.04 points ahead of SCHJ. https://etfiq.com/promise-index/bonds/

VCSH tracks an index of Short-Term Corporate Bond and returned +1.3% over the past year.

## Key facts

- VCSH, total return, 1 year: +1.3%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VCSH, expense ratio: 0.03%, as of Jun 30, 2026.
- VCSH, holdings: 3064, as of Sep 30, 2026.
- VCSH, below its high: −0.6%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VCSH, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 4.4%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VCSH, last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 1, 2026: $0.2953, as of Oct 1, 2026.
- VCSH, net assets: $43.9bn (the issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026).

## VCSH over each window to Oct 28, 2026

| Window | Total return | Benchmark (SCHJ) | Gap to SCHJ |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 month | +1.0% | +0.9% | +0.1 pts |
| 3 months | −0.1% | −0.1% | 0.0 pts |
| 6 months | +0.3% | +0.4% | −0.1 pts |
| Year to date | +0.7% | +0.7% | 0.0 pts |
| 1 year | +1.3% | +1.3% | 0.0 pts |
| 3 years | +17.5% | +17.5% | 0.0 pts |
| 5 years | +12.9% | +12.9% | 0.0 pts |
| 10 years | +29.6% | not available | not available |
| Since launch | +60.6% | not available | not available |
| Since launch, annualised | +2.8% | – | – |

## VCSH key stats

- 52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $80.20 on Feb 27, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- 52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $77.02 on Oct 2, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range: $77.67, 20% of the way from the low to the high (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Holdings: 3064
- Top ten weight: 2.4%

## VCSH trading

- Not scored.
- $1,000: about $0.06, 0.006%, one way.
- $10,000: about $0.65, 0.006%, one way.
- Premium to NAV at the Oct 27 close: +0.05%; 95% of days within ±0.05%.
- Limit: midpoint + 1¢ to buy, midpoint − 1¢ to sell. At the Oct 27 close of $77.68, that’s $77.69 to buy and $77.67 to sell.
- The full trading page: https://etfiq.com/funds/vcsh/trading/

## Every published field

| Field | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it tracks | Bloomberg U.S. 1-5 Year Corporate Bond Index | ETFIQ |
| Fund type | Bond fund | ETFIQ |
| Category | Bonds · Short-term bond | ETFIQ |
| Expense ratio | 0.03% | 497 XBRL, Jun 30, 2026 |
| Price | $77.67 | ETFIQ |
| First traded | Nov 23, 2009 | ETFIQ |
| Net assets | $43.9bn | the issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026 |
| Benchmark | Bloomberg U.S. 1-5 Year Corporate Bond Index, measured by SCHJ, which tracks the same index | ETFIQ, from its filings |
| Benchmark named in | its prospectus, 497, Jun 30, 2026 | ETFIQ |
| VCSH, 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 | +1.3% | ETFIQ |
| SCHJ, the same days | +1.3% | ETFIQ |
| Against its benchmark, 1 year | 0.0 pts | ETFIQ |
| Below its high | −0.6% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings | 3064 | ETFIQ |
| Top ten weight | 2.4% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings as of | Sep 30, 2026 | the issuer’s month-end file |

## Money in and out, to May 31, 2026

Monthly data only. May 2026: +$1.1bn, from SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone.

Computed by ETFIQ from the change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s NAV. Every day and month: <https://etfiq.com/data/flows/funds/vcsh.json>. Method: https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows

## Questions

### How has VCSH performed?

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VCSH returned +1.3% with distributions reinvested, against +1.3% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. 1-5 Year Corporate Bond Index. Over three years the number is +17.5%.

### What does VCSH cost?

The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

### How far is VCSH below its high?

0.6% below its high of Aug 25, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026.


## Cite this page

ETFIQ, VCSH, bond fund, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/vcsh
Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at <https://etfiq.com/data/>.

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