# VGSH (Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF)

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

VGSH returned +1.7% over the year to Oct 28, 2026, charges 0.03% a year and holds $35.1bn in net assets on Sep 30, 2026.

Promise check: Delivered. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VGSH returned 1.7% against 1.8% for SCHO, which tracks the same Bloomberg U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year Index. Fees aside, VGSH finished 0.04 points behind SCHO. https://etfiq.com/promise-index/bonds/

VGSH tracks an index of Short-Term Treasury and returned +1.7% over the past year.

## Key facts

- VGSH, total return, 1 year: +1.7%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VGSH, expense ratio: 0.03%, as of Jun 30, 2026.
- VGSH, holdings: 93, as of Sep 30, 2026.
- VGSH, below its high: −0.1%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VGSH, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 3.7%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VGSH, last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 1, 2026: $0.1825, as of Oct 1, 2026.
- VGSH, net assets: $35.1bn (the issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026).

## VGSH over each window to Oct 28, 2026

| Window | Total return | Benchmark (SCHO) | Gap to SCHO |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 month | +0.8% | +0.8% | 0.0 pts |
| 3 months | +0.3% | +0.3% | 0.0 pts |
| 6 months | +0.7% | +0.7% | 0.0 pts |
| Year to date | +1.1% | +1.1% | 0.0 pts |
| 1 year | +1.7% | +1.8% | −0.1 pts |
| 3 years | +12.9% | +12.9% | 0.0 pts |
| 5 years | +10.6% | +10.5% | +0.1 pts |
| 10 years | +19.3% | +19.1% | +0.2 pts |
| Since launch | +26.7% | not available | not available |
| Since launch, annualised | +1.4% | – | – |

## VGSH key stats

- 52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $59.00 on Feb 27, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- 52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $57.46 on Oct 5, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range: $57.77, 20% of the way from the low to the high (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Holdings: 93
- Top ten weight: 14.2%

## VGSH trading

- Not scored.
- $1,000: at least $0.09, 0.009%, one way, half a one-cent tick.
- $10,000: at least $0.87, 0.009%, one way, half a one-cent tick.
- Premium to NAV at the Oct 27 close: +0.02%; 95% of days within ±0.05%.
- Limit: midpoint + 1¢ to buy, midpoint − 1¢ to sell. At the Oct 27 close of $57.75, that’s $57.76 to buy and $57.74 to sell.
- The full trading page: https://etfiq.com/funds/vgsh/trading/

## Every published field

| Field | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it tracks | Bloomberg U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year Index | ETFIQ |
| Fund type | Bond fund | ETFIQ |
| Category | Bonds · Short-term government | ETFIQ |
| Expense ratio | 0.03% | 497 XBRL, Jun 30, 2026 |
| Price | $57.77 | ETFIQ |
| First traded | Nov 23, 2009 | ETFIQ |
| Net assets | $35.1bn | the issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026 |
| Benchmark | Bloomberg U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year Index, measured by SCHO, which tracks the same index | ETFIQ, from its filings |
| Benchmark named in | its prospectus, 497, Jun 30, 2026 | ETFIQ |
| VGSH, 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 | +1.7% | ETFIQ |
| SCHO, the same days | +1.8% | ETFIQ |
| Against its benchmark, 1 year | −0.1 pts | ETFIQ |
| Below its high | −0.1% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings | 93 | ETFIQ |
| Top ten weight | 14.2% | 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: +$452m, 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/vgsh.json>. Method: https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows

## Questions

### How has VGSH performed?

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VGSH returned +1.7% with distributions reinvested, against +1.8% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year Index. Over three years the number is +12.9%.

### What does VGSH cost?

The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

### How far is VGSH below its high?

0.1% below its high of Aug 25, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026.


## Cite this page

ETFIQ, VGSH, bond fund, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/vgsh
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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