# VTEB (Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF)

Vanguard · Bond ETFs · Municipal, national, long · data as of Oct 28, 2026

VTEB paid $0.1372 a share, ex-date Oct 1, 2026, and 3.4% of its price in cash over the year to Oct 28, 2026.

Promise check: Not measured. No other ETF tracks the index it names, so its tracking cannot be measured. https://etfiq.com/promise-index/bonds/

VTEB tracks an index of Tax-Exempt Bond and returned −0.4% over the past year.

## Key facts

- VTEB, total return, 1 year: −0.4%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VTEB, expense ratio: 0.03%, as of Feb 27, 2026.
- VTEB, holdings: 11155, as of Sep 30, 2026.
- VTEB, below its high: −2.9%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VTEB, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 3.4%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VTEB, last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 1, 2026: $0.1372, as of Oct 1, 2026.
- VTEB, net assets: $49.6bn (the issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026).

## VTEB over each window to Oct 28, 2026

| Window | Total return |
| --- | --- |
| 1 month | +3.4% |
| 3 months | −1.2% |
| 6 months | −1.6% |
| Year to date | −0.7% |
| 1 year | −0.4% |
| 3 years | +13.0% |
| 5 years | +2.7% |
| 10 years | +20.5% |
| Since launch | +26.5% |
| Since launch, annualised | +2.1% |

## VTEB key stats

- 52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $51.15 on Feb 27, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- 52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $46.94 on Sep 29, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range: $48.67, 41% of the way from the low to the high (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Holdings: 11155
- Top ten weight: 1.8%

## VTEB trading

- Not scored.
- $1,000: about $0.11, 0.011%, one way.
- $10,000: about $1.05, 0.011%, one way.
- Premium to NAV at the Oct 27 close: +0.04%; 95% of days within ±0.15%.
- Limit: midpoint + 1¢ to buy, midpoint − 1¢ to sell. At the Oct 27 close of $48.69, that’s $48.70 to buy and $48.68 to sell.
- The full trading page: https://etfiq.com/funds/vteb/trading/

## Every published field

| Field | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it tracks | S&P National AMT-Free Municipal Bond Index | ETFIQ |
| Fund type | Bond fund | ETFIQ |
| Category | Bonds · Municipal, national, long | ETFIQ |
| Expense ratio | 0.03% | 485BPOS XBRL, Feb 27, 2026 |
| Price | $48.67 | ETFIQ |
| First traded | Aug 25, 2015 | ETFIQ |
| Net assets | $49.6bn | the issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026 |
| Benchmark | Its own holdings, as of Sep 30, 2026; no other fund tracks the S&P National AMT-Free Municipal Bond Index, the index its prospectus names | ETFIQ, from its filings |
| Below its high | −2.9% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings | 11155 | ETFIQ |
| Top ten weight | 1.8% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings as of | Sep 30, 2026 | the issuer’s month-end file |

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

Monthly data only. Jul 2026: +$721m, 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/vteb.json>. Method: https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows

## Questions

### How has VTEB performed?

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VTEB returned −0.4% with distributions reinvested. Over three years the number is +13.0%.

### What does VTEB cost?

The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

### How far is VTEB below its high?

2.9% below its high of Jul 6, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026.

### What dividend does VTEB pay?

VTEB pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.1372 a share, which went ex on Oct 1, 2026.


## Cite this page

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