# VUSB (Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF)

Vanguard · Bond ETFs · Cash and ultrashort · data as of Oct 28, 2026

VUSB returned +3.5% over the year to Oct 28, 2026, charges 0.10% a year and holds $9.9bn in net assets on Sep 30, 2026.

Promise check: Delivered. As of Jun 30, 2026, VUSB had a duration of 1.0 years against "ultra-short". https://etfiq.com/promise-index/bonds/

VUSB is actively managed and returned +3.5% over the past year.

## Key facts

- VUSB, total return, 1 year: +3.5%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VUSB, expense ratio: 0.10%, as of Apr 28, 2026.
- VUSB, holdings: 1344, as of Sep 30, 2026.
- VUSB, below its high: 0.0%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VUSB, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 4.2%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VUSB, last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 1, 2026: $0.1811, as of Oct 1, 2026.
- VUSB, net assets: $9.9bn (the issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026).

## VUSB over each window to Oct 28, 2026

| Window | Total return | Benchmark (AGG) | Gap to AGG |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 month | +0.5% | +1.7% | −1.2 pts |
| 3 months | +0.7% | −0.7% | +1.4 pts |
| 6 months | +1.7% | −1.1% | +2.8 pts |
| Year to date | +2.7% | −1.0% | +3.7 pts |
| 1 year | +3.5% | −1.4% | +4.9 pts |
| 3 years | +16.2% | +16.2% | 0.0 pts |
| 5 years | +19.9% | −1.3% | +21.2 pts |
| Since launch | +20.0% | +0.1% | +19.9 pts |
| Since launch, annualised | +3.3% | – | – |

## VUSB key stats

- 52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $50.03 on Jan 30, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- 52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $49.41 on Oct 1, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range: $49.58, 27% of the way from the low to the high (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Holdings: 1344
- Top ten weight: 10.5%

## VUSB trading

- Not scored.
- $1,000: at least $0.10, 0.01%, one way, half a one-cent tick.
- $10,000: at least $1.01, 0.01%, one way, half a one-cent tick.
- Premium to NAV at the Oct 27 close: 0.00%; 95% of days within ±0.04%.
- Limit: midpoint + 1¢ to buy, midpoint − 1¢ to sell. At the Oct 27 close of $49.56, that’s $49.57 to buy and $49.55 to sell.
- The full trading page: https://etfiq.com/funds/vusb/trading/

## Every published field

| Field | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it tracks | No index, actively managed | ETFIQ |
| Fund type | Cash and Treasury bills | ETFIQ |
| Category | Bonds · Cash and ultrashort | ETFIQ |
| Expense ratio | 0.10% | 485BPOS XBRL, Apr 28, 2026 |
| Price | $49.58 | ETFIQ |
| First traded | Apr 7, 2021 | ETFIQ |
| Net assets | $9.9bn | the issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026 |
| Benchmark | Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, measured by AGG, which tracks the same index | ETFIQ, from its filings |
| Benchmark named in | its shareholder report, N-CSR, Feb 27, 2026 | ETFIQ |
| VUSB, 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 | +3.5% | ETFIQ |
| AGG, the same days | −1.4% | ETFIQ |
| Against its benchmark, 1 year | +4.9 pts | ETFIQ |
| Below its high | 0.0% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings | 1344 | ETFIQ |
| Top ten weight | 10.5% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings as of | Sep 30, 2026 | the issuer’s month-end file |

## Money in and out, to Jun 30, 2026

Monthly data only. Jun 2026: +$144m, from SEC Form N-PORT.

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/vusb.json>. Method: https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows

## Questions

### How has VUSB performed?

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VUSB returned +3.5% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. Over three years the number is +16.2%.

### What does VUSB cost?

The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% a year.

### How far is VUSB below its high?

0.0% below its high of Oct 28, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026.


## Cite this page

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