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Rebuilt every trading night.\n Cheapest short-term bond ETFs by expense ratio\n As of Nov 12, 2026, BSV has the lowest fee of 53 short-term bond ETFs with at least $100m in net assets: 0.03%. 4 funds tie there. See 25 funds ranked by fee, lowest first. Updated Nov 12, 2026.\n Cheapest short-term bond ETFs by expense ratio, ranked by fee, lowest first, as of Nov 12, 2026. Fees are each fund\u2019s net expense ratio from its latest filing, dated Dec 18, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026. Net assets are dated Jun 30, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026, each fund\u2019s latest. 1-year returns run Nov 12, 2025 to Nov 12, 2026, 365 days each. Source: ETFIQ. # Ticker Fund Fee Tie Net assets 1-year return \n 1 BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF 0.03% Tie $46.9bn +0.9% \n 2 VCSH Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF 0.03% Tie $45.9bn +1.3% \n 3 SCHJ Schwab 1-5 Year Corporate Bond ETF 0.03% Tie $870m +1.4% \n 4 AGGM iShares 1-10 Year U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.03% Tie $130m \u22121.4% \n 5 IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 0.04% Tie $23.7bn +1.4% \n 6 SPIB State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF 0.04% Tie $11.3bn 0.0% \n 7 SPSB State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF 0.04% Tie $11.1bn +2.2% \n 8 ISTB iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF 0.06% Tie $5.3bn +1.0% \n 9 SLQD iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 0.06% Tie $2.4bn +1.9% \n 10 VBCB Vanguard Target Maturity 2028 Corporate Bond ETF 0.08% $138m Not measured \n 11 IBDT iShares iBonds Dec 2028 Term Corporate ETF 0.10% Tie $4.1bn +2.3% \n 12 IBDU iShares iBonds Dec 2029 Term Corporate ETF 0.10% Tie $4.0bn +1.4% \n 13 BSCS Invesco BulletShares 2028 Corporate Bond ETF 0.10% Tie $3.5bn +2.3% \n 14 IBDV iShares iBonds Dec 2030 Term Corporate ETF 0.10% Tie $3.4bn +0.3% \n 15 BSCT Invesco BulletShares 2029 Corporate Bond ETF 0.10% Tie $3.1bn +1.3% \n 16 BSCU Invesco BulletShares 2030 Corporate Bond ETF 0.10% Tie $2.8bn +0.3% \n 17 IBDW iShares iBonds Dec 2031 Term Corporate ETF 0.10% Tie $2.7bn \u22120.5% \n 18 BSCV Invesco BulletShares 2031 Corporate Bond ETF 0.10% Tie $1.9bn \u22120.4% \n 19 LDRC iShares iBonds 1-5 Year Corporate Ladder ETF 0.10% Tie $101m +2.0% \n 20 SUSB iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF 0.12% $1.3bn +1.2% \n 21 VSDB Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF 0.15% Tie $1.2bn +1.7% \n 22 MYCH State Street My2028 Corporate Bond ETF 0.15% Tie $907m +2.3% \n 23 SKOR Northern Trust Credit-Scored US Corporate Bond ETF 0.15% Tie $737m 0.0% \n 24 AVSF Avantis Short-Term Fixed Income ETF 0.15% Tie $638m +1.0% \n 25 MYCI State Street My2029 Corporate Bond ETF 0.15% Tie $108m +1.4% \n \n Method\n 53 short-term bond ETFs with at least $100m in net assets are listed by ETFIQ with a fee; the 25 with the lowest fee are shown. Across all 53, the median is 0.19% and the range runs from 0.03% to 0.55%. Lowest first. Funds with the same printed number are marked Tie and ordered by net assets, largest first. The set is ETFIQ\u2019s own segment, computed from each fund\u2019s filings and holdings. The list sorts one published number, with no scoring or weighting. Closed funds are not listed. A ranking is not a recommendation.\n Questions people ask\n What is an expense ratio? An ETF\u2019s expense ratio is the yearly fee taken from its assets, net of any waiver, as its prospectus states it. A fee of 0.03% costs $3 a year on $10,000. Which short-term bond ETFs have the lowest fee? As of Nov 12, 2026, BSV ranks first of 53 short-term bond ETFs with at least $100m in net assets on fee, at 0.03%. VCSH is next at 0.03%. 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