VGSH
US Treasury (Short)Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Vanguard · Tracks Bloomberg US Treasury 1-3 Year Index · Inception Nov 19, 2009
Trailing returns
through Oct 23, 2026- 1 year
- +2.0%
- 3 year
- +4.2%
- annualized
- 5 year
- +2.0%
- annualized
Price return from month-end closes, distributions reinvested at month end. Excludes trading costs, bid-ask spreads and taxes. Past performance says nothing about future returns and is not part of the composite score — see the methodology for what the score does measure.
Composite score
Based on a 0.030% expense ratio.
Based on $39.49B in net assets for the whole fund, all 3 share classes. Our sources don't report the ETF class alone.
Top-10 holdings represent 13.9% of net assets. Not scored for Treasury and TIPS funds: every holding is the same issuer, so the figure counts issues, not diversification. See methodology.
US Treasury (Short) base · ETF wrapper · 3.77% TTM yield.
The composite is a weighted average of the four core sub-scores above (cost, tax efficiency, liquidity, concentration). Missing sub-scores fall back to the per-category median when the category has at least 50% data coverage, so funds without (e.g.) parsed N-PORT holdings aren't accidentally boosted by renormalization. Tracking quality is shown where computable but isn't currently part of the composite weighting. See methodology for formulas, the tracking-quality partial-coverage rationale, and the dimensions we deliberately don't score (methodology v0.5.2).
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Underlying holdings, with other funds added
Add tickers and weights; N-PORT positions are summed across the basket.
Tool · Cost
Compare VGSH's fee against another fund
Compounds the 0.030% expense ratio against a peer over decades.
Tool · Overlap
Compare VGSH's holdings with peers
Pairwise holdings heatmap, pre-loaded with similar US Treasury (Short) funds.
Tool · TLH
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Tool · Placement
Asset location for VGSH across account types
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Top holdings
| # | Holding | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 2.24% |
| 2 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.40% |
| 3 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.35% |
| 4 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.31% |
| 5 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.30% |
| 6 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.29% |
| 7 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.26% |
| 8 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.26% |
| 9 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.25% |
| 10 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.25% |
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