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Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF (VSDB) Price, Holdings & Fees

$374.42+1.42%+$5.24End-of-day price as of Oct 9, 2026

Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF (VSDB) closed at $374.42 on Oct 9, 2026, up 1.42% from the previous close of $369.18.

Share price, past year

1Y +8.51%

52-week range $344.62 – $405.68. Daily closing prices.
Monthly closing prices
Last closing price of each month
DateClose
Oct 9, 2026$374.42
Sep 30, 2026$372.25
Aug 31, 2026$372.65
Jul 31, 2026$386.56
Jun 30, 2026$380.47
May 29, 2026$375.91
Apr 30, 2026$395.52
Mar 31, 2026$395.44
Feb 27, 2026$378.10
Jan 30, 2026$386.86
Dec 31, 2025$394.54
Nov 28, 2025$376.68
Oct 31, 2025$347.11

Key statistics

Expense ratio
0.15%
as of Sep 30, 2025
Net assets
$895.7M
as of Jun 30, 2026
Holdings
1,338
as of Jun 30, 2026
52-week range
$344.62 – $405.68

Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF's expense ratio is 0.15%: $15.00 a year on $10,000 invested.

Holdings

Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF held 1,338 investments worth $895.68M as of Jun 30, 2026. Its largest holding was United States Treasury Note/Bond, at 1.90% of the fund.

Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF largest holdings by share of net assets
#Holding% of fundValue
1United States Treasury Note/Bond1.90%$17.05M
2United States Treasury Note/Bond1.66%$14.88M
3United States Treasury Note/Bond1.55%$13.92M
4United States Treasury Note/Bond1.55%$13.90M
5United States Treasury Note/Bond1.50%$13.47M
6United States Treasury Note/Bond1.50%$13.42M
7United States Treasury Note/Bond1.23%$11.04M
8United States Treasury Bill1.16%$10.39M
9United States Treasury Note/Bond1.07%$9.59M
10Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund1.00%$8.97M
11United States Treasury Note/Bond0.85%$7.63M
12GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION0.81%$7.28M
13Dominican Republic International Bond0.75%$6.73M
14United States Treasury Note/Bond0.74%$6.66M
15United States Treasury Note/Bond0.70%$6.28M
16Fannie Mae REMICS0.70%$6.26M
17Ginnie Mae II Pool0.65%$5.78M
18SA Global Sukuk Ltd0.59%$5.29M
19United States Treasury Note/Bond0.59%$5.27M
20Turkiye Government International Bond0.56%$5.03M
21United States Treasury Note/Bond0.55%$4.89M
22United States Treasury Note/Bond0.54%$4.84M
23Fannie Mae REMICS0.52%$4.70M
24United States Treasury Note/Bond0.52%$4.67M
25United States Treasury Note/Bond0.52%$4.67M

Top 25 of 1,338 holdings, as of Jun 30, 2026. Percentages are of the fund's net assets.

What the fund owns

Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF holdings by asset type
Asset type% of fund
Bonds and other debt77.45%
Mortgage-backed securities11.38%
Collateralized debt obligations8.99%
Loans1.77%
Cash and short-term investments1.00%
Credit derivatives0.05%
Currency derivatives0.01%
Interest rate derivatives−0.01%
Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF holdings by country, largest 10
Country% of fund
United States78.52%
United Kingdom2.05%
France1.79%
Cayman Islands1.53%
Switzerland1.47%
Japan1.26%
Türkiye1.04%
Canada0.97%
Dominican Republic0.95%
Mexico0.95%

Shares of net assets from the fund's N-PORT report. Funds that borrow can add up to more than 100%, with borrowing (such as repurchase agreements) shown as a negative share.

Monthly total returns

Over the 3 months to Jun 30, 2026, Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF's total return was +1.07%, as reported to the SEC.

Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF monthly total returns
MonthTotal return
Jun 30, 2026+0.17%
May 31, 2026+0.30%
Apr 30, 2026+0.60%

The fund's own total returns as reported to the SEC (N-PORT), including reinvested distributions. Not the sample prices above.

Fund profile

Name
Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF
Ticker
VSDB
Exchange
BATS
Fund type
ETF
Trust
VANGUARD MALVERN FUNDS
SEC series ID
S000091408
SEC CIK
0000836906
Fractional shares
Yes

Recent SEC filings

Shareholder reports and prospectuses are filed by VANGUARD MALVERN FUNDS, the trust behind Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF, and cover all of its funds.

Frequently asked questions

What is VSDB's price?

Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF (VSDB) closed at $374.42 on Oct 9, 2026, up 1.42% from the previous close of $369.18.

What is VSDB's expense ratio?

Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF's expense ratio is 0.15%: $15.00 a year on $10,000 invested.

What does VSDB hold?

Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF held 1,338 investments worth $895.68M as of Jun 30, 2026. Its largest holding was United States Treasury Note/Bond, at 1.90% of the fund. Its five largest holdings were United States Treasury Note/Bond, United States Treasury Note/Bond, United States Treasury Note/Bond, United States Treasury Note/Bond, United States Treasury Note/Bond.

How has VSDB performed?

Over the 3 months to Jun 30, 2026, Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF's total return was +1.07%, as reported to the SEC.

Sources and methodology

Holdings, net assets and monthly returns come from the fund's N-PORT filing with the SEC, as of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 28, 2026). The expense ratio is from the fund's prospectus or shareholder report, as of Sep 30, 2025. Prices are generated sample data for development. Data sources and disclosures