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Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF Shares (VSDB)

Short-Term Bond | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
75.86 USD -0.12 (-0.158%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 3:59 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 3:51 a.m. EDT

This new short-duration bond ETF offers a compelling yield of nearly 4%, which is attractive in a low-rate environment, but the investment case is currently neutral due to its infancy and flat performance. The price history is too brief to establish a multi-year trend, so the long-term rating rests entirely on the current fundamentals, which are stable but lack the explosive growth or deep value discount required for a top-tier buy. The recent price action shows the asset trading near its 52-week lows, suggesting the market hasn't fully priced in the yield advantage yet, resulting in a slight downside lean for the immediate future. However, the dividend stream appears consistent and reliable, providing a steady income floor that supports a solid rating for income-focused investors, even if capital appreciation remains uncertain.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.004171
AutoARIMA0.004224
AutoETS0.004240
AutoTheta0.005367

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 86%
H-stat 0.69
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.669
Excess Kurtosis -0.62
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 16.23

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.38% 3.96%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-07-01 0.285 0.375123
2026-06-01 0.178 0.233765
2026-05-01 0.265 0.347838
2026-04-01 0.279 0.366864
2026-03-02 0.175 0.227954
2026-02-02 0.215 0.280972
2025-12-18 0.284 0.371922
2025-12-01 0.271 0.354295
2025-11-03 0.267 0.349568
2025-10-01 0.258 0.337189
2025-09-02 0.276 0.361934
2025-08-01 0.271 0.356579
2025-07-01 0.281 0.370370
2025-06-02 0.207 0.274682
2025-05-01 0.260 0.345731
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 3.95

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 77.64
All Time Low 74.4
Ask 75.88
Ask Size 600
Average Daily Volume10 Day 63,960
Average Daily Volume3 Month 122,588
Average Volume 122,588
Average Volume10Days 63,960
Beta3 Year 0.0
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 300
Category Short-Term Bond
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 75.995
Day Low 75.86
Dividend Yield 3.95
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 4.6748877
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 76.13544
Fifty Day Average Change -0.2754364
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.0036177163
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 0.24011135
Fifty Two Week High 77.64
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.7799988
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.022926312
Fifty Two Week Low 75.66
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.19999695
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.0026433642
Fifty Two Week Range 75.66 - 77.64
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,743,687,000,000
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fund Family Vanguard
Fund Inception Date 1,743,552,000
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary The fund invests in fixed income securities of various maturities, yields, and qualities. Under normal circumstances, the fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in bonds, which include fixed income securities such as corporate bonds; U.S. Treasury obligations and other U.S. government and agency securities; and asset-backed, mortgage-backed, and mortgage-related securities.
Long Name Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF Shares
Market us_market
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1917052984
Nav Price 75.87
Net Assets 895,731,010.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.15
Open 76.02
Previous Close 75.98
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.120003
Regular Market Change Percent -0.15794
Regular Market Day High 75.995
Regular Market Day Low 75.86
Regular Market Day Range 75.86 - 75.995
Regular Market Open 76.02
Regular Market Previous Close 75.98
Regular Market Price 75.86
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,791
Regular Market Volume 34,088
Short Name Vanguard Short Duration Bond ET
Source Interval 15
Symbol VSDB
Total Assets 895,731,008
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 16.227129
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 1.0724
Trailing Three Month Returns 1.0724
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 76.44805
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.58805084
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.0076921624
Type Disp ETF
Volume 34,088
Yield 0.0395
Ytd Return 1.28249