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NASDAQ · VCSH
Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
Financial Services · Asset Management - Bonds
$77.30
Down-$0.04 (-0.05%)
Updated Oct 12, 2026, 12:10 AM
SID Score
5.2/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
54/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 47.01B
- P/E ratio
- —
- Dividend yield
- 4.46%
- 52-week range
- $76.89 – $80.26
- Volume
- 12.04M
- Avg. volume
- 4.85M
Price performance · VCSH
VCSH price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 9, 2026
VCSH closed at $77.30 after 20 trading sessions, down 0.50% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $77.30
- Period change
- -0.50%
- Period low
- $77.02
- Period high
- $77.80
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2026 | $77.29 | $77.32 | $77.25 | $77.30 | 12.04M |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $77.20 | $77.35 | $77.1701 | $77.34 | 2.9M |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $77.08 | $77.29 | $77.065 | $77.27 | 5.46M |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $77.17 | $77.26 | $77.1601 | $77.21 | 4.93M |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $77.04 | $77.115 | $77.02 | $77.09 | 5.42M |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $77.24 | $77.24 | $77.0021 | $77.02 | 5.76M |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $76.95 | $77.17 | $76.89 | $77.13 | 9.53M |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $77.34 | $77.37 | $77.22 | $77.25 | 17.06M |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $77.26 | $77.26 | $77.14 | $77.22 | 10.3M |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $77.26 | $77.28 | $77.1401 | $77.19 | 6.92M |
| Sep 25, 2026 | $77.40 | $77.42 | $77.2901 | $77.40 | 6.65M |
| Sep 24, 2026 | $77.48 | $77.50 | $77.29 | $77.29 | 9.88M |
| Sep 23, 2026 | $77.72 | $77.7309 | $77.33 | $77.42 | 6.48M |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $77.83 | $77.83 | $77.6948 | $77.77 | 3.46M |
| Sep 21, 2026 | $77.75 | $77.77 | $77.72 | $77.75 | 8.34M |
| Sep 18, 2026 | $77.72 | $77.72 | $77.66 | $77.67 | 7.52M |
| Sep 17, 2026 | $77.79 | $77.8099 | $77.7401 | $77.80 | 3.7M |
| Sep 16, 2026 | $77.76 | $77.8556 | $77.615 | $77.62 | 8.92M |
| Sep 15, 2026 | $77.68 | $77.70 | $77.65 | $77.65 | 5.64M |
| Sep 14, 2026 | $77.70 | $77.79 | $77.63 | $77.69 | 4.56M |
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The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. 1-5 Year Corporate Bond Index. This index includes U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade, fixed-rate, taxable securities issued by U.S. and non-U.S. industrial, utility, and financial companies, with maturities between 1 and 5 years. Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund's assets will be invested in bonds included in the index.
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Benzinga · Sep 17, 2026
'Focus on Income Generation': ETFs to Watch After the Fed’s Rate Hike
Expert explains why investors should favor short-duration bond ETFs for income as the Fed hikes rates and inflation stays elevated.
SeekingAlpha · Aug 28, 2026
VCSH: High-Quality, Short-Term Bond ETF, But Trails Its Peers
VCSH ETF overview: high-quality short-term corporate bonds, 4.5% yield and 2.7-year duration to help limit rate-risk as hikes loom.
SeekingAlpha · Jul 27, 2026
VCSH: Why We Are Downgrading This 4.8% Yielding Vanguard ETF To 'Hold'
VCSH downgraded to Hold: tight credit spreads and recent rate hikes cap upside, with returns mainly from its 4.77% yield.
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