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.
NASDAQ · VCSH
Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
Financial Services · Asset Management - Bonds
$78.59
Down-$0.02 (-0.03%)
Updated Aug 23, 2026, 12:48 PM
SID Score
5.5/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
54/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 47.01B
- P/E ratio
- —
- Dividend yield
- 4.38%
- 52-week range
- $78.36 – $80.26
- Volume
- 5.62M
- Avg. volume
- 4.85M
Price performance
VCSH price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
VCSH closed at $78.59 after 20 trading sessions, up 0.11% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $78.59
- Period change
- +0.11%
- Period low
- $78.42
- Period high
- $78.70
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | $78.60 | $78.6172 | $78.56 | $78.59 | 5.62M |
| Aug 20, 2026 | $78.60 | $78.635 | $78.5803 | $78.61 | 2.62M |
| Aug 19, 2026 | $78.70 | $78.73 | $78.60 | $78.69 | 15.92M |
| Aug 18, 2026 | $78.57 | $78.64 | $78.55 | $78.62 | 2.42M |
| Aug 17, 2026 | $78.62 | $78.66 | $78.60 | $78.60 | 2.98M |
| Aug 14, 2026 | $78.73 | $78.74 | $78.64 | $78.64 | 3.48M |
| Aug 13, 2026 | $78.71 | $78.77 | $78.68 | $78.70 | 2.87M |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $78.61 | $78.63 | $78.56 | $78.58 | 4.23M |
| Aug 11, 2026 | $78.53 | $78.56 | $78.50 | $78.52 | 3.81M |
| Aug 10, 2026 | $78.54 | $78.5664 | $78.47 | $78.49 | 2.84M |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $78.66 | $78.66 | $78.57 | $78.61 | 3.68M |
| Aug 6, 2026 | $78.52 | $78.54 | $78.46 | $78.48 | 3.11M |
| Aug 5, 2026 | $78.57 | $78.62 | $78.55 | $78.59 | 4.57M |
| Aug 4, 2026 | $78.52 | $78.5923 | $78.48 | $78.59 | 2.37M |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $78.38 | $78.42 | $78.38 | $78.42 | 3.68M |
| Jul 31, 2026 | $78.67 | $78.69 | $78.56 | $78.62 | 5.57M |
| Jul 30, 2026 | $78.68 | $78.71 | $78.65 | $78.665 | 8.68M |
| Jul 29, 2026 | $78.57 | $78.685 | $78.49 | $78.61 | 2.41M |
| Jul 28, 2026 | $78.57 | $78.65 | $78.55 | $78.62 | 1.93M |
| Jul 27, 2026 | $78.51 | $78.54 | $78.4932 | $78.50 | 4.7M |
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Company profile
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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Costs are nearly identical, but iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF offers a slightly higher yield than Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Both ETFs delivered the same 1-year return and nearly identical risk profiles, with minimal drawdowns over five years VCSH uses a sampling approach that reports fewer line items, while IGSB fully replicates the index and lists more individual bonds, resulting in wider reported holdings. Both remain broadly diversified These 10 Stocks Could Mint the Next Wave of Millionaires ›
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