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VTESVanguardINDEX

Vanguard Short-Term Tax-Exempt Bond ETF Shares

$100.14+0.50% vs prior close
9810352-WK

Price through Oct 22, 2026 · Flows through Oct 31, 2024. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 22, 2026. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 22, 2026.

The fund invests by sampling the index, meaning that it holds a range of securities that, in the aggregate, approximates the full index in terms of key risk factors and other characteristics.

VTES price

Source: Market tape, daily closes; price return, distributions not reinvested
Table
DateVTES close
Jul 22, 2026$100.71
Jul 23, 2026$100.38
Jul 24, 2026$100.48
Jul 27, 2026$100.63
Jul 28, 2026$100.66
Jul 29, 2026$100.64
Jul 30, 2026$100.64
Jul 31, 2026$100.59
Aug 3, 2026$100.44
Aug 4, 2026$100.61
Aug 5, 2026$100.69
Aug 6, 2026$100.69
Aug 7, 2026$100.81
Aug 10, 2026$100.78
Aug 11, 2026$100.79
Aug 12, 2026$100.85
Aug 13, 2026$100.95
Aug 14, 2026$100.88
Aug 17, 2026$100.81
Aug 18, 2026$100.81
Aug 19, 2026$100.88
Aug 20, 2026$100.84
Aug 21, 2026$100.85
Aug 24, 2026$100.87
Aug 25, 2026$100.95
Aug 26, 2026$100.92
Aug 27, 2026$100.88
Aug 28, 2026$100.77
Aug 31, 2026$100.74
Sep 1, 2026$100.36
Sep 2, 2026$100.35
Sep 3, 2026$100.29
Sep 4, 2026$100.35
Sep 8, 2026$100.30
Sep 9, 2026$100.04
Sep 10, 2026$99.72
Sep 11, 2026$99.86
Sep 14, 2026$99.81
Sep 15, 2026$99.66
Sep 16, 2026$99.61
Sep 17, 2026$99.69
Sep 18, 2026$99.51
Sep 21, 2026$99.50
Sep 22, 2026$99.30
Sep 23, 2026$99.00
Sep 24, 2026$98.68
Sep 25, 2026$98.48
Sep 28, 2026$98.16
Sep 29, 2026$98.08
Sep 30, 2026$98.60
Oct 1, 2026$98.80
Oct 2, 2026$98.69
Oct 5, 2026$98.67
Oct 6, 2026$98.70
Oct 7, 2026$98.55
Oct 8, 2026$98.75
Oct 9, 2026$98.97
Oct 12, 2026$99.03
Oct 13, 2026$99.18
Oct 14, 2026$99.18
Oct 15, 2026$99.50
Oct 16, 2026$99.59
Oct 19, 2026$99.51
Oct 20, 2026$99.60
Oct 21, 2026$99.64
Oct 22, 2026$100.14

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned -1.4% so far this year. At 0.070% a year it is not the cheapest way in — AGG has a reported fee of 0.03%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$491Massets under management
0.070%expense ratio · $7 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
917Kavg daily volume, 30 days
0holdings
2023listed March 7, 2023 · beta 0.04

Sector weights

  • Cash & Others100%
  • Municipal98.98%
  • Cash1.02%
  • Corporate0.32%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
Show as table
ItemValue (%)
Cash & Others100%
Municipal98.98%
Cash1.02%
Corporate0.32%
Performance
1 week+0.6%
1 month+0.9%
3 months-0.6%
6 months-1.3%
YTD-1.4%
1 year-1.5%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
1 year—

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
4%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
2%realized volatility, 1 year
-4.5%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-2.4%latest close versus that peak

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
14calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
653Kshares traded
The case against VTES

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat VTES on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
STIP iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF0.03%$16.4B+$489M-4bp on fee · 33× the assets · +$489M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$123.5B+$2.3B-2bp on fee · 252× the assets · +$2.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTS State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF0.03%$7.1B+$1.4B-4bp on fee · 15× the assets · +$1.4B in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-3bp on fee · 38× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
MUB iShares National Muni Bond ETF0.05%$48B+$2B-2bp on fee · 98× the assets · +$2B in over the monthHead-to-head
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