---
ticker: "VCSH"
name: "Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/VCSH"
grade: "A"
score: 84
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "Investment Grade Corporate (0-5 Year)"
category_rank: "2 of 24"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# VCSH: Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Grade **A**, Score 84 of 100. Rank 2 of 24 in Investment Grade Corporate (0-5 Year).

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 93 | 1 of 24 |
| Mission | 100 | 1 of 15 |
| Risk | 43 | 15 of 24 |
| Tradability | 83 | 3 of 24 |
| Holdings | 76 | 7 of 24 |
| Durability | 95 | 1 of 24 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 3032 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | — | United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.38% 08/31/2031 | 0.76% |
| 2 | — | Bank of America Corp 3.42% 12/20/2028 | 0.23% |
| 3 | — | Space Exploration Technologies Corp 5.35% 07/15/2031 | 0.22% |
| 4 | — | AbbVie Inc 3.20% 11/21/2029 | 0.20% |
| 5 | — | CVS Health Corp 4.30% 03/25/2028 | 0.20% |
| 6 | — | T-Mobile USA Inc 3.88% 04/15/2030 | 0.20% |
| 7 | — | Amazon.com Inc 4.25% 03/13/2031 | 0.19% |
| 8 | — | Boeing Co/The 5.15% 05/01/2030 | 0.19% |
| 9 | — | Wells Fargo & Co 5.57% 07/25/2029 | 0.18% |
| 10 | — | Mktliq 12/31/2049 | 0.18% |
| 11 | — | JPMorgan Chase & Co 4.62% 04/23/2032 | 0.17% |
| 12 | — | Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 4.45% 05/19/2028 | 0.17% |
| 13 | — | Morgan Stanley 4.81% 04/16/2032 | 0.17% |
| 14 | — | Amgen Inc 5.15% 03/02/2028 | 0.17% |
| 15 | — | Bank of America Corp 2.69% 04/22/2032 | 0.16% |
| 16 | — | Cigna Group/The 4.38% 10/15/2028 | 0.16% |
| 17 | — | NVIDIA Corp 4.50% 06/15/2031 | 0.16% |
| 18 | — | AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap Global Aviation Trust 3.00% 10/29/2028 | 0.16% |
| 19 | — | Bank of America Corp 5.20% 04/25/2029 | 0.16% |
| 20 | — | Citigroup Inc 4.41% 03/31/2031 | 0.16% |
| 21 | — | Oracle Corp 4.95% 02/04/2031 | 0.15% |
| 22 | — | Bank of America Corp 2.30% 07/21/2032 | 0.15% |
| 23 | — | Morgan Stanley 2.70% 01/22/2031 | 0.15% |
| 24 | — | Goldman Sachs Bank USA/New York NY 4.66% 06/03/2029 | 0.15% |
| 25 | — | Bank of America Corp 2.50% 02/13/2031 | 0.15% |
| 26 | — | Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 4.52% 01/21/2032 | 0.15% |
| 27 | — | Wells Fargo & Co 4.84% 05/20/2032 | 0.15% |
| 28 | — | Amazon.com Inc 4.80% 07/09/2031 | 0.14% |
| 29 | — | Citigroup Inc 5.17% 02/13/2030 | 0.14% |
| 30 | — | Wells Fargo & Co 5.24% 01/24/2031 | 0.14% |

Source: etf.net, https://etf.net/etf/VCSH. Please cite the page URL.