Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF
$56.86−0.46 (−0.80%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.03%
- Fund size
- $48.3B
- 1Y return
- −0.8%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 3.99%
- Holdings
- 76
- Volume · 30D
- 4.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $57.31
- 52W range
The ETF.net VGIT Grade
Score 85 of 100 sits in the A band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 92Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 100Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 62Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 65Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 88Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 97Category rank
Our read on VGIT
AThe middle of the Treasury curve, priced like an afterthought. VGIT holds government bonds maturing in 3 to 10 years for 0.03% a year, a quarter of what the typical Treasury fund in its peer group charges.
Seeks to track a market-weighted Treasury bond index while maintaining an intermediate-term dollar-weighted average maturity.
Why people hold it
- Charges 0.03% a year against a 0.12% median for Treasury funds in its peer group. In bonds, where the coupon does the work, that fee gap is most of the argument.
- Plain index work: it follows the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury 3-10 Year Bond Index with very little slippage, one of the tighter implementations in its Treasury peer group.advisors.vanguard.com
- Running since 2009 and now a multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, so spreads stay tight. Interest lands monthly.
- The portfolio is U.S. government paper only, a few dozen issues. No corporate borrowers to underwrite, no credit research required.investor.vanguard.com
Worth knowing
- Intermediate maturities cut both ways. A 3 to 10 year book reprices more when yields move than a bill fund does, so the ride is bumpier than cash-like Treasury products.
- Treasuries only means no corporate credit premium in the yield. Income comes strictly from government coupons, and the monthly payout drifts with rates.
VGIT Holdings
- Bonds
- 76
- 19%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.38% 05/15/2034
Sectors
- Government100.0%
Geography
- United States100.00%
VGIT Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | VGIT |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −1.8% |
| 1 month | −1.4% |
| 3 months | −1.3% |
| 1 year | −0.8% |
| 3 years | +3.8% |
| 5 years | −0.4% |
| 10 years | +1.0% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | VGIT |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −1.8% | |
| 2025 | +7.3% | |
| 2024 | +1.4% | |
| 2023 | +4.3% | |
| 2022 | −10.6% | |
| 2021 | −2.6% | |
| 2020 | +7.7% |
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VGIT Dividends
- 3.99%
- $2.29
- $0.21 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | Sep 3, 2026 | $0.21 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 5, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 6, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Jun 3, 2026 | $0.19 |
| May 1, 2026 | May 5, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Apr 6, 2026 | $0.20 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 4, 2026 | $0.17 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 4, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Dec 18, 2025 | Dec 22, 2025 | $0.19 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 3, 2025 | $0.19 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Nov 5, 2025 | $0.19 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 3, 2025 | $0.18 |
VGIT Risk
- 4.5%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- −0.18
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −14.5%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.78
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
VGIT Cost
- The middle half of Treasuries (3-10 Year) funds
- Median 0.14%
No Treasuries (3-10 Year) fund charges less.