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  • ETF
  • VGSH
    Pricing Data
    $60.97
    Change: $0.05 (0.0%)
    Time: 10/18/19
    Previous Close: $60.92
  • Category
  • Government Bonds
  • ESG Score
Last Updated:

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Vitals

Trading Data

Open: - Volume -
Day Lo - Day Hi -
  • 52 Week Lo: $58.25
  • 52 Week Hi: $61.11
  • AUM: $5,455.7 M
  • Shares: 89.5 M

Investment Themes

Historical Trading Data

  • 1 Month Avg. Volume: 607,770
  • 3 Month Avg. Volume: 552,611

Alternative ETFs in the Government Bonds Category

Type Ticker Expense Ratio Assets Avg. Daily Vol YTD Return
Cheapest SPTI $979.5 M 837,315 6.33%
Largest (AUM) SHV 0.15% $20,992.0 M 2,143,094 2.04%
Most Liquid (Volume) TLT 0.15% $18,527.3 M 12,793,956 16.98%
Top YTD Performer ZROZ 0.15% $349.7 M 48,883 25.40%

Analyst Report

This ETF offers exposure to short term government bonds, focusing on Treasury bonds that mature in one to three years. As such, interest rate exposure for this product will be towards the low end, giving VGSH safe haven appeal as an asset that avoids both credit risk and interest rate risk. VGIT offers exposure to mid-dated Treasuries while VGLT is an option for those looking to focus on the long end of the maturity curve and enhance returns. VGSH probably doesn't have much appeal as a core holding, since the overlap with broad-based funds such as BND will be significant. But this ETF can be a useful tool for tilting exposure towards Treasury bonds with a bias towards the shorter end of the maturity spectrum, decreasing the effective duration of a portfolio and minimizing overall volatility. Like most Vanguard ETFs, VGSH is among the cheapest options available; commission free trading in Vanguard accounts may increase the cost appeal to those keeping an eye on fees. Other options offering similar exposure include SHY and TUZ; the effective durations and yields on these products may vary slightly.

Realtime Rating

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Realtime Rating Summary

The adjacent table gives investors an individual Realtime Rating for VGSH on several different metrics, including liquidity, expenses, performance, volatility, dividend, concentration of holdings in addition to an overall rating. The "A+ Metric Rated ETF" field, available to ETFdb Pro members, shows the ETF in the Government Bonds with the highest Metric Realtime Rating for each individual field. To view all of this data, sign up for a free 14-day trial for ETFdb Pro. To view information on how the ETFdb Realtime Ratings work, click here.

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VGSH Overall Realtime Rating:

A+ Overall Rated ETF:

Metric Metric Realtime Rating A+ Metric Rated ETF
Liquidity A- n/a
Expenses A- n/a
Performance
Volatility
Dividend
Concentration

VGSH In-Depth Analysis

The following tables and charts contain in-depth metrics for this ETF and compare it to similar peer ETFs within its ETFdb.com Category.

VGSH Holdings

Filings Data as of: Oct 18, 2019

All 12 Holdings

Concentration Analysis

This section compares how balanced and deep this ETF is relative to the peer group ETFdb.com Category.

Number of Holdings
Rank: 23 of 32
12
Category Low DTYL (1)
Category High GOVT (133)
% Assets in Top 10
Rank: 23 of 32
92.78%
Category Low SPTI (17.80%)
Category High TFLO (100.00%)
% Assets in Top 15
Rank: 9 of 32
100.00%
Category Low SPTS (25.17%)
Category High VGIT (100.00%)

Asset Allocation

Asset Percentage
Federal/Central debt 99.39%
ETF Cash Component 0.61%

Bond Sector Breakdown

Bond Sector Percentage
Government/Treasury 99.39%
ETF Cash Component 0.61%

Bond Detailed Sector Breakdown

Bond Sector Percentage
Government/Treasury Unsecured Note 99.39%
Other 0.61%

Coupon Breakdown

Coupon Range Percentage
0% to 1% 0.0%
1% to 2% 49.13%
2% to 3% 50.26%
3% to 4% 0.0%
4% to 5% 0.0%
5% to 6% 0.0%
6% to 7% 0.0%
7% to 8% 0.0%
8% to 9% 0.0%
9% to 10% 0.0%
Greater Than 10% 0.0%
ETF Cash Component 0.61%

Credit Quality

Credit Percentage
AAA 99.39%
AA 0.0%
A 0.0%
BBB 0.0%
BB 0.0%
B 0.0%
Below B 0.0%
Not Rated 0.0%
ETF Cash Component 0.61%

Maturity Breakdown

Maturity Percentage
Less Than 1 Year 0.0%
1-3 Years 99.39%
3-5 Years 0.0%
5-7 Years 0.0%
7-10 Years 0.0%
10-15 Years 0.0%
15-20 Years 0.0%
20-30 Years 0.0%
30+ Years 0.0%
ETF Cash Component 0.61%

VGSH Expenses & Fees

This section compares the cost efficiency of this ETF to peers in the same ETFdb.com Category.

Expenses Ratio Analysis

ETF Average
0.542%
ETF Wtd. Average
0.20%
Category Average
0.25%
Expense Ratio
Rank: 5 of 30
0.07%
Category Low SPTS (0.06%)
Category High FEMB (0.85%)

Commission Free Trading

This ETF is currently available for commission free trading on the following platforms: (Vanguard, TD Ameritrade)

Category Commission Free Trading

There are 19 other ETFs in the Government Bonds ETFdb.com Category that are also eligible for commission free trading:

VGSH ESG Themes and Scores
  • 6.7/10
    ESG Score
  • 82.65%
    ESG Score Global Percentile (%)
  • 90.62%
    ESG Score Peer Percentile (%)
  • ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE
    Environmental Scores
    • Revenue Exposure to Environmental Impact (%)

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Severe Environment Controversies (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Sustainable Impact Solutions (%)
      0.0%

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    Carbon Intensity
    • Weighted Average Carbon Intensity (Tons of CO2e / $M Sales)
      0.0

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    Fossil Fuel Reserves
    • Fossil Fuel Reserves (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • High Impact Fossil Fuel Reserves (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    Water Stress
    • Water Stress High Risk Business Segment (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Water Stress High Risk Geography (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Water Stress Exposure Moderate (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Water Stress Exposure High (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Water Stress Exposure Low (%)

      Higher improves ESG score
    Energy Efficiency
    • Revenue Exposure to Energy Efficiency (%)

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    Alternative Energy
    • Revenue Exposure to Alternative Energy (%)

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    Green Building
    • Revenue Exposure to Green Building (%)

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    Pollution Prevention
    • Revenue Exposure to Pollution Prevention (%)

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    Water Sustainability
    • Revenue Exposure to Water Sustainability (%)

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
  • SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE
    Social Scores
    • Revenue Exposure to Social Impact (%)

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Sustainable Impact Solutions (%)
      0.0%

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • SRI Exclusion Criteria (%)
      0.0%

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    Affordable Real Estate
    • Revenue Exposure to Affordable Real Estate (%)

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    Education
    • Revenue Exposure to Education (%)

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    Major Disease Treatment
    • Revenue Exposure to Major Disease Treatment (%)

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    Healthy Nutrition
    • Revenue Exposure to Nutrition (%)

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    Global Sanitation
    • Revenue Exposure to Sanitation (%)

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    SME Finance
    • Revenue Exposure to SME Finance (%)

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    Human Rights Violations
    • Human Rights Norms Violation (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Human Rights Norms Violation OR Watch List (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Severe Human Rights Controversies (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    Labor Rights Violations
    • Labor Norms Violation (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Labor Norms Violation OR Watch List (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Severe Labor Controversies (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    Customer Controversies
    • Severe Customer Controversies (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    UN Principles Violations
    • Global Compact Compliance Violation (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Global Compact Compliance Violation OR Watch List (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    Catholic Values
    • Catholic Values Fail (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    Sharia Compliant Investing
    • Islamic Non-Compliant (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    Adult Entertainment
    • Adult Entertainment Involvement (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    Alcohol
    • Alcohol Involvement (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    Gambling
    • Gambling Involvement (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    Nuclear Power
    • Nuclear Power Involvement (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    Tobacco
    • Tobacco Involvement (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    Weapons Involvement
    • Weapons Involvement (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Controversies Weapons Involvement (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    Firearms
    • Civilian Firearms Involvement (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Civilian Firearms Retailer (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Civilian Firearms Producer (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    Predatory Lending
    • Direct Predatory Lending Involvement (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    GMO Involvement
    • Genetic Engineering Involvement (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
  • RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE
    Responsible Governance Score
    • Severe Governance Controversies (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    Board Flag
    • Board Flag (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    Board Independence
    • Lack of Independent Board Majority (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Board Independence (0-25%) (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Board Independence (25-50%) (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Board Independence (50-75%) (%)

      Higher improves ESG score
    • Board Independence (75-100%) (%)

      Higher improves ESG score
    Board Diversity
    • No Female Directors (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Three OR More Female Directors (%)

      Higher improves ESG score
    • Females Represent 30% of Directors (%)

      Higher improves ESG score
    Entrenched Board
    • Entrenched Board (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    Overboarding
    • Overboarding (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    Shareholder Rights
    • Negative Director Votes (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Ownership AND Control Flag (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • One Share One Vote (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • No Annual Director Elections (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Does Not Use Majority Voting (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Significant Votes Against Pay Practices (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    Fund Ownership
    • Controlling Shareholder (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Controlling Shareholder Concerns (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Cross Shareholdings (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    Poison Pill
    • Poison Pill (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    Executive Compensation
    • Pay Flag (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • No Pay Performance Link (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Lack of Internal Pay Equity (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Executive Pay Non-Disclosure (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    Accounting Flags
    • Accounting Flag (%)

      Lower improves ESG score

VGSH Performance

This section shows how this ETF has performed relative to its peer group ETFdb.com Category.

1 Week Return
Rank: 7 of 31
0.12%
Category Low ZROZ (-1.22%)
Category High STPP (1.17%)
4 Week Return
Rank: 5 of 30
0.39%
Category Low ZROZ (-2.37%)
Category High STPP (1.73%)
13 Week Return
Rank: 18 of 30
0.82%
Category Low STPP (-6.60%)
Category High ZROZ (10.29%)
26 Week Return
Rank: 17 of 28
2.36%
Category Low STPP (-6.84%)
Category High ZROZ (22.71%)
Year to Date Return
Rank: 18 of 28
3.21%
Category Low STPP (-11.75%)
Category High ZROZ (25.40%)
1 Year Return
Rank: 16 of 27
4.61%
Category Low STPP (-14.90%)
Category High ZROZ (37.81%)
3 Year Return
Rank: 15 of 25
4.82%
Category Low STPP (-15.53%)
Category High ZROZ (18.68%)
5 Year Return
Rank: 14 of 23
6.17%
Category Low STPP (-26.43%)
Category High ZROZ (41.93%)

VGSH Fund Flows

This section compares the fund flows of this ETF to peers in the same ETFdb.com Category.

1 Week Fund Flow
Rank: 10 of 17
‑$3.0 M
Category Low SHV (‑$342.7 M)
Category High SPTI ($46.7 M)
4 Week Fund Flow
Rank: 8 of 26
$100.7 M
Category Low SHV (‑$2,100.4 M)
Category High TLT ($1,756.9 M)
13 Week Fund Flow
Rank: 8 of 26
$350.1 M
Category Low SHV (‑$3,614.6 M)
Category High TLT ($4,239.8 M)
26 Week Fund Flow
Rank: 7 of 29
$748.5 M
Category Low SHY (‑$1,716.6 M)
Category High TLT ($4,861.6 M)
Year to Date Fund Flow
Rank: 28 of 29
‑$167.2 M
Category Low SHY (‑$3,268.5 M)
Category High TLT ($7,972.4 M)
1 Year Fund Flow
Rank: 8 of 31
$1,990.4 M
Category Low TUZ (‑$27.5 M)
Category High IEF ($8,407.9 M)
3 Year Fund Flow
Rank: 7 of 31
$4,434.4 M
Category Low TUZ (‑$101.1 M)
Category High SHV ($17,367.2 M)
5 Year Fund Flow
Rank: 8 of 31
$4,837.0 M
Category Low PLW (‑$106.2 M)
Category High SHV ($18,844.1 M)

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Charts

The following charts can be customized to display historical performance in a number of different formats, including line charts, bar charts, and candlesticks. Time periods can be adjusted to increase or decrease the period shown, ranging from five minutes to several months.

The following chart also includes the option to compare the performance of VGSH relative to other ETFs and benchmarks or to include indicators such as Bollinger Bands, relative strength, and moving averages.

VGSH Valuation

This section shows how the P/E multiple of this ETF compares to the peer group ETFdb.com Category.

P/E Ratio
Rank: N/A
No Ranking Available
Category Low N/A
Category High N/A

VGSH Dividend

This section shows how the dividend yield of this ETF compares to the peer group ETFdb.com Category.

Dividend
$0.11
Dividend Date
2019-10-01
Annual Dividend Rate
$1.39
Annual Dividend Yield
Rank: 10 of 26
2.28%
Category Low GBIL (1.81%)
Category High FEMB (5.41%)

VGSH Technicals

Volatility Analysis

This section shows how the volatility of this ETF compares to the peer group ETFdb.com Category.

5 Day Volatility
Rank: 27 of 31
0.60%
Category Low CLTL (0.15%)
Category High ZROZ (58.70%)
20 Day Volatility
Rank: 22 of 30
1.45%
Category Low BIL (0.17%)
Category High ZROZ (18.00%)
50 Day Volatility
Rank: 24 of 30
1.50%
Category Low BIL (0.21%)
Category High ZROZ (24.56%)
200 Day Volatility
Rank: 24 of 30
1.49%
Category Low BIL (0.21%)
Category High ZROZ (21.15%)
Beta
Rank: 5 of 29
-0.02
Category Low ZROZ (-0.33)
Category High FEMB (0.27)
Standard Deviation
Rank: 17 of 26
0.85%
Category Low USFR (0.15%)
Category High ZROZ (14.54%)

Technicals

  • 20 Day MA: $60.92
  • 60 Day MA: $60.82
  • MACD 15 Period: n/a
  • MACD 100 Period: 0.33
  • Williams % Range 10 Day: 54.35
  • Williams % Range 20 Day: 38.17
  • RSI 10 Day: 56
  • RSI 20 Day: 56
  • RSI 30 Day: 57
  • Ultimate Oscillator: 46

Bollinger Brands

  • Lower Bollinger (10 Day): $60.85
  • Upper Bollinger (10 Day): $61.09
  • Lower Bollinger (20 Day): $60.72
  • Upper Bollinger (20 Day): $61.13
  • Lower Bollinger (30 Day): $60.58
  • Upper Bollinger (30 Day): $61.12

Support & Resistance

  • Support Level 1: $60.95
  • Support Level 2: $60.92
  • Resistance Level 1: $60.99
  • Resistance Level 2: $61.00

Stochastic

  • Stochastic Oscillator %D (1 Day): 51.65
  • Stochastic Oscillator %D (5 Day): 57.09
  • Stochastic Oscillator %K (1 Day): 46.50
  • Stochastic Oscillator %K (5 Day): 43.99

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