VUBFX — Vanguard Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund

Data updated: 2026-06-26

VUBFX — Vanguard Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Leveraged · $15.72B AUM · 0.20% expense ratio · 4.3% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.

VUBFX Fund Overview

VUBFX — Vanguard Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Vanguard Fixed Income Securities Funds, categorised as Leveraged. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.

  • Type: US mutual fund
  • Manager: Vanguard Fixed Income Securities Funds
  • Category: Leveraged
  • Assets under management: $15.72B
  • 1-year return: 4.3%
  • Ticker: VUBFX
  • SEC CIK: 0000106444
  • SEC series ID: S000048081
  • Share class ID: C000151976

VUBFX Holdings

Top 10 holdings of Vanguard Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.

Holding% of net assets
United States Treasury Bill8.01%
Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund1.01%
Athene Global Funding0.57%
Bank of Montreal0.53%
NTT Finance Corp0.52%
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce0.52%
Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC0.51%
Bank of Nova Scotia/The0.48%
United States Treasury Note/Bond0.48%
Huntington National Bank/The0.48%

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VUBFX Portfolio Allocation

Asset-class allocation of Vanguard Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.

Asset classAllocation
Fixed Income69.3%
Securitized29.8%
Cash & Equivalents1.0%

VUBFX Performance

Total returns for VUBFX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.

PeriodTotal return
YTD1.0%
1 year4.3%
3 years (annualised)5.1%
5 years (annualised)3.2%

VUBFX Risk Information

Risk metrics for VUBFX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.

  • 1-year volatility (annualised): 0.6%

VUBFX Costs and Fees

VUBFX costs about $20 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.

  • Net expense ratio: 0.20%
  • Gross expense ratio: 0.20%
  • Portfolio turnover: 82%
  • Brokerage commissions: 0.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)

VUBFX Cashflows

Over the 12 months to 2026-04, Vanguard Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund had net inflows of $1.80B, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.

MonthNet flow
2026-04−$45.78M
2026-03−$176.96M
2026-02$419.69M
2026-01$23.94M
2025-12$264.10M
2025-11$124.69M

VUBFX Debt Constituents

Largest debt holdings of Vanguard Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.

Debt holding% of net assets
United States Treasury Bill8.01%
Athene Global Funding0.57%
Bank of Montreal0.53%
NTT Finance Corp0.52%
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce0.52%
Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC0.51%
Bank of Nova Scotia/The0.48%
United States Treasury Note/Bond0.48%
Huntington National Bank/The0.48%
Truist Bank0.46%

VUBFX Prospectus and SEC Filings

Official Vanguard Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.

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Data Sources

ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.