Vanguard is one of the largest asset managers in the world, known for its index-based investment approach and investor-owned structure. Vanguard ETFs span U.S. and international equities, fixed income, sector funds, and dividend-focused strategies, and are widely used for passive, long-term investing. The Vanguard ETF list includes funds across a broad range of asset classes and market caps. This page lets you compare Vanguard ETFs on expense ratio, historical returns, dividend yield, max drawdown, Sharpe ratio, Sortino ratio, and Risk/Return Score — useful for evaluating funds for portfolio construction, diversification, income generation, or long-term allocation decisions.

Vanguard

The fund seeks to track the performance of the Bloomberg US Treasury Bills 0-3 Months Index by investing primarily in U.S. Treasury Bills with maturities of three months or less, employing a sampling approach to approximate the Index's risk factors and characteristics. It aims to maintain a dollar-weighted average maturity under three months and may also invest in securities with similar economic characteristics, cash, and money market instruments.

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VBIL

The ETF aims to replicate the performance of an index composed of U.S. Treasury fixed income securities with maturities up to 12 months, investing at least 80% of its net assets in these securities or those deemed substantially identical by its advisor.

VGUS

An actively managed ETF that invests in short-term investment-grade fixed-income securities with maturities of up to 2 years, including government, corporate, and securitized bonds. It is Vanguard's first active bond ETF, designed for investors with a 6- to 18-month time horizon.

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VUSB

The fund seeks to provide current income exempt from federal personal income taxes by investing at least 80% of its assets in U.S. dollar-denominated municipal bonds from U.S. states or local governments with investment-grade credit quality and a dollar-weighted average maturity between 2 and 7 years.

VSDM

The ETF seeks to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Year Index, which includes publicly issued U.S. Treasury inflation-protected securities with maturities of less than 5 years. TIPS provide a fixed interest rate with principal adjusted for inflation, helping protect against rising prices.

Symbol	Name	Sharpe Ratio (1Y)	Sharpe Ratio (5Y)	Sharpe Ratio (10Y)	Risk / Return Rank
VBIL	Vanguard 0-3 Month Treasury Bill ETF	15.14	—	—	100
VGUS	Vanguard Ultra-Short Treasury ETF	12.14	—	—	100
VUSB	Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF	6.88	4.11	—	98
VSDM	Vanguard Short Duration Tax-Exempt Bond ETF	3.58	—	—	85
VTIP	Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities...	2.96	1.20	1.13	93

Top Vanguard ETFs by Sharpe Ratio

Top Vanguard ETFs by Sharpe Ratio