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 Vanguard Ultra-Short Treasury ETF tracks U.S. Treasury securities with maturities of less than one year through the Bloomberg Short Treasury Index.

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 Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF (VFMF) is an actively managed fund that uses a rules-based quantitative model to select U.S. stocks across market capitalizations with strong value, momentum, and quality characteristics, while screening for liquidity. Managed by Vanguard's Quantitative Equity Group, it offers factor-based exposure at a low cost relative to other multifactor strategies. The fund launched in February 2018.

Symbol	Name	Sharpe Ratio (1Y)	Sharpe Ratio (5Y)	Sharpe Ratio (10Y)	Risk / Return Rank
VBIL	Vanguard 0-3 Month Treasury Bill ETF	18.14	—	—	100
VGUS	Vanguard Ultra-Short Treasury ETF	12.00	—	—	100
VUSB	Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF	6.39	4.20	—	99
VSDM	Vanguard Short Duration Tax-Exempt Bond ETF	2.97	—	—	85
VFMF	Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF	2.75	0.86	—	93

Top Vanguard ETFs by Sharpe Ratio

Top Vanguard ETFs by Sharpe Ratio