Vanguard Intermediate-Term Government Bond ETF
Find Ratings Reports- Last Ratings Update:02/29/2024
- Price as of 02/29/2024 :$58.41
- Net Assets:$0 Million
- NAV:$58.44
- Premium-0.05%
- Peer Rank:31 of 62
- Investment Rating:C-
- Performance:D
- RiskB
We rate Vanguard Intm Trm Treasury Idx ETF at C-. Positive factors that influence this rating include a low price volatility, low expense structure and long term portfolio management tenure. The fund invests approximately 99% of its assets in bonds and may be considered for investors seeking a Government Bond strategy.
Total return ranks well below peers over the last three years. The Vanguard Intm Trm Treasury Idx ETF has returned an annual rate of 1.81% since inception. More recently, the fund has generated a total return of 0.30% in the last five years, -2.67% in the last three years, and 3.83% in the last year. How does that compare to other equity funds? In the last five years, it has outperformed 14% of them. It has also outpaced 22% of its competitors on a three year basis and 22% of them over the last year for the period ending 2/29/2024. On a year to date basis, VGIT has returned -0.88%.
Downside risk has been below average. VGIT has a draw down risk of -17.55%, which is the largest price decline experienced over the last three years. This fund has a three year standard deviation of 5.8%. This fund has had very little volatility in its monthly performance over the last 36 months.
Low expense ratio helps performance. As VGIT is an exchange traded fund, it has no front end or back end load.
The Vanguard Intm Trm Treasury Idx ETF is managed by Joshua C. Barrickman at Vanguard Group Inc. This fund is one of 81 Vanguard Group Inc exchange-traded funds launched since 5/24/2001 that we track.