Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities
Find Ratings Reports- Last Ratings Update:02/29/2024
- Price as of 02/29/2024 :$47.62
- Net Assets:$0 Million
- NAV:$47.69
- Premium-0.15%
- Peer Rank:17 of 63
- Investment Rating:C+
- Performance:C-
- RiskB+
We rate Vanguard ST Inf Prot Sec 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 may be considered for investors seeking a General Bd - Investment Grade strategy.
Total return ranks below peers over the last three years. The Vanguard ST Inf Prot Sec Idx ETF has returned an annual rate of 1.62% since inception. More recently, the fund has generated a total return of 3.21% in the last five years, 2.18% in the last three years, and 4.30% in the last year. How does that compare to other equity funds? In the last five years, it has outperformed 37% of them. It has also outpaced 46% of its competitors on a three year basis and 25% of them over the last year for the period ending 2/29/2024. On a year to date basis, VTIP has returned 0.51%.
Downside risk has been below average. VTIP has a draw down risk of -11.21%, which is the largest price decline experienced over the last three years. This fund has a three year standard deviation of 3.3%. This fund has had very little volatility in its monthly performance over the last 36 months.
Low expense ratio helps performance. As VTIP is an exchange traded fund, it has no front end or back end load.
The Vanguard ST Inf Prot Sec 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.