Fund · Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund · measured from SEC filings
BSV holdings
BSV reports 3,186 holdings and behaves like 260.9 equally weighted ones, computed from its SEC Form N-PORT filing for 2026-06-30. The fact sheet publishes the first number; this page computes the second, and traces it across 28 quarters of filings.
Measured concentration
as of 2026-06-30Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing; what the measure does not tell you · every fund in one table · hold it with other funds? X-ray the mix. Pricing: 0.27% at a quoted market price (level 1), 29 issuer countries, 0.28% restricted securities.
What stands out
as of 2026-06-30BSV's largest investment is US Treasury N/B at 1.12% of net assets. US Treasury N/B and US Treasury N/B follow; the three together are 2.88%. Ten companies are 8.45% of the fund; the other 3,176 share the rest. Among the 192 bond funds measured here, BSV behaves like 260.9 holdings against a median of 236.4 — close to the median. Across 28 quarterly filings BSV has become less concentrated: it behaved like 204.8 at 2019-09-30 and 260.9 at 2026-06-30. Between the 2026-03-31 and 2026-06-30 filings 305 positions were added and 277 dropped; 12.0% of the weight moved.
Each sentence is read from the fund's own SEC filing; the class median is computed across the comparable bond funds on this site. Nothing here is a view on the fund.
Every filing since 2019
28Between 2019-09-30 and 2026-06-30, BSV went from behaving like 204.8 equally weighted positions to 260.9 — 27% more, while its top ten went from 12.74% to 8.45% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 3,186 | 260.9 | 8.45% | 1.13% |
| 2026-03-31 | 3,157 | 254.5 | 8.65% | 1.18% |
| 2025-12-31 | 3,108 | 264.6 | 8.01% | 0.89% |
| 2025-09-30 | 2,948 | 275 | 7.74% | 0.93% |
| 2025-06-30 | 2,912 | 273.3 | 8.04% | 1.14% |
| 2025-03-31 | 2,870 | 268.4 | 8.25% | 1.53% |
| 2024-12-31 | 2,780 | 279.1 | 7.49% | 0.89% |
| 2024-09-30 | 2,751 | 281.2 | 7.27% | 0.84% |
Earlier filings (20 more, back to 2019-09-30)
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-30 | 2,734 | 289.3 | 7.15% | 0.91% |
| 2024-03-31 | 2,694 | 293.3 | 7.23% | 1.09% |
| 2023-12-31 | 2,669 | 284.5 | 7.82% | 1.34% |
| 2023-09-30 | 2,723 | 297.9 | 7.06% | 0.77% |
| 2023-06-30 | 2,711 | 271.2 | 9.73% | 1.26% |
| 2023-03-31 | 2,669 | 241.1 | 11.29% | 1.48% |
| 2022-12-31 | 2,615 | 228.3 | 12.32% | 1.99% |
| 2022-09-30 | 2,668 | 241 | 11.65% | 2.01% |
| 2022-06-30 | 2,652 | 218.4 | 13.27% | 2.07% |
| 2022-03-31 | 2,637 | 181.5 | 16.18% | 3.38% |
| 2021-12-31 | 2,598 | 181.6 | 16.29% | 3.37% |
| 2021-09-30 | 2,663 | 179.5 | 16.58% | 3.33% |
| 2021-06-30 | 2,672 | 215.6 | 14.28% | 1.88% |
| 2021-03-31 | 2,677 | 222.6 | 13.77% | 1.98% |
| 2020-12-31 | 2,644 | 242.7 | 12.17% | 1.66% |
| 2020-09-30 | 2,674 | 228.1 | 12.45% | 1.81% |
| 2020-06-30 | 2,620 | 226.4 | 12.2% | 1.82% |
| 2020-03-31 | 2,468 | 201.9 | 13.08% | 2.32% |
| 2019-12-31 | 2,451 | 200.8 | 13.04% | 2.52% |
| 2019-09-30 | 2,442 | 204.8 | 12.74% | 2.24% |
One row per filed reporting period, newest first, read from EDGAR. Quarterly because that is the public filing cadence. Rows marked * are published but held out of the comparison above; the methodology page says when and why.
Largest positions, as filed
as of 2026-06-30The 15 largest of 3,186 positions in BSV's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: listed with the point-in-time files, available on request.
| # | Position | Weight | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.13% | 1.1% |
| 2 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.90% | 2.0% |
| 3 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.89% | 2.9% |
| 4 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.82% | 3.7% |
| 5 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.81% | 4.5% |
| 6 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.80% | 5.3% |
| 7 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.79% | 6.1% |
| 8 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.78% | 6.9% |
| 9 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.77% | 7.7% |
| 10 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.76% | 8.5% |
| 11 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.76% | 9.2% |
| 12 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.76% | 10.0% |
| 13 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.76% | 10.7% |
| 14 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.75% | 11.5% |
| 15 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.74% | 12.2% |
By country of issuer
as of 2026-06-30Share of BSV's own investments by the issuer country the filer reported (incorporation, not revenue). Each country links to every fund that holds it.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| United States | 90.81% |
| Not stated in filing | 2.61% |
| Canada | 1.56% |
| United Kingdom | 1.08% |
| Japan | 0.85% |
| Germany | 0.68% |
| Australia | 0.25% |
| Ireland° | 0.21% |
Returns the fund reported
2019-07 – 2026-06Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of BSV's own filings, 84 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.
Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference 0.03 percentage points over 84 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: BSV.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-03-31 → 2026-06-303,157 positions became 3,185: 305 added (8.9% of the fund at the later date), 277 dropped (8.0% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 12.0%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of BSV compared this way, as a feed: changes.xml · all funds: filings received.
| Largest increases | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-30 | Largest decreases | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.01% | 0.38% | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.74% | 0.11% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.46% | 0.82% | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.45% | 0.10% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.16% | 0.47% | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.81% | 0.56% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.23% | 0.42% | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.80% | 0.70% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.42% | 0.50% | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.41% | 0.33% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.29% | 0.37% | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.40% | 0.33% |
New: United States Treasury Note/Bond (0.79%), United States Treasury Note/Bond (0.71%), United States Treasury Note/Bond (0.69%), United States Treasury Note/Bond (0.67%), United States Treasury Note/Bond (0.57%), United States Treasury Note/Bond (0.56%). Gone: United States Treasury Note/Bond (0.74%), United States Treasury Note/Bond (0.65%), United States Treasury Note/Bond (0.57%), United States Treasury Note/Bond (0.55%), United States Treasury Note/Bond (0.53%), United States Treasury Note/Bond (0.49%).
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-06-3099.73% debt, 0.27% short-term investment as filed; 0.3% carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1). Categories and levels are the filer's; what a low level-1 share does and does not mean is in the measure's page.
Neighbours by effective holdings, debt funds
10Every measured debt fund lined up by how many holdings it behaves like; these sit either side of BSV (260.9). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVSF Avantis Short-Term Fixed Income ETF | 518 | 252.4 | 10.17% | 2026-05-31 |
| KORP American Century Diversified Corporate Bond ETF | 360 | 253.5 | 8.82% | 2026-05-31 |
| VSDB Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF | 1,317 | 254.1 | 13.95% | 2026-06-30 |
| LEMB iShares J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF | 487 | 254.9 | 11.7% | 2026-07-31 |
| FLTR VanEck IG Floating Rate ETF | 464 | 260.2 | 9.38% | 2026-07-31 |
| JHCR John Hancock Core Bond ETF | 962 | 262.2 | 12.88% | 2026-06-30 |
| BLV Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund | 2,984 | 263 | 11.11% | 2026-06-30 |
| JPHY JPMorgan Active High Yield ETF | 532 | 266 | 9.91% | 2026-05-31 |
| HMOP Hartford Municipal Opportunities ETF | 624 | 271.2 | 10.03% | 2026-07-31 |
| JPST JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF | 805 | 271.6 | 10.65% | 2026-05-31 |
Essays that examine BSV
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