BLW vs VCSH

Blackrock Limited Duration Income Trust against Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF: cost, size, returns, what they hold and how much of it is the same.

Fee gap
—
same fee
1-year return gap
14.8 pts
VCSH is ahead
Larger fund
VCSH
$44.1B

Side by side

BLWVCSH
FundBlackrock Limited Duration Income TrustVanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF
IssueriSharesVanguard
CategoryShort-Term BondShort-Term Bond
Expense ratio—0.03%
Assets$445M$44.1B
Average daily dollar volume$2.8M$558M
ListedJul 29, 2003Nov 19, 2009
FrenzyCap score5499
1-month return−1.9%+0.3%
3-month return−9.2%−1.3%
Year to date−17.1%−2.6%
1-year return−17.8%−3.0%
30-day volatility13.0%2.6%
Worst drawdown, 1 year−18.7%−4.0%
Trailing 12-month yield—4.54%
Holdings—3,070
Top 10 weight—1.9%
Look-through P/E——
Holdings vs fair value——
Holdings above 200-day average——
Net flow, latest 3 reported months—+$2.5B thru May 2026
30-day implied volatility—3.9%
Holdings as ofas of Sep 30, 2026issuer data

Returns are price returns and exclude distributions. Flows are each fund's own latest reported months and may not cover the same period.

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Fund data comes from each fund's SEC filings and issuer disclosures and is shown with the date it is as of. SEC portfolio and flow filings become public about 60 days after the period they cover. Nothing here is investment advice; see Terms.