# VictoryShares Short-Duration Municipal ETF (VMSD): ETF Facts & Distributions > Markdown mirror of https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/vmsd for AI agents. Same live data as the HTML page, regenerated on the same refresh cycle. Not investment advice. - Issuer: Victory Capital · Asset class: Fixed Income - Strategy: Passive Index · Inception: 2026-09-22 VictoryShares Short-Duration Municipal ETF is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to provide interest income exempt from federal income tax. The fund primarily invests in investment-grade municipal securities and generally maintains a short-duration portfolio, with an effective duration targeted within two years of the Bloomberg Municipal Bond 3 Year (2-4) Total Return Index. ## Key Facts | Metric | Value | |---|---| | Price | $25.33 | | Expense Ratio | 0.62% | | Assets Under Management | $24.7M | | NAV | $25.33 | | Holdings Count | 0 | | Distribution Yield (TTM) | — | | Annual Distribution (TTM) | — /share | | Distribution Frequency | — | | 52-Week Range | $24.89 – $25.34 | | Beta | 0.00 | ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What does VMSD invest in? VictoryShares Short-Duration Municipal ETF is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to provide interest income exempt from federal income tax. The fund primarily invests in investment-grade municipal securities and generally maintains a short-duration portfolio, with an effective duration targeted within two years of the Bloomberg Municipal Bond 3 Year (2-4) Total Return Index. ### What is the expense ratio of VMSD? VictoryShares Short-Duration Municipal ETF (VMSD) charges an expense ratio of 0.62%. This is the annual fee deducted from fund assets to cover management and operations. ### What is the duration of VMSD? Effective duration measures VMSD's sensitivity to interest-rate changes: a duration of 6 means a 1% rate move shifts NAV by roughly 6% in the opposite direction. VMSD's current duration is published on the fund's factsheet on the issuer's website. ### What is the credit quality of VMSD? VMSD's credit quality breakdown (the share of holdings rated AAA through CCC and below) is published on the fund's factsheet. Higher-quality (investment-grade) funds yield less but carry less default risk than high-yield / junk bond funds. ### What is the yield to maturity of VMSD? Yield to maturity (YTM) is the total return you'd earn from VMSD if every bond in the portfolio is held to maturity at the current price. VMSD's YTM is published on the fund's factsheet on the issuer's website. It differs from the trailing-12-month yield because YTM reflects current bond prices rather than historical income paid. ### How big is VMSD? VictoryShares Short-Duration Municipal ETF (VMSD) manages $24.7M in total assets. AUM determines bid-ask liquidity and the fund's vulnerability to closure. Funds below ~$50M are at higher risk of liquidation. ### Does VMSD pay a dividend? VictoryShares Short-Duration Municipal ETF (VMSD) currently distributes little or no income. Trailing-twelve-month yield is —. Investors looking for income should consider income-focused alternatives. See the Peers tab. ### How often does VMSD pay dividends? VictoryShares Short-Duration Municipal ETF pays dividends on its published schedule. Each ex-dividend date, record date, and payment date is listed in the dividend history table on this page. ### What is VMSD's dividend yield? VMSD's trailing-twelve-month yield is —, calculated from the sum of dividends over the past year divided by the current price. ### When is VMSD's next ex-dividend date? VMSD hasn't announced its next ex-date yet. Once declared it'll appear at the top of the dividend history table on this page. ### How much will VMSD's expense ratio cost me over 30 years? On a $10,000 investment compounding at 7% gross return, a 0.62% expense ratio quietly compounds against your balance every year. The Fee Compounding Forecast card above projects the dollar drag for any holding period and assumption you pick. The typical result for a 1.0% expense ratio on a 30-year hold is roughly 25% of the final balance lost to fees. ### How does VMSD charge its expense ratio? The expense ratio is deducted in tiny daily slices from VMSD's net asset value (NAV). You never see a bill. The price quoted on every exchange is already net of fees. There's no "fee day" to avoid; the cost is continuous and built into the trading price. ### Why does VMSD cost more than a fund like VOO? VMSD is a passive index fund (current expense ratio 0.62%). Differences from broad-market ETFs like VOO usually come from index licensing fees, asset class (bond funds typically run cheaper than equity), or fund scale (smaller funds spread fixed operating costs across less AUM). ### Are there cheaper alternatives to VMSD? The Lower-Fee Alternatives card above lists ETFs following the same investment strategy as VMSD (0.62%) but at a lower expense ratio. Each row shows the fee gap, the peer's AUM as a liquidity sanity-check, and a direct link to that fund's analysis page. Cheaper price doesn't automatically mean better. Verify the peer holds what you actually want. ## More on Dividend Data - Overview (HTML): https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/vmsd - Distribution history: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/vmsd/dividend - Holdings & diversification: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/vmsd/diversification - Fees & cheaper alternatives: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/vmsd/expenses - Peer comparison: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/vmsd/peers Data sourced from primary filings and market data providers; see https://www.dividenddata.com/methodology.