Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares (BND)
US Bonds ETF
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares (BND) is an US Bonds ETF from Vanguard. As of October 23, 2026, BND closed at $71.20. It charges a 0.03% expense ratio, or $3 a year per $10,000 invested. Including dividends it returned -1.1% over the past year and -0.2% a year over five years.
- Assets under management: $389.1 billion
- Dividend yield: 4.13%
- Annualized return since 2007: 2.9%
- Worst peak-to-trough drop: -19%
BND price chart
1Y price change: -5.0% (price only; total returns below include dividends)
| Total return | 1M | YTD | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | 10Y | MAX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BND | +0.9% | -0.9% | -1.1% | +5.2% | -0.2% | +1.4% | +2.9% |
Dividends reinvested. 3Y and longer are annualized; MAX is annualized since 2007.
BND key facts
- Expense ratio
- 0.03%
- $3/yr per $10K
- Assets (AUM)
- $389.1B
- Dividend yield
- 4.13%
- Annualized return
- 2.9%
- since 2007
- Volatility
- 5%
- annualized
- Max drawdown
- -19%
- 52-week range
- $69.65 – $75.23
- Fund family
- Vanguard
BND dividend
- Dividend yield
- 4.13%
- Annual dividend
- $2.94
- Years of increases
- 5
- 5-yr dividend growth
- 9.6%
- per year
- Payments per year
- 12
Regular dividends per share by calendar year; special dividends excluded. Current year omitted until complete.
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|---|---|---|---|
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 VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | -0.53% | +14% | 1.06% |
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 SPYM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF | -0.53% | +14% | 1.02% |
 RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF | -0.77% | +15% | 1.47% |
 VTI Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF | -0.50% | +14% | 1.06% |
 ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF | -0.50% | +14% | 0.75% |
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BND ETF FAQ
What is BND's expense ratio?
BND has an expense ratio of 0.03%: $3 a year on a $10,000 investment.
What is BND's dividend yield?
BND yields 4.13% based on its trailing distributions of $2.94 per share.
What is BND's historical return?
With dividends reinvested, BND returned -1.1% over one year, -0.2% a year over five years, +1.4% a year over ten years through October 23, 2026.
How much can BND fall?
BND's largest peak-to-trough decline since 2007 was -19%. Past drawdowns don't cap future ones.
Sources: fund data and prices from Yahoo Finance (delayed); FI Handbook calculations. Last close October 23, 2026.