Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND)

NASDAQ: BND · Real-Time Price · USD
74.52
+0.29 (0.39%)
At close: Oct 10, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
74.65
+0.13 (0.17%)
After-hours: Oct 10, 2025, 7:57 PM EDT
0.39%
Assets$140.26B
Expense Ratio0.03%
PE Ration/a
Shares Out1.89B
Dividend (ttm)$2.81
Dividend Yield3.77%
Ex-Dividend DateOct 1, 2025
Payout FrequencyMonthly
Payout Ration/a
Volume7,202,536
Open74.43
Previous Close74.23
Day's Range74.36 - 74.58
52-Week Low71.10
52-Week High74.92
Beta0.26
Holdings15000
Inception DateApr 3, 2007

About BND

Fund Home Page

The Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a broad, market-value-weighted index of US dollar-denominated, investment-grade, taxable, fixed-income securities with maturities of at least one year. BND was launched on Apr 3, 2007 and is issued by Vanguard.

Asset Class Fixed Income
Category Intermediate Core Bond
Region North America
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol BND
ETF Provider Vanguard
Index Tracked Bloomberg US Aggregate - Float Adjusted

Dividends

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Oct 1, 2025$0.23733Oct 3, 2025
Sep 2, 2025$0.24276Sep 4, 2025
Aug 1, 2025$0.24187Aug 5, 2025
Jul 1, 2025$0.23535Jul 3, 2025
Jun 2, 2025$0.24032Jun 4, 2025
May 1, 2025$0.23637May 5, 2025
Full Dividend History

Performance

BND had a total return of 4.87% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 3.13%.

News

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1 day ago - Seeking Alpha

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4 days ago - Seeking Alpha

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22 days ago - Seeking Alpha

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4 weeks ago - ETF Trends

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2 months ago - Seeking Alpha

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2 months ago - Seeking Alpha

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4 months ago - Benzinga

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4 months ago - Seeking Alpha

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5 months ago - Seeking Alpha

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6 months ago - Seeking Alpha

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6 months ago - CNBC

Betting On A Trump's Recession Before April 2nd: Let's Talk BND

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7 months ago - Seeking Alpha

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8 months ago - Seeking Alpha

Active-bond ETFs see record demand. Did Vanguard's fee cuts include such funds?

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