BND Dividend Yield

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares · Intermediate Core Bond · Vanguard · ETF · monthly payer

$71.62

As of Nov 10, 2026, BND (Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares) yields 3.76%, paying $2.70 a share a year in monthly distributions at its $71.62 price. It costs 0.03% a year and manages $400.6B. Over the last 5 years it returned -0.1% a year with distributions reinvested, against 12.0% for the S&P 500.

Dividend yield

3.76%

Paid a Year

$2.70

Expense Ratio

0.03%

Assets

$400.6B

5-Yr Return

-0.1%/yr

Frequency

Monthly

Key facts about BND

Data as of Nov 10, 2026 · Source: SmarterDividends data

As of Nov 10, 2026, BND yields 3.76% and pays about $2.70 a share a year, monthly.
BND paid $2.6960 a share in distributions over the 12 months to Nov 10, 2026, in 11 payments.
BND's expense ratio is 0.03% a year, or $3.00 on $10,000.
BND is an ETF from Vanguard with $400.6B in assets, started Nov 12, 2001.
In the 5 years to Oct 2026, BND returned -0.1% a year with distributions reinvested (-3.5% a year from price alone), against 12.0% for the S&P 500.
In the 10 years to Oct 2026, BND returned 1.5% a year with distributions reinvested (-1.5% a year from price alone), against 15.3% for the S&P 500.
Since Dec 2007, BND's share price is down 8% and its total return with distributions reinvested is +67%.

Cite this page

SmarterDividends, "BND Dividend Yield, Expense Ratio and Total Return," updated Nov 10, 2026, https://smarterdividends.com/stocks/BND

What $10,000 in BND became

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From Dec 2007 to Oct 2026, month-end values

Payouts reinvested

$16,741

Payouts taken as cash

$15,343

$6,095 of it cash

S&P 500 (SPY)

$72,756

Since Dec 2007, BND's share price is down 8% and its total return with distributions reinvested is +67%. The price has slipped a little, so a small part of the payouts came out of it.

BND total return

A year, through Oct 2026. Total return counts every payout, reinvested; price return doesn't.

Period	Total return	Price return	S&P 500
1 year	−0.1%	−4.0%	+12.0%
3 years	+5.4%	+1.5%	+23.3%
5 years	−0.1%	−3.5%	+12.0%
10 years	+1.5%	−1.5%	+15.3%
Since Dec 2007	+2.8%	−0.4%	+11.1%

BND distributions

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Paid per share, by year

Ex-date	Paid	Per share	vs a year earlier
Oct 1, 2026	Oct 5, 2026	$0.2490	+5.1%
Sep 1, 2026	Sep 3, 2026	$0.2530	+4.1%
Aug 3, 2026	Aug 5, 2026	$0.2520	+4.1%
Jul 1, 2026	Jul 6, 2026	$0.2440	+3.8%
Jun 1, 2026	Jun 3, 2026	$0.2470	+2.9%
May 1, 2026	May 5, 2026	$0.2420	+2.5%
Apr 1, 2026	Apr 6, 2026	$0.25	+4.2%
Mar 2, 2026	Mar 4, 2026	$0.2280	+4.1%
Feb 2, 2026	Feb 4, 2026	$0.2450	+4.3%
Dec 18, 2025	Dec 22, 2025	$0.2470	+6.0%
Dec 1, 2025	Dec 3, 2025	$0.2390	+7.2%
Nov 3, 2025	Nov 5, 2025	$0.2440	+7.0%

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BND questions

What is BND's dividend yield?

As of Nov 10, 2026, BND yields 3.76%. Over the last 12 months it paid $2.6960 a share in 11 payments, against a $71.62 share price.

How often does BND pay dividends?

BND pays monthly, 12 times a year.

How much does 100 shares of BND pay?

At about $2.6960 a share a year, 100 shares of BND pay about $269.60 a year, $22.47 each month, before tax.

What is BND's expense ratio?

BND's expense ratio is 0.03% a year: $3.00 on every $10,000 invested, taken from the fund's assets rather than billed to you.

What is BND's total return?

In the 5 years to Oct 2026, BND returned -0.1% a year with distributions reinvested, of which -3.5% a year came from the share price. The S&P 500 returned 12.0% a year.

Does BND have NAV erosion?

Since Dec 2007, BND's share price is down 8% and its total return with distributions reinvested is +67%. The price has slipped a little, so a small part of the payouts came out of it.

Is BND or SGOV better?

It depends on what the money is for. Our BND vs SGOV comparison puts their yields, costs, total returns and worst drops side by side.

Fund facts

Type: ETF
Issuer: Vanguard
Category: Intermediate Core Bond
Started: Nov 12, 2001
Expense ratio: 0.03%
Assets: $400.6B
Dividend yield: 3.76%
Paid in the last year: $2.6960 (11 payments)
Last payment: $0.2490 · ex Oct 1, 2026
Beta (3 years): 0.98

Income Calculator

At $2.70 / yr per share

Shares owned

Per payment (monthly)$22.47

Annual$269.60

Monthly avg$22.47

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Fund facts from the fund's own reports via Yahoo Finance; payments and returns from SmarterDividends records. For information only, not investment advice.