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Data last updated: Oct 17, 2026
Dividend Yield: 4.15%
Dividend Frequency: monthly
Years of Dividend History: 20
The Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF dividend comes from a fund that tracks a market-capitalization-weighted index covering the U.S. taxable, investment-grade fixed-income market, excluding inflation-protected and tax-exempt bonds. BND currently yields 4.19%, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $2.9386 per share paid monthly. The next ex-dividend date is October 1, 2026, and the last payment was $0.2485 per share. With a beta of 0.99 and a mandate focused on income generation with modest share price fluctuation, BND is built for investors with medium to long-term income objectives.
Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF pays out dividends classified as not applicable (fund/ETF), as payout ratios do not apply to bond index funds. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF dividend safety rests on the fund's underlying holdings: a broad pool of U.S. investment-grade bonds whose interest payments flow directly to shareholders each month. The primary pressure on the payout is interest rate movement, since the income the fund generates rises and falls with prevailing rates, as the annual dividend history from 2021 ($1.7988) through 2023 ($2.2693) plainly shows.
Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF dividend history shows a CAGR of -0.6% per year from 2010 to 2025. Per-share payments moved from $3.1487 at the start of the window to $2.8575 by 2025 (2026 is a partial year and excluded from this calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 21.6% in 2023, reflecting the sharp rise in interest rates that year, and the data also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, which underscores how directly BND's distributions track the rate environment rather than a corporate earnings trend.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +15.2% | $1.87 (2022) | $2.86 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +6.4% | $2.10 (2020) | $2.86 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +3.2% | $2.08 (2015) | $2.86 (2025) |
BND fits income-focused investors who want broad exposure to U.S. investment-grade bonds and monthly cash flow without the volatility typical of equity holdings. The current yield is classified as high (above 4%), which sits meaningfully above the fund's own 5-year average of 3.3%, making the present entry point more attractive on an income basis than much of the recent past. The trade-off is real: the long-term CAGR of -0.6% means the dollar amount paid per share has drifted lower over 15 years, so purchasing power from the dividend alone does not grow. Investors get a high current yield and monthly income; they accept that the payout level will move with interest rates, not with a company's earnings growth.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | $0.2485 |
| 2026-09-01 | $0.2529 |
| 2026-08-03 | $0.2516 |
| 2026-07-01 | $0.2445 |
| 2026-06-01 | $0.2473 |
| 2026-05-01 | $0.2417 |
| 2026-04-01 | $0.2500 |
| 2026-03-02 | $0.2278 |
| 2026-02-02 | $0.2455 |
| 2025-12-18 | $0.2466 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $2.2098 |
| 2025 | $2.8575 |
| 2024 | $2.6380 |
| 2023 | $2.2693 |
| 2022 | $1.8668 |
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