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Data last updated: Jul 19, 2026
Snapshot (as of Jul 19, 2026): Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND) pays a $2.91 annual dividend ($0.24 monthly), yielding 3.99% at $72.86/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-07-01. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 3.99%
Annual Dividend: $2.91 per share
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-07-01
Dividend Frequency: monthly
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 20
The Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF dividend comes from a fund that tracks a market-capitalization-weighted index of U.S. taxable, investment-grade fixed-income securities, excluding inflation-protected and tax-exempt bonds. BND currently pays $2.9076 per share annually, distributed monthly, with the next ex-dividend date on July 1, 2026. The current yield sits at 3.98%. With a beta of 0.98, BND suits income-focused investors who want broad bond market exposure with relatively modest share price swings.
Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF pays out dividends as a pass-through of interest income from its underlying bond holdings, making the payout ratio not applicable (fund/ETF). Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF dividend safety is directly tied to the interest income generated by its portfolio of U.S. investment-grade bonds, which the fund's mandate requires it to hold. The primary pressure on the payout is interest rate movement: when rates fall, the income generated by the underlying bonds declines, which flows through directly to lower per-share distributions.
Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF dividend history shows a CAGR of -0.6% per year from 2010 to 2025. Per-share payments moved from $3.1490 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 21.5% in 2023, though the history also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, reflecting how closely distributions track the interest rate environment.
| 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 of equities. The current yield of 3.98% is classified as moderate (2-4%), and it sits meaningfully above the fund's 5-year average yield of 3.13%, which reflects the higher interest rate environment of recent years. Growth is slow: the long-run CAGR is -0.6%, meaning per-share income has drifted lower over the full 15-year window. What an investor gets is monthly income and portfolio diversification. What they accept is a payout that moves with interest rates, not with corporate earnings growth.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2025-12-01 | $0.2386 |
| 2025-11-03 | $0.2436 |
| 2025-10-01 | $0.2373 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.4568 |
| 2025 | $2.8575 |
| 2024 | $2.6380 |
| 2023 | $2.2693 |
| 2022 | $1.8673 |
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