How much is BND's distribution?

BND's most recent distribution was $0.2530 per share, with an ex-dividend date of Sep 1, 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid $2.9280 per share across 12 payments, a trailing yield of 4.13%.

How often does BND pay a distribution?

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares pays on a monthly schedule. It made 12 payments in the last 12 months and 12 in 2025.

When is BND's next distribution?

BND's next ex-dividend date has not been announced yet. Based on its monthly schedule, the next payment follows the pattern in the table above.

Has BND ever cut its distribution?

Yes. Our payment-by-payment record shows 114 regular payments lower than the one before it. Option-income and bond funds vary their distributions with income earned, so reductions are routine for these funds.

How much did BND pay in dividends in 2025?

BND paid $2.8570 per share across 12 payments in 2025, up 8.3% from 2024.

What was BND's total return including distributions over the last year?

Over the 12 months to Sep 24, 2026, BND paid $2.9280 per share, 3.95% of its price a year earlier, while its price moved -4.5%. That is an approximate total return of -0.6% before taxes and reinvestment.

BND Dividend History

Name: Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares (BND) dividend history
Creator: SmarterDividends

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares · every payment since 2007

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares (BND) has paid 231 distributions since 2007. The most recent was $0.2530 per share (ex-date Sep 1, 2026). Over the last 12 months BND paid $2.9280 across 12 payments, a trailing yield of 4.13%. The average of the last 3 regular payments is +1.4% versus the 3 before.

Latest distribution

$0.2530

Last ex-date

Sep 1, 2026

Paid, last 12 months

$2.93

Trailing yield

4.13%

Frequency

Monthly

Payments on record

231

What the record shows

BND has paid monthly since 2007. Over the last year, distributions totaled $2.928 per share, equivalent to a 4.13% trailing yield. The latest distribution was $0.253 per share, 0.4% higher than the previous payment. The monthly amount has varied over time rather than moving consistently in one direction.

Recent distributions averaged 1.4% more than the immediately preceding period. Annual totals fell in 2020 and again in 2021, then rose every year through 2025, when distributions reached $2.857 per share. This sequence marks four consecutive years of higher annual totals following two years of declines.

Over 12 months, BND’s price fell 4.6%, while distributions equaled 3.9% of the price a year earlier. The distributions offset most, but not all, of the price decline, leaving an approximate total return of -0.7%. The negative total return means the payments did not fully compensate for the lower market price.

By SmarterDividends Team · written from the payment record on this page · updated Sep 24, 2026 · editorial policy

Distributions versus price, last 12 months

Paid out

3.95%

of price a year ago

Price change

-4.5%

$74.21 → $70.86

Approx. total return

-0.6%

before taxes

A high distribution rate paired with a falling price means part of the payout came back out of the share price. Total return adds distributions received to the price change; it ignores reinvestment and taxes.

BND distributions per year

Total paid per share by calendar year

Recent distribution amounts

Last 36 regular payments, per share