BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

Price: $73.60
Change: $0.27 (0.0%)
Category: Total Bond Market
Last Updated:

Vitals

Issuer Vanguard
Brand Vanguard
Structure ETF
Expense Ratio 0.03%
ETF Home Page Home page
Inception Apr 03, 2007

Analyst Report

This popular ETF offers exposure to entire investment grade bond market in a single ticker, with holdings in T-Bills, corporates, MBS, and agency bonds. While it holds securities of all maturity lengths, it is heavily weighted towards the short end of the curve. BND could make for a good choice for investors who currently have little to no bond exposure and are looking to broadly increase their holdings in the segment across a variety of sectors.

ETF Database Themes

Asset Class Bond
Region (General) North America
Region (Specific) U.S.
Bond Type(s) Total Bond Market
Bond Duration All-Term

FactSet Classifications

Segment Fixed Income: U.S. - Broad Market, Broad-based Investment Grade
Category Broad Market, Broad-based
Focus Investment Grade
Niche Broad Maturities
Strategy Vanilla
Weighting Scheme Market Value

Trading Data

Open - Volume -
Day Lo - Day Hi -
  • Open
  • Volume
  • Day Lo
  • Day Hi
  • 52 Week Lo $68.80
  • 52 Week Hi $75.21
  • AUM $121,148.0 M
  • Shares 1,653.2 M

Historical Trading Data

  • 1 Month Avg. Volume 6,661,639
  • 3 Month Avg. Volume 6,263,457

Alternative ETFs in the ETF Database Total Bond Market Category

Type Symbol Expense Ratio Assets Avg. Daily Vol YTD Return
Cheapest BKAG 0.00% $2.0 B 235,960 2.96%
Largest (AUM) AGG 0.03% $120.1 B 8 M 3.05%
Most Liquid (Volume) AGG 0.03% $120.1 B 8 M 3.05%
Top YTD Performer PCEF 3.08% $821.5 M 103,700 19.30%

Alternative ETFs in the FactSet Fixed Income: U.S. - Broad Market, Broad-based Investment Grade Segment

Type Symbol Expense Ratio Assets Avg. Daily Vol YTD Return
Cheapest BKAG 0.00% $2.0 B 235,960 2.96%
Largest (AUM) AGG 0.03% $120.1 B 8 M 3.05%
Most Liquid (Volume) AGG 0.03% $120.1 B 8 M 3.05%
Top YTD Performer FLDR 0.15% $616.0 M 103,337 6.88%

Top 15 Holdings

Concentration Analysis

This section compares how balanced and deep this ETF is relative to its peers.

Holdings Comparison

BND ETF Database Category Average FactSet Segment Average
Number of Holdings 17876 1469 2545
% of Assets in Top 10 5.02% 36.04% 39.22%
% of Assets in Top 15 6.82% 40.57% 42.47%
% of Assets in Top 50 16.34% 58.11% 54.67%

Size Comparison

BND ETF Database Category Average FactSet Segment Average
Large (>12.9B) N/A N/A N/A
Mid (>2.7B) N/A N/A N/A
Small (>600M) N/A N/A N/A
Micro (<600M) N/A N/A N/A

BND Valuation

This section compares the P/E ratio of this ETF to its peers.

BND
P/E Ratio
N/A
ETF Database Category Average
P/E Ratio
0.00
FactSet Segment Average
P/E Ratio
N/A

BND Dividend

This section compares the dividend yield of this ETF to its peers.

BND ETF Database Category Average FactSet Segment Average
Dividend $ 0.23 $ 0.18 $ 0.13
Dividend Date 2024-11-01 N/A N/A
Annual Dividend Rate $ 2.59 $ 1.93 $ 1.49
Annual Dividend Yield 3.57% 4.63% 4.26%

BND Price and Volume Charts

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BND Fund Flows Charts

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5 Day Net Flows: 731 M 1 Month Net Flows: 3.01 B 3 Month Net Flows: 8.38 B 6 Month Net Flows: 11.79 B 1 Year Net Flows: 18.68 B 3 Year Net Flows: 50.3 B 5 Year Net Flows: 85.9 B 10 Year Net Flows: 108.45 B

BND Price vs Flows AUM Influence Charts

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5 Day Net AUM Change: 1.98 B
1 Month Net AUM Change: 3.1 B
3 Month Net AUM Change: 6.38 B
6 Month Net AUM Change: 14.42 B
1 Year Net AUM Change: 22.56 B
3 Year Net AUM Change: 38.88 B
5 Year Net AUM Change: 73.68 B
10 Year Net AUM Change: 97.28 B

Realtime Rating

The adjacent table gives investors an individual Realtime Rating for BND on several different metrics, including liquidity, expenses, performance, volatility, dividend, concentration of holdings in addition to an overall rating. The "A+ Metric Rated ETF" field, available to ETF Database Pro members, shows the ETF in the Total Bond Market with the highest Metric Realtime Rating for each individual field. To view all of this data, sign up for a free 14-day trial for ETF Database Pro. To view information on how the ETF Database Realtime Ratings work, click here.

Metric Metric Realtime Rating A+ Metric Rated ETF
Liquidity A AGG
Expenses A BKAG
Performance
Volatility
Dividend
Concentration

A+ Overall Rated ETF:

BND Expenses & Fees

This section compares the cost efficiency of this ETF to its peers.

Expenses Ratio Analysis

BND
Expense Ratio
0.03%
ETF Database Category Average
Expense Ratio
0.42%
FactSet Segment Average
Expense Ratio
0.23%

Tax Analysis

Max ST Capital Gains Rate 39.60%
Max LT Capital Gains Rate 20.00%
Tax On Distributions Ordinary income
Distributes K1 No
ESG Themes and Scores
6.13/10
ESG Score
39.19%
Global Percentile
47.35%
Peer Percentile
    • Revenue Exposure to Environmental Impact (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Severe Environment Controversies (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Sustainable Impact Solutions (%)
      0.74%
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Weighted Average Carbon Intensity (Tons of CO2e / $M Sales)
      237.92
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Fossil Fuel Reserves (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • High Impact Fossil Fuel Reserves (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Water Stress High Risk Business Segment (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Water Stress High Risk Geography (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Water Stress Exposure Moderate (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Water Stress Exposure High (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Water Stress Exposure Low (%)
      Higher improves ESG score
    • Revenue Exposure to Energy Efficiency (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Alternative Energy (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Green Building (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Pollution Prevention (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Water Sustainability (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Social Impact (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Sustainable Impact Solutions (%)
      0.74%
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • SRI Exclusion Criteria (%)
      3.2%
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Affordable Real Estate (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Education (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Major Disease Treatment (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Nutrition (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Sanitation (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to SME Finance (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Human Rights Norms Violation (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Human Rights Norms Violation OR Watch List (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Severe Human Rights Controversies (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Labor Norms Violation (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Labor Norms Violation OR Watch List (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Severe Labor Controversies (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Severe Customer Controversies (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Global Compact Compliance Violation (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Global Compact Compliance Violation OR Watch List (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Catholic Values Fail (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Islamic Non-Compliant (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Adult Entertainment Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Alcohol Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Gambling Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Nuclear Power Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Tobacco Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Weapons Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Controversies Weapons Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Civilian Firearms Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Civilian Firearms Retailer (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Civilian Firearms Producer (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Direct Predatory Lending Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Genetic Engineering Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Severe Governance Controversies (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Board Flag (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Lack of Independent Board Majority (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Board Independence (0-25%) (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Board Independence (25-50%) (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Board Independence (50-75%) (%)
      Higher improves ESG score
    • Board Independence (75-100%) (%)
      Higher improves ESG score
    • No Female Directors (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Three OR More Female Directors (%)
      Higher improves ESG score
    • Females Represent 30% of Directors (%)
      Higher improves ESG score
    • Entrenched Board (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Overboarding (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Negative Director Votes (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Ownership AND Control Flag (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • One Share One Vote (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • No Annual Director Elections (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Does Not Use Majority Voting (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Significant Votes Against Pay Practices (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Controlling Shareholder (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Controlling Shareholder Concerns (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Cross Shareholdings (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Poison Pill (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Pay Flag (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • No Pay Performance Link (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Lack of Internal Pay Equity (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Executive Pay Non-Disclosure (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Accounting Flag (%)
      Lower improves ESG score

BND Performance

This section shows how this ETF has performed relative to its peers. Returns over 1 year are annualized.

BND ETF Database
Category Average
Factset Segment
Average
1 Month Return 1.04% 0.91% 0.95%
3 Month Return -0.47% 0.37% -0.05%
YTD Return 3.11% 4.49% 3.08%
1 Year Return 6.78% 7.46% 6.07%
3 Year Return -1.86% 0.02% -0.70%
5 Year Return 0.00% 0.62% 0.21%

Geographic Exposure

The following charts reflect the geographic spread of BND's underlying holdings.

Holdings Analysis

The following charts reflect the allocation of BND's underlying holdings.

Asset Percentage
Sovereign 50.06%
Mortgage Backed Security 16.72%
Corporate 16.17%
CASH 1.26%
Asset Backed Security 0.65%
Municipal 0.21%
Preferred 0.01%
Structured Products 0.0%
Other -0.07%
Bond Sector Percentage
Maturity Percentage
Less Than 1 Year 0.0%
1-3 Years 0.0%
3-5 Years 0.0%
5-7 Years 0.0%
7-10 Years 0.0%
10-15 Years 0.0%
15-20 Years 0.0%
20-30 Years 0.0%
30+ Years 0.0%
Asset Percentage
Sovereign 50.06%
Mortgage Backed Security 16.72%
Corporate 16.17%
CASH 1.26%
Asset Backed Security 0.65%
Municipal 0.21%
Preferred 0.01%
Structured Products 0.0%
Other -0.07%

BND Technicals

Volatility Analysis

This section shows how the volatility of this ETF compares to the peer group ETF Database Category.

5 Day Volatility 43.48%
20 Day Volatility 6.28%
50 Day Volatility 5.22%
200 Day Volatility 5.16%
Beta 0.14
Standard Deviation 1.63%
5 Day Volatility
43.48%
Rank
31 of 125

20 Day Volatility
6.28%
Rank
27 of 126

50 Day Volatility
5.22%
Rank
34 of 126

200 Day Volatility
5.16%
Rank
37 of 126

Beta
0.14
Rank
67 of 120

Standard Deviation
1.63%
Rank
10 of 122

Technicals

  • 20 Day MA $72.80
  • 60 Day MA $73.66
  • MACD 15 Period 0.78
  • MACD 100 Period 0.18
  • Williams % Range 10 Day 2.10
  • Williams % Range 20 Day 2.10
  • RSI 10 Day 68
  • RSI 20 Day 57
  • RSI 30 Day 54
  • Ultimate Oscillator 63

Bollinger Bands

  • Lower Bollinger (10 Day) $72.11
  • Upper Bollinger (10 Day) $73.61
  • Lower Bollinger (20 Day) $72.19
  • Upper Bollinger (20 Day) $73.41
  • Lower Bollinger (30 Day) $72.27
  • Upper Bollinger (30 Day) $73.50

Support & Resistance

  • Support Level 1 $73.52
  • Support Level 2 $73.45
  • Resistance Level 1 $73.65
  • Resistance Level 2 $73.71

Stochastic

  • Stochastic Oscillator %D (1 Day) 67.69
  • Stochastic Oscillator %D (5 Day) 85.71
  • Stochastic Oscillator %K (1 Day) 60.37
  • Stochastic Oscillator %K (5 Day) 74.59

Tradability

  • Tracking Difference Median (%) -0.02
  • Tracking Difference Max Upside (%) 0.13
  • Tracking Difference Max Downside (%) -0.13
  • Median Premium Discount (%) 0.05
  • Maximum Premium Discount (%) 0.16
  • Average Spread (%) 1.00
  • Average Spread ($) 1.00

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