Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF (EDV) Bond Profile
EDV bond portfolio
Fund statistics as of Oct 23, 2026- Yield to maturity
- 5.87% if bonds are held to maturity
- Effective duration
- 23.60 yrs ≈ 23.6% price change per 1% rate move
- Average maturity
- 24.4 yrs
- Average bond price
- 25.85 per 100 of face value
- Distribution yield
- 5.59% trailing 12 months
- Expense ratio
- 0.05%
- Turnover
- 24% a year
- Net assets
- $3.84B
Interest-rate sensitivity
EDV has an effective duration of 23.60 years: long-term interest-rate sensitivity. Peer funds are marked below the scale.
Effective duration in years. Short-term funds have a duration under 3 years, long-term funds over 10.
What a rate change would do to EDV
Estimate for an immediate, parallel move in yields: price change ≈ −duration × rate change; 12-month return adds the 5.87% yield to maturity. Ignores convexity and changes in credit spreads.
EDV vs other bond ETFs
| ETF | Fund | Duration | Maturity | YTM | Dist. yield | Expense | 1-year return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIL | SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF | 0.16 | 0.2 | 3.91% | 3.63% | 0.12% | +3.8% |
| SHY | iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF | 1.81 | 1.9 | 4.88% | 3.64% | 0.15% | +1.7% |
| HYG | iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 3.26 | 5.6 | 7.97% | 6.09% | 0.48% | +1.1% |
| VGIT | Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF | 4.70 | 5.3 | 5.36% | 4.06% | 0.04% | −1.2% |
| GOVT | iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF | 5.20 | 7.4 | 4.87% | 3.67% | 0.05% | −1.1% |
| IUSB | iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF | 5.36 | 7.9 | 5.58% | 4.44% | 0.05% | −0.9% |
| BND | Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF | 5.54 | 7.9 | 5.72% | 4.17% | 0.03% | −1.1% |
| SCHZ | Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF | 5.76 | 8.3 | 5.64% | 4.44% | 0.02% | −1.1% |
| AGG | iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF | 5.79 | 7.9 | 5.33% | 4.30% | 0.03% | −1.1% |
| VCIT | Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF | 5.92 | 7.8 | 6.00% | 5.22% | 0.03% | −1.6% |
| TIP | iShares TIPS Bond ETF | 6.00 | 7.3 | 4.86% | 4.80% | 0.18% | −1.0% |
| IEF | iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF | 7.06 | 8.7 | 5.08% | 4.18% | 0.14% | −2.8% |
| MUB | iShares National Muni Bond ETF | 7.29 | 12.1 | 4.56% | 3.26% | 0.04% | −0.7% |
| LQD | iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate… | 7.79 | 12.8 | 6.48% | 4.68% | 0.14% | −3.5% |
| TLT | iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF | 14.12 | 24.8 | 5.65% | 5.00% | 0.14% | −6.7% |
| EDV | Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF | 23.60 | 24.4 | 5.87% | 5.59% | 0.05% | −13.8% |
Sorted by duration. Longer duration usually pays a higher yield but swings more with interest rates; corporate and high-yield funds add credit risk.
EDV asset allocation
- Bonds
- 99.5% long positions
- Cash held
- 0.0%
- Net cash
- 0.0% held minus owed
Long positions can add up to more than 100% when the fund buys bonds for later settlement; the short cash line offsets them.
About the EDV bond portfolio
Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF holds a portfolio of bonds. They yield 5.87% to maturity and an average maturity of 24.4 years. With an effective duration of 23.60 years, a one-percentage-point rise in interest rates would lower the fund's price by about 23.6%, and a fall of the same size would raise it by about as much.
Over the next 12 months, rates could rise by about 0.25 percentage points before the price drop would cancel out a year of yield. The worst 12-month return in the fund's price history was −42.5%, and the worst calendar year 2022 (−39.2%).
EODHD does not publish the individual bonds held, so this page uses the fund-level statistics; the full list of bonds is on the issuer's website.
Related: EDV chart, EDV performance, EDV dividends, EDV overview.
EDV bond profile FAQ
What is the yield to maturity of EDV?
The bonds in EDV have an average yield to maturity of 5.87% as of October 23, 2026. The trailing 12-month distribution yield is 5.59%.
What is the duration of EDV?
EDV has an effective duration of 23.60 years and an average maturity of 24.4 years, which makes it a long-term bond fund.
How do interest rates affect EDV?
With a duration of 23.60 years, EDV's price falls about 23.6% for every one-percentage-point rise in interest rates and rises about as much when rates fall. Higher rates also raise the yield on new bonds the fund buys.
How much can rates rise before EDV loses money?
Over 12 months, yields could rise about 0.25 percentage points before the price decline would offset the 5.87% yield, assuming a one-time move (yield to maturity ÷ duration).