Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (BSV) Dividend History

NYSE Arca: BSVDistributions, yield, payment dates and growth.

BSV latest distribution

$0.2680per share · −0.2% vs previous
Ex-dividend dateOct 1Thursday, 2026
Payment dateOct 5Monday, 2026

Paid. Next monthly distribution expected around November 1 (not yet announced).

  • 4.10%trailing 12-month yield
  • $3.15paid in the last 12 months
  • Monthly12 payments a year
  • 2007paying since
  • +15.3%5-year growth a year

BSV dividend income calculator

Income a year
$315
Each payment
$26
Value of the shares
$7,679
Yield
4.10%

At the latest close; trailing 12-month distributions of $3.15 per share, before tax.

BSV distributions per share by year

Distributions per shareYield at year-end (right axis)

Calendar years by ex-dividend date. Yield = the year's distributions divided by the year-end price.

BSV distribution payments

Distribution

Each bar is one payment, by ex-dividend month (last 36 payments).

BSV distributions by year

BSV distributions by year
YearPer shareGrowthYield (year-end)Payments
2026to date$2.36——9
2025$3.02+15.6%3.83%12
2024$2.61+38.1%3.38%12
2023$1.89+68.1%2.46%12
2022$1.13+2.2%1.50%12
2021$1.10−25.6%1.36%12
2020$1.48−19.7%1.79%12

Full history in the distribution table below.

BSV yield on cost

BSV yield on cost
BoughtPaidYield on costPaid out since% of price
1 year ago$79.113.98%$3.154.0%
3 years ago$74.994.20%$8.5711.4%
5 years ago$81.413.87%$11.3814.0%
10 years ago$80.603.90%$18.6323.1%

Trailing 12-month distributions as a yield on the price paid then, and the distributions one share has paid since (before tax).

BSV yield vs similar ETFs

BSV dividend yield compared with similar ETFs
ETFFundYieldExpense ratio
BSVVanguard Short-Term Bond ETF4.28%0.03%
AGGiShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF4.30%0.03%
BNDVanguard Total Bond Market ETF4.17%0.03%
SCHZSchwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF4.44%0.02%
IUSBiShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF4.44%0.05%
GOVTiShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF3.67%0.05%
VGITVanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF4.06%0.04%
IEFiShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF4.18%0.14%
SHYiShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF3.64%0.15%

Trailing 12-month distribution yield as reported by EODHD.

BSV distribution history

237 payments
BSV distribution history
Ex-dividend dateRecord datePayment dateAmountChange
2026-10-012026-10-012026-10-05$0.2680−0.2%
2026-09-012026-09-012026-09-03$0.2684+0.8%
2026-08-032026-08-032026-08-05$0.2661+1.8%
2026-07-012026-07-012026-07-06$0.2614−2.2%
2026-06-012026-06-012026-06-03$0.2673+3.1%
2026-05-012026-05-012026-05-05$0.2593−2.7%
2026-04-012026-04-012026-04-06$0.2666+10.4%
2026-03-022026-03-022026-03-04$0.2415−9.1%
2026-02-022026-02-022026-02-04$0.2658−0.3%
2025-12-182025-12-182025-12-22$0.2666+6.7%
2025-12-012025-12-012025-12-03$0.2500−5.8%
2025-11-032025-11-032025-11-05$0.2655+4.8%
Show all 237 distributions
Ex-dividend dateRecord datePayment dateAmountChange
2025-10-012025-10-012025-10-03$0.2533−2.6%
2025-09-022025-09-022025-09-04$0.2601+0.4%
2025-08-012025-08-012025-08-05$0.2592+3.4%
2025-07-012025-07-012025-07-03$0.2507−2.9%
2025-06-022025-06-022025-06-04$0.2582+9.4%
2025-05-012025-05-012025-05-05$0.2361−5.4%
2025-04-012025-04-012025-04-03$0.2496+11.5%
2025-03-032025-03-032025-03-05$0.2239−9.5%
2025-02-032025-02-032025-02-05$0.2474+2.9%
2024-12-242024-12-242024-12-27$0.2404+3.9%
2024-12-022024-12-022024-12-04$0.2314−1.1%
2024-11-012024-11-012024-11-05$0.2341+5.1%
2024-10-012024-10-012024-10-03$0.2227−2.9%
2024-09-032024-09-032024-09-05$0.2293+1.2%
2024-08-012024-08-012024-08-05$0.2266+4.6%
2024-07-012024-07-012024-07-03$0.2166−1.7%
2024-06-032024-06-032024-06-05$0.2203+8.9%
2024-05-012024-05-022024-05-06$0.2022−1.0%
2024-04-012024-04-022024-04-04$0.2043+8.5%
2024-03-012024-03-042024-03-06$0.1883−4.7%
2024-02-012024-02-022024-02-06$0.1976+1.4%
2023-12-222023-12-262023-12-28$0.1950+5.2%
2023-12-012023-12-042023-12-06$0.1853−0.5%
2023-11-012023-11-022023-11-06$0.1861+8.3%
2023-10-022023-10-032023-10-05$0.1718+0.7%
2023-09-012023-09-052023-09-07$0.1706+1.9%
2023-08-012023-08-022023-08-04$0.1673+13.5%
2023-07-032023-07-052023-07-07$0.1474+0.8%
2023-06-012023-06-022023-06-06$0.1463+5.7%
2023-05-012023-05-022023-05-04$0.1384+0.0%
2023-04-032023-04-042023-04-06$0.1384+17.2%
2023-03-012023-03-022023-03-06$0.1181−8.0%
2023-02-012023-02-022023-02-06$0.1283+5.9%
2022-12-232022-12-272022-12-29$0.1212+7.6%
2022-12-012022-12-022022-12-06$0.1127+0.4%
2022-11-012022-11-022022-11-04$0.1122+11.9%
2022-10-032022-10-042022-10-06$0.1003+2.8%
2022-09-012022-09-022022-09-07$0.0976+3.2%
2022-08-012022-08-022022-08-04$0.0945+2.7%
2022-07-012022-07-052022-07-07$0.0921+12.0%
2022-06-012022-06-022022-06-06$0.0822+10.0%
2022-05-022022-05-032022-05-05$0.0747−24.4%
2022-04-012022-04-042022-04-06$0.0989+49.2%
2022-03-012022-03-022022-03-04$0.0663−10.3%
2022-02-012022-02-022022-02-04$0.0739−66.6%
2021-12-232021-12-272021-12-29$0.2215+208.4%
2021-12-012021-12-022021-12-06$0.0718−1.8%
2021-11-012021-11-022021-11-04$0.0731+0.5%
2021-10-012021-10-042021-10-06$0.0728−3.9%
2021-09-012021-09-022021-09-07$0.0757+5.8%
2021-08-022021-08-032021-08-05$0.0716−8.7%
2021-07-012021-07-022021-07-07$0.0785−5.1%
2021-06-012021-06-022021-06-04$0.0827−2.0%
2021-05-032021-05-042021-05-06$0.0844−5.2%
2021-04-012021-04-052021-04-07$0.0890+5.6%
2021-03-012021-03-022021-03-04$0.0843−12.4%
2021-02-012021-02-022021-02-04$0.0962−5.6%
2020-12-232020-12-242020-12-29$0.1019+0.1%
2020-12-012020-12-022020-12-04$0.1018−4.8%
2020-11-022020-11-032020-11-05$0.1070−2.0%
2020-10-012020-10-022020-10-06$0.1092−5.8%
2020-09-012020-09-022020-09-04$0.1159−3.6%
2020-08-032020-08-042020-08-06$0.1203−1.2%
2020-07-012020-07-022020-07-07$0.1218−7.8%
2020-06-012020-06-022020-06-04$0.1321−3.1%
2020-05-012020-05-042020-05-06$0.1363−5.6%
2020-04-012020-04-022020-04-06$0.1445+5.8%
2020-03-022020-03-032020-03-05$0.1366−10.9%
2020-02-032020-02-042020-02-06$0.1533+2.2%
2019-12-232019-12-242019-12-27$0.1501+1.9%
2019-12-022019-12-032019-12-05$0.1472−3.5%
2019-11-012019-11-042019-11-06$0.1526−1.8%
2019-10-012019-10-022019-10-04$0.1553−0.3%
2019-09-032019-09-042019-09-06$0.1557−0.2%
2019-08-012019-08-022019-08-06$0.1561+1.8%
2019-07-012019-07-022019-07-05$0.1534−2.9%
2019-06-032019-06-042019-06-06$0.1580+0.9%
2019-05-012019-05-022019-05-06$0.1566+1.9%
2019-04-012019-04-022019-04-04$0.1537+9.1%
2019-03-012019-03-042019-03-06$0.1409−13.8%
2019-02-012019-02-042019-02-06$0.1636+14.2%
2018-12-242018-12-262018-12-28$0.1432+2.0%
2018-12-032018-12-042018-12-06$0.1404−2.5%
2018-11-012018-11-022018-11-06$0.1440+7.0%
2018-10-012018-10-022018-10-04$0.1345−2.3%
2018-09-042018-09-052018-09-07$0.1377+2.4%
2018-08-012018-08-022018-08-06$0.1345+8.5%
2018-07-022018-07-032018-07-06$0.1240−4.1%
2018-06-012018-06-042018-06-06$0.1293+4.8%
2018-05-012018-05-022018-05-04$0.1234−1.9%
2018-04-022018-04-032018-04-05$0.1257+13.9%
2018-03-012018-03-022018-03-06$0.1103−6.6%
2018-02-012018-02-022018-02-06$0.1182+1.7%
2017-12-262017-12-272017-12-29$0.1162+4.9%
2017-12-012017-12-042017-12-06$0.1108−3.2%
2017-11-012017-11-022017-11-06$0.1145+4.4%
2017-10-022017-10-032017-10-05$0.1097−2.7%
2017-09-012017-09-062017-09-08$0.1127+0.8%
2017-08-012017-08-032017-08-07$0.1118+4.1%
2017-07-032017-07-062017-07-10$0.1073−1.6%
2017-06-012017-06-052017-06-07$0.1091+2.9%
2017-05-012017-05-032017-05-05$0.1060−5.0%
2017-04-032017-04-052017-04-07$0.1116+17.7%
2017-03-012017-03-032017-03-07$0.0948−3.6%
2017-02-012017-02-032017-02-07$0.0984−15.8%
2016-12-222016-12-272016-12-29$0.1168+18.7%
2016-12-012016-12-052016-12-07$0.0984−2.0%
2016-11-012016-11-032016-11-07$0.1004+3.2%
2016-10-032016-10-052016-10-07$0.0973−3.5%
2016-09-012016-09-062016-09-08$0.1008−0.0%
2016-08-012016-08-032016-08-05$0.1009+1.1%
2016-07-012016-07-062016-07-08$0.0998+2.3%
2016-06-012016-06-032016-06-07$0.0975+3.2%
2016-05-022016-05-042016-05-06$0.0945−1.8%
2016-04-012016-04-052016-04-07$0.0962+8.3%
2016-03-012016-03-032016-03-07$0.0888−5.7%
2016-02-012016-02-032016-02-05$0.0941−34.6%
2015-12-232015-12-282015-12-30$0.1441+65.2%
2015-12-012015-12-032015-12-07$0.0872−0.9%
2015-11-022015-11-042015-11-06$0.0879+0.5%
2015-10-012015-10-052015-10-07$0.0875−0.4%
2015-09-012015-09-032015-09-08$0.0878−1.4%
2015-08-032015-08-052015-08-07$0.0891+4.3%
2015-07-012015-07-062015-07-08$0.0853−2.7%
2015-06-012015-06-032015-06-05$0.0877+2.2%
2015-05-012015-05-052015-05-07$0.0858−22.5%
2015-04-012015-04-062015-04-08$0.1107+41.0%
2015-03-022015-03-042015-03-06$0.0785−6.9%
2015-02-022015-02-042015-02-06$0.0843−54.0%
2014-12-232014-12-262014-12-30$0.1834+118.3%
2014-12-222014-12-192014-12-23$0.0840+3.0%
2014-12-012014-12-032014-12-05$0.0815−3.7%
2014-11-032014-11-052014-11-07$0.0846+6.7%
2014-10-012014-10-032014-10-07$0.0793−3.4%
2014-09-022014-09-042014-09-08$0.0822−0.3%
2014-08-012014-08-052014-08-07$0.0824+3.5%
2014-07-012014-07-032014-07-08$0.0796−1.5%
2014-06-022014-06-042014-06-06$0.0809+3.7%
2014-05-012014-05-052014-05-07$0.0780−16.7%
2014-04-012014-04-032014-04-07$0.0936+32.4%
2014-03-032014-03-052014-03-07$0.0707−7.5%
2014-02-032014-02-052014-02-07$0.0764−70.6%
2013-12-242013-12-272013-12-31$0.2601+254.8%
2013-12-022013-12-042013-12-06$0.0733−4.1%
2013-11-012013-11-052013-11-07$0.0764+4.5%
2013-10-012013-10-032013-10-07$0.0731−3.6%
2013-09-032013-09-052013-09-09$0.0758+0.9%
2013-08-012013-08-052013-08-07$0.0752−1.4%
2013-07-012013-07-032013-07-08$0.0763−6.1%
2013-06-032013-06-052013-06-07$0.0812−0.3%
2013-05-012013-05-032013-05-07$0.0814−41.2%
2013-04-012013-04-032013-04-05$0.1384+70.6%
2013-03-012013-03-052013-03-07$0.0811−13.8%
2013-02-012013-02-052013-02-07$0.0941−69.4%
2012-12-242012-12-272012-12-31$0.3077+230.1%
2012-12-032012-12-052012-12-07$0.0932−4.5%
2012-11-012012-11-052012-11-07$0.0976+1.6%
2012-10-012012-10-032012-10-05$0.0960−5.1%
2012-09-042012-09-062012-09-10$0.1012−2.6%
2012-08-012012-08-032012-08-07$0.1039+2.7%
2012-07-022012-07-052012-07-09$0.1012−5.9%
2012-06-012012-06-052012-06-07$0.1076−0.9%
2012-05-012012-05-032012-05-07$0.1086−24.3%
2012-04-022012-04-042012-04-09$0.1436+34.6%
2012-03-012012-03-052012-03-07$0.1067−7.3%
2012-02-012012-02-032012-02-07$0.1151−76.6%
2011-12-232011-12-282011-12-30$0.4910+329.7%
2011-12-012011-12-052011-12-07$0.1143−11.0%
2011-11-012011-11-032011-11-07$0.1284+13.1%
2011-10-032011-10-052011-10-07$0.1135−11.6%
2011-09-012011-09-062011-09-08$0.1284−2.9%
2011-08-012011-08-032011-08-05$0.1323+3.1%
2011-07-012011-07-062011-07-08$0.1283−5.0%
2011-06-012011-06-032011-06-07$0.1351+2.6%
2011-05-022011-05-042011-05-06$0.1317−6.1%
2011-04-012011-04-052011-04-07$0.1403+130.0%
2011-03-232011-03-252011-03-29$0.0610−52.5%
2011-03-012011-03-032011-03-07$0.1283−8.7%
2011-02-012011-02-032011-02-07$0.1405−68.8%
2010-12-272010-12-292010-12-31$0.4510+223.4%
2010-12-012010-12-032010-12-07$0.1394−4.4%
2010-11-012010-11-032010-11-05$0.1459+2.2%
2010-10-012010-10-052010-10-07$0.1428−3.2%
2010-09-012010-09-032010-09-08$0.1474−1.3%
2010-08-022010-08-042010-08-06$0.1494+0.8%
2010-07-012010-07-062010-07-08$0.1482−4.5%
2010-06-012010-06-032010-06-07$0.1552+0.5%
2010-05-032010-05-052010-05-07$0.1545−27.2%
2010-04-012010-04-062010-04-08$0.2122+45.9%
2010-03-012010-03-032010-03-05$0.1454−10.9%
2010-02-012010-02-032010-02-05$0.1633−1.8%
2009-12-282009-12-292009-12-31$0.1663+1,979.2%
2009-12-242009-12-292009-12-31$0.0080−95.0%
2009-12-012009-12-032009-12-07$0.1601−4.2%
2009-11-022009-11-042009-11-06$0.1672+0.4%
2009-10-012009-10-052009-10-07$0.1665−5.9%
2009-09-012009-09-032009-09-08$0.1769−3.2%
2009-08-032009-08-052009-08-07$0.1828+2.6%
2009-07-012009-07-062009-07-08$0.1782−7.3%
2009-06-012009-06-032009-06-05$0.1921−0.4%
2009-05-012009-05-052009-05-07$0.1929−3.5%
2009-04-012009-04-032009-04-07$0.1999+4.0%
2009-03-022009-03-042009-03-06$0.1922−13.1%
2009-02-022009-02-042009-02-06$0.2211−0.6%
2008-12-242008-12-292008-12-31$0.2224−2.3%
2008-12-012008-12-032008-12-05$0.2277−5.9%
2008-11-032008-11-052008-11-07$0.2419+9.8%
2008-10-012008-10-032008-10-07$0.2203−6.3%
2008-09-022008-09-042008-09-08$0.2351−2.6%
2008-08-012008-08-052008-08-07$0.2414+3.1%
2008-07-012008-07-032008-07-08$0.2342−4.8%
2008-06-022008-06-042008-06-06$0.2460+3.3%
2008-05-012008-05-052008-05-07$0.2381−8.8%
2008-04-012008-04-032008-04-07$0.2610+5.9%
2008-03-032008-03-052008-03-07$0.2466−9.0%
2008-02-012008-02-052008-02-07$0.2710−1.8%
2007-12-242007-12-272007-12-31$0.2761+2.4%
2007-12-032007-12-052007-12-07$0.2697−2.9%
2007-11-012007-11-052007-11-07$0.2777+7.1%
2007-10-012007-10-032007-10-05$0.2593−10.0%
2007-09-042007-09-062007-09-10$0.2881+9.3%
2007-08-012007-08-032007-08-07$0.2635−2.7%
2007-07-022007-07-052007-07-09$0.2710+5.8%
2007-06-012007-06-052007-06-07$0.2561+191.6%
2007-05-012007-05-032007-05-07$0.0878—

Amounts per share. Highlighted rows are declared but not yet paid.

BSV dividend overview

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF pays monthly distributions made up of interest from the bonds it holds, less fund expenses. Over the past 12 months it paid $3.15 per share, a yield of 4.10% at the latest close of $76.79. In 2025 it paid $3.02 per share, up 15.6% from 2024. Over five years distributions changed +15.3% a year and over ten years +10.5%.

The distribution yield looks back at income already paid. The yield to maturity of the bonds the fund holds today is 5.34%, which indicates what the portfolio earns from here if rates stay where they are; see the BSV bond profile.

Related: BSV chart, BSV performance, BSV bond profile, BSV overview.

BSV dividends FAQ

Does BSV pay a dividend?

Yes. BSV pays monthly distributions and has paid them since 2007. The most recent was $0.2680 per share with an ex-dividend date of October 1, 2026, payable October 5, 2026.

What is the BSV dividend yield?

BSV paid $3.15 per share over the past 12 months, a trailing yield of 4.10% at the latest close of $76.79.

When is the next BSV dividend?

The next monthly distribution has not been announced yet. Based on the usual schedule the next ex-dividend date should fall around November 1, 2026.

How often does BSV pay dividends?

BSV pays distributions monthly, 12 times a year.

How much did BSV pay in dividends in 2025?

BSV paid $3.02 per share in 12 distributions in 2025.

How much income does 100 shares of BSV pay?

100 shares of BSV would have paid about $315 over the past 12 months, before tax.