VBND ETF — Vident Core U.S. Bond Strategy ETF

Vident Core U.S. Bond Strategy ETF (VBND)

Updated October 16, 2026.

VBND is an ETF. its distribution rate is 4.95%, its trailing-12-month yield is 4.53%, its expense ratio is 0.41%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 87/100 (Safe). Total return is 18.4% over the past 12 years, 381.6 points behind SPY at 400.0%.

Vident Core U.S. Bond Strategy ETF is an actively managed fixed income fund that seeks current income and long-term capital appreciation by investing at least eighty percent of its assets in U.S. debt instruments, including agency mortgage-backed securities, dollar-denominated international bonds, and private credit funds. The fund distributes monthly income at a current high distribution rate, with an expense ratio of 0.41%. It appeals to income-focused investors seeking regular distributions from a diversified bond strategy.

VBND performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 18.4% over the past 12 years, 381.6 points behind SPY at 400.0%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -1.7%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 4.3%.

VBND key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

87 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

4.31%

Issuer

Vident Financial

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Fixed Income

Inception date

10/15/2014

Expense ratio

0.41%

Distribution rate

4.95%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

4.53%

Last close

$42.00 (as of 2026-10-16)

AUM

$516,781,403

Average volume

27851.0

Dividend

$0.1734

Ex-dividend date

09/17/2026

Payment date

09/18/2026

Beta

0.97

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (4.95%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (4.53%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Vident Financial; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

VBND risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 4.3%.

Who may consider VBND — and who may not

VBND may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score, moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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