Which returned more over the last year, BND or FDVV?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BND returned −1.3% and FDVV +13.5%.

Which is cheaper, BND or FDVV?

BND is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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BND vs FDVV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BND returned −1.3% to FDVV's +13.5%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Sep 30, 2026: $161.4bn for Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF and $10.2bn for Fidelity High Dividend ETF.

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At a glance

−1.3%

BND total return, 1 year

+13.5%

FDVV total return, 1 year

0.03%

BND expense ratio

0.15%

FDVV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

BND costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.8 points; BND is 15.8 times larger.

BND vs FDVV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BND	FDVV
Return
Measure	BND	FDVV
Total return, 1 year	−1.3%	+13.5%
Drawdown
Measure	BND	FDVV
Below its high	3.5%, high on Aug 6, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	BND	FDVV
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index	Fidelity High Dividend Index
Cost and size
Measure	BND	FDVV
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$161.4bn	$10.2bn
Holdings
Measure	BND	FDVV
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		87%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		33.8%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, BND and FDVV hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BND FDVV

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Only in BND

MKTLIQ 0.92%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.40%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39%

Only in FDVV

NVIDIA CORP 6.57%

APPLE INC 6.18%

MICROSOFT CORP 4.88%

BROADCOM INC 3.11%

JPMORGAN CHASE and CO 2.76%

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC 2.66%

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 1.96%

COCA COLA CO 1.96%

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Side by side

BND Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF FDVV Fidelity High Dividend ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Vanguard Fidelity

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Tracks an index of High Dividend

Total return, 1 year −1.3% +13.5%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +0.1 pts vs AGG not measured

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.15%

Holdings 16301 95

Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026 $161.4bn $10.2bn

BND and FDVV on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

BND

BND tracks an index of US aggregate bonds. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.3% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index, measured by the closely related Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.5% below its high of Aug 6, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

FDVV

FDVV tracks an index of High Dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 87% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 95 positions, with the top ten at 33.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BND or FDVV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BND returned −1.3% and FDVV +13.5%.
Which is cheaper, BND or FDVV?: BND is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

BND filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BND prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for BND ↗

FDVV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FDVV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Fidelity website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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