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VBND · Vident U.S. Bond Strategy ETF

VBND returned −2.1% over the year to Oct 20, 2026, charges 0.41% a year and holds $510m in net assets on May 31, 2026.

Bond fundActively managed0.41% fee$510m net assets, latest filing (May 31, 2026)First traded Oct 16, 2014SEC filings ↗Dividend history

VBND is actively managed and returned −2.1% over the past year.

−2.1%
Total return, 1 year
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0.41%
Expense ratio
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173
Holdings
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−3.1%
Below its high
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4.6%
12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price
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$0.1714
Last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 20, 2026
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Price and total return, 1 year

$41.83−0.2%1 day, priceClose, Oct 20, 2026

Total return adds every distribution, reinvested. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Oct 20, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error

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VBND returns by window: total return, cash paid and price change
WindowTotal return
1M Sep 18 – Oct 20, 2026−0.7%
3M Jul 21 – Oct 20, 2026−1.8%
6M Apr 21 – Oct 20, 2026−2.2%
YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 20, 2026−1.8%
1Y Oct 20, 2025 – Oct 20, 2026−2.1%
3Y Oct 20, 2023 – Oct 20, 2026+16.4%
5Y Oct 21, 2021 – Oct 20, 2026−0.5%
10Y Oct 21, 2016 – Oct 20, 2026+12.0%
Since launch Oct 16, 2014 – Oct 20, 2026+18.4%
Since launch, annualised Oct 16, 2014 – Oct 20, 2026+1.4%

Total return at closing prices, distributions reinvested. Every column is a total return. Year to date runs from the last close of the year before. Annualised is the steady yearly rate that gives the since-launch total over the same days. Source: ETFIQ.

Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested. Data as of Oct 20, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error

Money in and out

Monthly figures · as of May 31, 2026

VBND: in the month to May 31, 2026, net $4.4m came in, by its SEC filing.

12 months
+$57.1m
12.7% of $448m on May 31, 2025
Jun 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
3 years
+$126m
33.3% of $379m on May 31, 2023
Jun 1, 2023 to May 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
5 years
+$163m
40.0% of $409m on May 31, 2021
Jun 1, 2021 to May 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
Since Sep 2019
+$88.4m
Sep 1, 2019 to May 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings

Computed by ETFIQ from the monthly sales and redemptions VBND files with the SEC on Form N-PORT.

How this is computed

ETFIQ reads no daily figures for this fund, so its flows are monthly, and the latest month filed is May 2026. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for VBND, back to Sep 2019, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare VBND with other funds in the flows tool

Month by month, money in and money outJun 2023 to May 2026

VBND, money in and money out each month from Jun 2023 to May 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from VBND’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 17 and went out in 5.

Every bar is from VBND’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 17 and went out in 5.

MonthInOutNet
May 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$4.4m$0+$4.4m
Apr 2026 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Mar 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$8.7m$0+$8.7m
Feb 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$4.4m$0+$4.4m
Jan 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$13.2m$0+$13.2m
Dec 2025 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Nov 2025 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Oct 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$13.3m$0+$13.3m
Sep 2025 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Aug 2025 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Jul 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$13.0m$0+$13.0m
Jun 2025 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
May 2025 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Apr 2025 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Mar 2025 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Feb 2025 SEC Form N-PORT$0−$4.3m−$4.3m
Jan 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$12.9m$0+$12.9m
Dec 2024 SEC Form N-PORT$0−$4.3m−$4.3m
Nov 2024 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Oct 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$4.4m$0+$4.4m
Sep 2024 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Aug 2024 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Jul 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$8.7m$0+$8.7m
Jun 2024 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
May 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$4.3m$0+$4.3m
Apr 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$12.8m$0+$12.8m
Mar 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$4.3m$0+$4.3m
Feb 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$8.8m$0+$8.8m
Jan 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$8.8m$0+$8.8m
Dec 2023 SEC Form N-PORT+$4.4m−$8.8m−$4.5m
Nov 2023 SEC Form N-PORT+$4.2m−$4.3m−$29k
Oct 2023 SEC Form N-PORT$0−$4.1m−$4.1m
Sep 2023 SEC Form N-PORT+$8.5m$0+$8.5m
Aug 2023 SEC Form N-PORT+$4.3m$0+$4.3m
Jul 2023 SEC Form N-PORT+$8.6m$0+$8.6m
Jun 2023 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0

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How this is computed

N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions.

N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily figures; the Source column names any missing day.

Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of May 31, 2026. Updated when the fund files its next report. Report a data error

VBND key stats

52-week high, daily closes to Oct 20, 2026 (ETFIQ)$44.88 on Oct 24, 2025
52-week low, daily closes to Oct 20, 2026 (ETFIQ)$41.47 on Oct 5, 2026
Close on Oct 20, 2026, within that range (ETFIQ)$41.83, 11% of the way from the low to the high
Holdings173
Top ten weight35.4%
Range, beta and R-squared computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

About VBND

What it tracksNo index, actively managed
Fund typeBond fund
Category (ETFIQ)Bonds · Intermediate core-plus bond
Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Dec 18, 2025)0.41%
Price$41.83
First tradedOct 16, 2014
Net assets (SEC filing, whole fund, as filed for May 31, 2026)$510mReport
Benchmark (ETFIQ, from its filings)Its own holdings, as of May 31, 2026; its prospectus names no index it tracks
Below its high (ETFIQ)−3.1%
Holdings173
Top ten weight35.4%
Holdings as of (SEC N-PORT)May 31, 2026

Questions people ask about VBND

How has VBND performed?
Over the year to Oct 20, 2026, VBND returned −2.1% with distributions reinvested. Over three years the figure is +16.4%.
What does VBND cost?
The prospectus expense ratio is 0.41% a year.
How far is VBND below its high?
3.1% below its high of Feb 27, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 20, 2026.
Sources and dates
Prices, VBNDTiingo end-of-day · Oct 20, 2026
Fee, 0.41%Prospectus filing with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Net assets, $510mSEC filing, whole fund · May 31, 2026
SourceHoldings filing (SEC Form N-PORT) ↗
IssuerVident website ↗
All fund filingsFund filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
Vident’s own site ↗

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