BIV Distribution History & Yield

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · NYSEArca

ETF Intermediate Core Bond Monthly payer Bond fund
$74.87
-0.09% today
as of Sep 8, 2026
TTM yield
4.38%
$3.278/share over the last 12 months
Forward yield
4.38%
$3.278/share indicated annual rate
Annual distribution
$3.278
per share, forward
Per payment
$0.2732
per share, every month
Frequency
Monthly
12 payments a year
Next ex-distribution date
Oct 1, 2026 Estimated
in 23 days
Next pay date
Oct 15, 2026
in 37 days
Last ex-distribution date
Sep 1, 2026
$0.285 per share
Expense ratio
0.03%
AUM 52.1B
Consistency
96/100
very stable payouts
5y distribution CAGR
+17.1%
annualised, regular payments
Growth streak
4 yrs
consecutive annual raises
Years paying
19.4
since May 1, 2007
1y total return
+0.4%
price -3.8% + distributions 4.2%

Upcoming distribution payments

Ex-datePay datePer sharePer 100 sharesStatus
Thu, Oct 1, 2026 (in 23 days) Oct 15, 2026 $0.2732 $27.32 Estimated
Sat, Oct 31, 2026 (in 53 days) Nov 14, 2026 $0.2732 $27.32 Estimated
Mon, Nov 30, 2026 (in 83 days) Dec 14, 2026 $0.2732 $27.32 Estimated
Wed, Dec 30, 2026 (in 113 days) Jan 13, 2027 $0.2732 $27.32 Estimated
Fri, Jan 29, 2027 (in 143 days) Feb 12, 2027 $0.2732 $27.32 Estimated
Sun, Feb 28, 2027 (in 173 days) Mar 14, 2027 $0.2732 $27.32 Estimated
Tue, Mar 30, 2027 (in 203 days) Apr 13, 2027 $0.2732 $27.32 Estimated
Thu, Apr 29, 2027 (in 233 days) May 13, 2027 $0.2732 $27.32 Estimated
Sat, May 29, 2027 (in 263 days) Jun 12, 2027 $0.2732 $27.32 Estimated
Mon, Jun 28, 2027 (in 293 days) Jul 12, 2027 $0.2732 $27.32 Estimated
Wed, Jul 28, 2027 (in 323 days) Aug 11, 2027 $0.2732 $27.32 Estimated
Fri, Aug 27, 2027 (in 353 days) Sep 10, 2027 $0.2732 $27.32 Estimated

Estimated dates and amounts are projected from BIV's recent payment pattern and will be replaced by declared figures when the fund announces them. Total over the next 12 months: about $3.278 per share.

Distribution payment history

Last 40 payments per share. RegularSpecial

Last 40 payments per share from Jun 1, 2023 to Sep 1, 2026; most recent $0.285$0.00$0.20$0.40Jun 1, 2023: $0.193Jun '23Jul 3, 2023: $0.192Aug 1, 2023: $0.203Sep 1, 2023: $0.207Oct 2, 2023: $0.206Nov 1, 2023: $0.216Nov '23Dec 1, 2023: $0.213Dec 22, 2023: $0.225Feb 1, 2024: $0.226Mar 1, 2024: $0.211Apr 1, 2024: $0.234Apr '24May 1, 2024: $0.228Jun 3, 2024: $0.238Jul 1, 2024: $0.234Aug 1, 2024: $0.242Sep 3, 2024: $0.243Sep '24Oct 1, 2024: $0.236Nov 1, 2024: $0.247Dec 2, 2024: $0.241Dec 24, 2024: $0.253Feb 3, 2025: $0.253Feb '25Mar 3, 2025: $0.233Apr 1, 2025: $0.261May 1, 2025: $0.253Jun 2, 2025: $0.266Jul 1, 2025: $0.258Jul '25Aug 1, 2025: $0.265Sep 2, 2025: $0.266Oct 1, 2025: $0.26Nov 3, 2025: $0.269Dec 1, 2025: $0.264Dec '25Dec 18, 2025: $0.277Feb 2, 2026: $0.274Mar 2, 2026: $0.251Apr 1, 2026: $0.281May 1, 2026: $0.274May '26Jun 1, 2026: $0.282Jul 1, 2026: $0.275Aug 3, 2026: $0.286Sep 1, 2026: $0.285

Annual distributions per share

Annual dividend per share by calendar year, 2017 to 2026 (year to date)$0.00$2.00$4.002017: $2.254$2.25420172018: $2.337$2.33720182019: $2.398$2.39820192020: $1.939$1.93920202021: $1.429$1.42920212022: $1.793$1.79320222023: $2.364$2.36420232024: $2.833$2.83320242025: $3.125$3.12520252026 (YTD): $2.208$2.2082026 YTD

How much BIV do you need for monthly income?

Target incomeShares neededCapital at today's pricePer year
$100 / month367$27,408$1,200
$500 / month1,831$137,041$6,000
$1,000 / month3,661$274,082$12,000

Based on the forward yield of 4.38%. $10,000 in BIV would currently pay about $438 a year ($36 a month on average). Model reinvestment and growth →

BIV distribution history

Show recent only
Ex-datePay dateAmountChange
Sep 1, 2026 $0.285 -0.3%
Aug 3, 2026 $0.286 +4.0%
Jul 1, 2026 $0.275 -2.5%
Jun 1, 2026 $0.282 +2.9%
May 1, 2026 $0.274 -2.5%
Apr 1, 2026 $0.281 +12.0%
Mar 2, 2026 $0.251 -8.4%
Feb 2, 2026 $0.274 -1.1%
Dec 18, 2025 $0.277 +4.9%
Dec 1, 2025 $0.264 -1.9%
Nov 3, 2025 $0.269 +3.5%
Oct 1, 2025 $0.26 -2.3%
Sep 2, 2025 $0.266 +0.4%
Aug 1, 2025 $0.265 +2.7%
Jul 1, 2025 $0.258 -3.0%
Jun 2, 2025 $0.266 +5.1%
May 1, 2025 $0.253 -3.1%
Apr 1, 2025 $0.261 +12.0%
Mar 3, 2025 $0.233 -7.9%
Feb 3, 2025 $0.253 +0.0%
Dec 24, 2024 $0.253 +5.0%
Dec 2, 2024 $0.241 -2.4%
Nov 1, 2024 $0.247 +4.7%
Oct 1, 2024 $0.236 -2.9%
Sep 3, 2024 $0.243 +0.4%
Aug 1, 2024 $0.242 +3.4%
Jul 1, 2024 $0.234 -1.7%
Jun 3, 2024 $0.238 +4.4%
May 1, 2024 $0.228 -2.6%
Apr 1, 2024 $0.234 +10.9%
Mar 1, 2024 $0.211 -6.6%
Feb 1, 2024 $0.226 +0.4%
Dec 22, 2023 $0.225 +5.6%
Dec 1, 2023 $0.213 -1.4%
Nov 1, 2023 $0.216 +4.9%
Oct 2, 2023 $0.206 -0.5%
Sep 1, 2023 $0.207 +2.0%
Aug 1, 2023 $0.203 +5.7%
Jul 3, 2023 $0.192 -0.5%
Jun 1, 2023 $0.193 +5.5%
May 1, 2023 $0.183 -2.7%
Apr 3, 2023 $0.188 +15.3%
Mar 1, 2023 $0.163 -6.9%
Feb 1, 2023 $0.175 +1.7%
Dec 23, 2022 $0.172 +6.8%
Dec 1, 2022 $0.161 +0.0%
Nov 1, 2022 $0.161 +8.8%
Oct 3, 2022 $0.148 +0.0%
Sep 1, 2022 $0.148 +0.0%
Aug 1, 2022 $0.148 +4.2%
Jul 1, 2022 $0.142 -1.4%
Jun 1, 2022 $0.144 +4.3%
May 2, 2022 $0.138 -16.9%
Apr 1, 2022 $0.166 +31.7%
Mar 1, 2022 $0.126 -9.4%
Feb 1, 2022 $0.139 +0.7%
Dec 23, 2021 $1.11 Special
Dec 1, 2021 $0.138 -2.1%
Nov 1, 2021 $0.141 +2.2%
Oct 1, 2021 $0.138 -3.5%
Sep 1, 2021 $0.143 -1.4%
Aug 2, 2021 $0.145 +2.8%
Jul 1, 2021 $0.141 -4.7%
Jun 1, 2021 $0.148 +3.5%
May 3, 2021 $0.143 +3.6%
Apr 1, 2021 $0.461 Special
Mar 1, 2021 $0.138 -10.4%
Feb 1, 2021 $0.154 +0.0%
Dec 23, 2020 $0.805 Special
Dec 1, 2020 $0.154 -5.5%
Nov 2, 2020 $0.163 +3.2%
Oct 1, 2020 $0.158 -6.0%
Sep 1, 2020 $0.168 -2.3%
Aug 3, 2020 $0.172 +0.0%
Jul 1, 2020 $0.172 -5.5%
Jun 1, 2020 $0.182 +2.2%
May 1, 2020 $0.178 -12.7%
Apr 1, 2020 $0.204 +12.7%
Mar 2, 2020 $0.181 -12.6%
Feb 3, 2020 $0.207 +5.1%
Dec 23, 2019 $0.197 +3.1%
Dec 2, 2019 $0.191 -3.5%
Nov 1, 2019 $0.198 +2.1%
Oct 1, 2019 $0.194 -4.0%
Sep 3, 2019 $0.202 -1.0%
Aug 1, 2019 $0.204 +3.0%
Jul 1, 2019 $0.198 -3.4%
Jun 3, 2019 $0.205 +4.1%
May 1, 2019 $0.197 -3.9%
Apr 1, 2019 $0.205 +8.5%
Mar 1, 2019 $0.189 -13.3%
Feb 1, 2019 $0.218 +8.5%
Dec 24, 2018 $0.201 +2.0%
Dec 3, 2018 $0.197 -2.0%
Nov 1, 2018 $0.201 +3.1%
Oct 1, 2018 $0.195 -2.5%
Sep 4, 2018 $0.20 -1.5%
Aug 1, 2018 $0.203 +1.0%
Jul 2, 2018 $0.201 +2.0%
Jun 1, 2018 $0.197 +4.2%
May 1, 2018 $0.189 -3.1%
Apr 2, 2018 $0.195 +14.0%
Mar 1, 2018 $0.171 -8.6%
Feb 1, 2018 $0.187 -30.2%
Dec 26, 2017 $0.268 +48.9%
Dec 1, 2017 $0.18 -3.2%
Nov 1, 2017 $0.186 +2.8%
Oct 2, 2017 $0.181 -2.7%
Sep 1, 2017 $0.186 +1.1%
Aug 1, 2017 $0.184 +3.4%
Jul 3, 2017 $0.178 -3.3%
Jun 1, 2017 $0.184 +3.4%
May 1, 2017 $0.178 -3.8%
Apr 3, 2017 $0.185 +11.4%
Mar 1, 2017 $0.166 -6.7%
Feb 1, 2017 $0.178 +8800.0%
Dec 22, 2016 $0.002 -98.9%
Dec 1, 2016 $0.176 -1.7%
Nov 1, 2016 $0.179 +2.9%
Oct 3, 2016 $0.174 -3.9%
Sep 1, 2016 $0.181 -2.2%
Aug 1, 2016 $0.185 +4.5%
Jul 1, 2016 $0.177 -2.2%
Jun 1, 2016 $0.181 +2.3%
May 2, 2016 $0.177 -4.3%
Apr 1, 2016 $0.185 +5.1%
Mar 1, 2016 $0.176 -6.4%
Feb 1, 2016 $0.188 -57.8%
Dec 23, 2015 $0.446 +146.4%
Dec 1, 2015 $0.181 +0.6%
Nov 2, 2015 $0.18 -1.6%
Oct 1, 2015 $0.183 -0.5%
Sep 1, 2015 $0.184 -3.2%
Aug 3, 2015 $0.19 +2.7%
Jul 1, 2015 $0.185 -4.1%
Jun 1, 2015 $0.193 +3.8%
May 1, 2015 $0.186 -13.5%
Apr 1, 2015 $0.215 +22.9%
Mar 2, 2015 $0.175 -8.9%
Feb 2, 2015 $0.192 +0.0%
Dec 23, 2014 $0.653 Special
Dec 1, 2014 $0.192 -2.5%
Nov 3, 2014 $0.197 +4.8%
Oct 1, 2014 $0.188 -5.5%
Sep 2, 2014 $0.199 -0.5%
Aug 1, 2014 $0.20 +1.0%
Jul 1, 2014 $0.198 -2.9%
Jun 2, 2014 $0.204 +5.2%
May 1, 2014 $0.194 -20.5%
Apr 1, 2014 $0.244 +29.8%
Mar 3, 2014 $0.188 -22.0%
Feb 3, 2014 $0.241 +16.4%
Dec 24, 2013 $0.804 Special
Dec 2, 2013 $0.207 -2.4%
Nov 1, 2013 $0.212 +3.4%
Oct 1, 2013 $0.205 -4.2%
Sep 3, 2013 $0.214 -4.0%
Aug 1, 2013 $0.223 +8.3%
Jul 1, 2013 $0.206 -1.9%
Jun 3, 2013 $0.21 +2.9%
May 1, 2013 $0.204 -62.9%
Apr 1, 2013 $0.55 +182.1%
Mar 1, 2013 $0.195 -8.5%
Feb 1, 2013 $0.213 -0.5%
Dec 24, 2012 $1.621 Special
Dec 3, 2012 $0.214 -2.7%
Oct 1, 2012 $0.22 -4.8%
Sep 4, 2012 $0.231 -0.4%
Aug 1, 2012 $0.232 +1.3%
Jul 2, 2012 $0.229 -3.0%
Jun 1, 2012 $0.236 +3.1%
May 1, 2012 $0.229 -55.0%
Apr 2, 2012 $0.509 +119.4%
Mar 1, 2012 $0.232 -7.9%
Feb 1, 2012 $0.252 +0.8%
Dec 23, 2011 $1.281 Special
Dec 1, 2011 $0.25 -3.1%
Nov 1, 2011 $0.258 +3.6%
Oct 3, 2011 $0.249 -6.7%
Sep 1, 2011 $0.267 -3.3%
Aug 1, 2011 $0.276 +6.2%
Jul 1, 2011 $0.26 -5.8%
Jun 1, 2011 $0.276 +1.8%
May 2, 2011 $0.271 -4.2%
Apr 1, 2011 $0.283 -4.1%
Mar 23, 2011 $0.295 +17.1%
Mar 1, 2011 $0.252 -9.7%
Feb 1, 2011 $0.279 -60.5%
Dec 27, 2010 $0.706 +160.5%
Dec 1, 2010 $0.271 -1.8%
Nov 1, 2010 $0.276 +2.2%
Oct 1, 2010 $0.27 -2.9%
Sep 1, 2010 $0.278 +0.4%
Aug 2, 2010 $0.277 +2.2%
Jul 1, 2010 $0.271 -1.5%
Jun 1, 2010 $0.275 -2.8%
May 3, 2010 $0.283 +0.0%
Apr 1, 2010 $0.283 +7.2%
Mar 1, 2010 $0.264 -9.6%
Feb 1, 2010 $0.292 -2.0%
Dec 28, 2009 $0.298 +6.0%
Dec 1, 2009 $0.281 -5.1%
Nov 2, 2009 $0.296 +4.2%
Oct 1, 2009 $0.284 -0.7%
Sep 1, 2009 $0.286 -1.7%
Aug 3, 2009 $0.291 +0.0%
Jul 1, 2009 $0.291 -0.3%
Jun 1, 2009 $0.292 +2.1%
May 1, 2009 $0.286 -5.6%
Apr 1, 2009 $0.303 +13.9%
Mar 2, 2009 $0.266 -10.7%
Feb 2, 2009 $0.298 +0.7%
Dec 24, 2008 $0.296 +0.0%
Dec 1, 2008 $0.296 -4.2%
Nov 3, 2008 $0.309 +9.2%
Oct 1, 2008 $0.283 -7.2%
Sep 2, 2008 $0.305 +0.3%
Aug 1, 2008 $0.304 +1.7%
Jul 1, 2008 $0.299 -2.6%
Jun 2, 2008 $0.307 +10.8%
May 1, 2008 $0.277 -9.5%
Apr 1, 2008 $0.306 +18.6%
Mar 3, 2008 $0.258 -12.2%
Feb 1, 2008 $0.294 -0.3%
Dec 24, 2007 $0.295 +0.0%
Dec 3, 2007 $0.295 +0.0%
Nov 1, 2007 $0.295 -1.0%
Oct 1, 2007 $0.298 -0.7%
Sep 4, 2007 $0.30 +24.5%
Aug 1, 2007 $0.241 +10.0%
Jul 2, 2007 $0.219 -7.2%
Jun 1, 2007 $0.236 +12.4%
May 1, 2007 $0.21

Payout risk check

Distribution stabilityLow risk

BIV's last 12 distributions were very stable (consistency score 96/100).

Its share price moved -3.8% over the past year.

This is a rule-based screen computed from public data, not a rating or a recommendation. Read our guide to yield traps for what the signals mean.

About Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

This index includes all medium and larger issues of U.S. government, investment-grade corporate and investment-grade international dollar-denominated bonds that have maturities between 5 and 10 years and are publicly issued. All of the fund's investments will be selected through the sampling process, and at least 80% of its assets will be invested in bonds held in the index.

Fund family: Vanguard. Category: Intermediate Core Bond. First distribution on our records: May 1, 2007. 233 payments tracked.

BIV distribution FAQ

When is BIV's next ex-distribution date?

BIV's next ex-distribution date is Oct 1, 2026 (in 23 days, estimated from its monthly schedule). You must own the shares before that date to receive the payment of about $0.2732 per share, expected on Oct 15, 2026.

How often does BIV pay distributions?

BIV pays distributions every month, 12 times a year. The most recent payment was $0.285 per share with an ex-date of Sep 1, 2026.

What is BIV's distribution yield?

BIV's trailing 12-month distribution yield is 4.38%, based on $3.278 per share paid over the last year and a share price of $74.87. The forward yield, using the indicated annual rate of $3.278 per share, is 4.38%.

How much does BIV pay per share?

BIV pays about $0.2732 per share each month, which works out to roughly $3.278 per share a year. 100 shares would collect about $327.80 a year.

Has BIV grown or cut its distribution?

BIV has raised its annual distribution for 4 consecutive years. Over the last 5 years the regular payout has grown at 17.1% a year (+8.1% over the last year). There has been no cut to a regular payment in the last 5 years.

How many shares of BIV do I need to earn $100 a month?

At the current forward yield of 4.38%, you would need about 367 shares of BIV (roughly $27,408 invested at today's price) to collect $1,200 a year, or $100 a month on average, before taxes. Payments arrive every month, so the monthly figure is an average.

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