Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF BLV AMEX · Financials · United States
$63.94 -1.28% -$0.83
Summary
Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by Vanguard. Positions inside: 2,906. The ten largest make up 11% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.03%
- Fund size
- $5.30B
- Positions
- 2,906
- Dividend yield
- 5.16%
- Running since
- 2007
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.03% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.20%).
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 11% of the fund.
- A large fund with $5.30B under management.
- Easy to buy and sell: about $50.8M changes hands a day.
- It has been running since 2007.
What to watch
- 93% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 43% from its high.
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- +1.3%
- 3 months
- -3.5%
- This year
- -8.0%
- 1 year
- -9.4%
- 3 years
- -4.1%
- 5 years
- -38%
- 10 years
- -29%
What is inside?
Widely spread- 1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 5.00% 05/15/2056 1.2%
- 2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.75% 05/15/2055 1.1%
- 3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.63% 05/15/2054 1.1%
- 4 United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.75% 02/15/2056 1.1%
- 5 United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.75% 11/15/2053 1.1%
- 6 United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.63% 11/15/2055 1.1%
- 7 United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.50% 11/15/2054 1.1%
- 8 United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.25% 08/15/2054 1.1%
- 9 United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.25% 02/15/2054 1.1%
- 10 United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.75% 08/15/2055 1.0%
Positions in the fund: 2,906. The ten largest make up 11% of it.
Composition as of Nov 6, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy country
- United States 93%
- Mexico 1.1%
- United Kingdom 0.9%
- Canada 0.9%
- Other countries 3.7%
Largest country: United States (93%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $3.00
- Over 20 years
- $151
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $3.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $151.
How has it done?
Losing value- A year on average, 10 years
- -3.4%
- Deepest drop
- -43%
- Yearly volatility
- 8.6%
Average yearly decline over the last ten years: 3.4%. Deepest drop in these years: 43% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 5.16%
- Payments a year
- 12
- Last payment
- $0.28
Over the last 12 months it paid $3.30 per share, which is 5.16% of today's price. The last payment was $0.28 on Nov 2, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Very easy- Traded a day
- $50.8M
- Shares a day
- 795K
On an average day about $50.8M of the fund changes hands.