Bond ETFs:what they yield and what they risk
For every bond ETF: what it yields, how sensitive it is to interest-rate changes, how much credit risk it takes on, and how it held up in hard times.
- 88 bond ETFs
- From SEC filings
- New data each quarter
88 of 88 ETFs
- Vanguard Total Bond Market ETFYield (YTM)–
- iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETFYield (YTM)–
- Vanguard Total International Bond ETFYield (YTM)–
- iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETFYield (YTM)3.67%
- Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETFYield (YTM)5.44%
- Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETFYield (YTM)2.05%
- Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETFYield (YTM)4.31%
- Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETFYield (YTM)4.66%
- Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETFYield (YTM)4.87%
- Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETFYield (YTM)4.15%
- Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETFYield (YTM)4.54%
- State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETFYield (YTM)3.67%
- iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETFYield (YTM)5.29%
- iShares National Muni Bond ETFYield (YTM)4.06%
- iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETFYield (YTM)4.56%
- iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETFYield (YTM)–
- iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETFYield (YTM)4.69%
- JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETFYield (YTM)4.45%
- iShares MBS ETFYield (YTM)–
- Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETFYield (YTM)4.33%
- iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETFYield (YTM)5.67%
- Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETFYield (YTM)4.99%
- iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETFYield (YTM)7.34%
- Fidelity Total Bond ETFYield (YTM)–
- iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETFYield (YTM)4.33%
| ETF | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF | – | – | -5.7% | 99% | -13.2% | -15.7% | $397B |
| iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF | – | – | -5.8% | 100% | -13.1% | -15.6% | $138B |
| Vanguard Total International Bond ETF | – | – | -6.5% | 100% | -12.9% | -13.0% | $123B |
| iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF | 3.67% | -0.20 | -0.1% | Treasury | +1.6% | +0.0% | $106B |
| Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF | 5.44% | +0.99 | -6.0% | 99% | -14.1% | -17.4% | $72.0B |
| Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF | 2.05% | – | -2.3% | Treasury | -2.8% | -2.9% | $71.0B |
| Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF | 4.31% | +0.20 | -2.5% | 99% | -5.5% | -7.3% | $69.8B |
| Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF | 4.66% | +0.40 | -5.9% | 99% | -13.3% | -15.4% | $52.4B |
| Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF | 4.87% | +0.61 | -2.7% | 99% | -5.7% | -8.1% | $51.7B |
| Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF | 4.15% | – | -7.1% | 100% | -8.2% | -11.3% | $48.5B |
| Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF | 4.54% | +0.01 | -4.7% | Treasury | -10.7% | -12.1% | $48.4B |
| State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF | 3.67% | -0.11 | -0.2% | Treasury | +1.4% | -0.1% | $47.1B |
| iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF | 5.29% | +0.04 | -15.1% | Treasury | -31.4% | -33.7% | $47.0B |
| iShares National Muni Bond ETF | 4.06% | – | -7.0% | 100% | -7.5% | -10.5% | $45.4B |
| iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF | 4.56% | +0.02 | -5.5% | Treasury | -12.7% | -14.2% | $43.6B |
| iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF | – | – | -5.5% | 93% | -13.0% | -15.7% | $43.0B |
| iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF | 4.69% | +0.01 | -7.0% | Treasury | -15.2% | -16.4% | $41.8B |
| JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF | 4.45% | +0.40 | -0.7% | 100% | +1.1% | -0.6% | $41.1B |
| iShares MBS ETF | – | – | -5.7% | 100% | -11.9% | -15.0% | $39.6B |
| Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF | 4.33% | +0.03 | -1.7% | Treasury | -3.9% | -5.1% | $39.2B |
| iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | 5.67% | +0.86 | -7.8% | 100% | -18.0% | -22.1% | $32.0B |
| Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF | 4.99% | +1.16 | ≈0% | 100% | +0.5% | -1.7% | $29.2B |
| iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 7.34% | +2.88 | -3.0% | 1% | -11.4% | -14.2% | $28.6B |
| Fidelity Total Bond ETF | – | – | -5.6% | 95% | -12.7% | -15.2% | $28.2B |
| iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF | 4.33% | +0.04 | -1.8% | Treasury | -3.9% | -5.1% | $25.9B |
The full analysis
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How are the figures worked out?
Yield to maturity (YTM): solved bond by bond from price, coupon and maturity, before the fund's costs.
Duration: the one the fund reports itself. For each year of duration, the price moves about 1% against rates.
Yearly returns: those the fund reports in its quarterly filings, price plus distributions.
We cover the bond funds among the 400 most traded US ETFs.
Updated November 14, 2026.
Why does a bond's price fall when rates rise?
A bond pays a fixed coupon. When new bonds pay more, old ones are worth less. How much less depends on the years left to maturity, and that is what rate sensitivity (duration) measures. At a sensitivity of 15, like a long Treasury ETF, a one-point rise in rates takes about 15% off the price.
Is the yield to maturity what I will earn?
Not exactly. It is the yield of the bonds the fund holds today, if held to maturity with no defaults. An ETF never matures: it buys and sells bonds all the time, so the outcome also depends on where rates go, and the fund's costs come out of it. Over roughly as many years as its rate sensitivity, it is the best simple estimate there is.
Why did bond funds fall so much in 2022?
Because the ten-year US Treasury yield went from about 1.5% to over 4% within a year. ETFs with a high rate sensitivity lost more than 30%, those with a low one almost nothing. That is why every fund shows 2022: it is the latest real test.
What does investment grade mean?
Rating agencies grade how likely a bond is to be repaid. BBB and above is investment grade. Below that are high-yield bonds: they pay more because more of them are not repaid, and in a recession they fall along with stocks.
Where do the figures come from and how often do they change?
From Form N-PORT, which every fund files with the SEC: each bond it holds with its price, coupon and maturity, and the rate risk the fund computes itself. The SEC publishes one filing per quarter, about 60 days later, so every fund shows the date of its own. We checked the figures against what the issuers publish and against Treasury yields on the same day.
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This page describes what bond ETFs hold, based on their SEC filings. Bond prices change every day and past returns do not say what comes next.