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BND vs. SCHD

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

BND
$
Today’s Change
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vs

Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF

SCHD
$
Today’s Change
()

Correlation

1M
3M
6M
YTD
1Y
3Y
Max

Performance Measures**

for the time period Apr 10, 2007 to Dec 12, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

BND

-0.3%

0.2%

SCHD

2.9%

2.7%

Diff.

-3.2%

-2.5%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

BND

-18.1%

5.2%

SCHD

-33.4%

15.6%

Diff.

+15.3%

-10.4%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

BND

0.61

0.17

SCHD

0.83

0.37

Diff.

-0.22

-0.2

BNDVanguard Total Bond Market ETF
SCHDSchwab US Dividend Equity ETF

What is BND?

BND Invests in more than 3000 bonds representative of the broad U.S. investment-grade market. Goal is to keep pace with U.S. bond market returns. Offers relatively high potential for investment income; share value tends to rise and fall modestly. More appropriate for medium- or long-term goals where you re looking for a reliable income stream. Appropriate for diversifying the risks of stocks in a portfolio.

Snapshot
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BND Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF
SCHD Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF
Inception date
Apr 3, 2007
Oct 20, 2011
Expense ratio
0.03%
0.06%
BND has a lower expense ratio than SCHD by 0.03%. This can indicate that it’s cheaper to invest in BND than SCHD.
Type
US Bonds
US Equities
BND targets investing in US Bonds, while SCHD targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Vanguard
Schwab
BND is managed by Vanguard, while SCHD is managed by Schwab.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$433,296,798
$191,902,599
Both BND and SCHD are considered high-volume assets. They’re less likely to be affected by issues like slippage and failed orders on Composer than low-volume assets.
AUM
$94,675,540,467
$47,737,029,197
BND has more assets under management than SCHD by $46,938,511,270. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index
Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index
BND is based off of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index, while SCHD is based off of the Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither BND nor SCHD use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
BND and SCHD both use a Passive investing strategy. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.
Dividend
No
Yes
SCHD may offer dividends, while BND does not. The frequency and yield of the dividend for SCHD may vary.
Prospectus
Neither BND nor SCHD require a K1.

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OOS Cumulative Return

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Disclaimers

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