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Data last updated: Oct 04, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 04, 2026): Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF (VB) pays a $3.65 annual dividend ($0.85 quarterly), yielding 1.26% at $288.99/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-09-28. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 1.26%
Annual Dividend: $3.65 per share
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-09-28
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 21
The Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF dividend reflects the fund's passive strategy of holding every security in the CRSP US Small Cap Index, giving investors broad exposure to hundreds of small-capitalization U.S. companies in a single position. VB currently yields 1.23%, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $3.6052 per share paid quarterly. The next ex-dividend date is June 26, 2026, with the last payment of $0.8920 per share. At a beta of 1.053, VB carries slightly more price volatility than the broader market, which shapes its appeal more toward growth-oriented dividend investors than pure income seekers.
Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF pays out dividends sourced from the income generated by its underlying holdings, with a payout ratio classified as not applicable (fund/ETF). Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF dividend safety rests on the fund's full-replication structure: it holds all securities in the CRSP US Small Cap Index, so distributions reflect the aggregate dividends paid by those companies rather than a single corporate balance sheet. The most significant pressure point is that small-cap companies tend to pay lower and more variable dividends than large-caps, which means VB's distributions can fluctuate year to year depending on what the index constituents collectively pay out.
Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF dividend history shows a CAGR of 6.6% per year from 2016 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $1.9300 to $3.4386 over that window (2026 is a partial year and excluded from this calculation). The largest single-year jump was 25.6% in 2021. The window also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, so growth has not been linear. For income investors, 6.6% annualized growth is meaningful over time, but the presence of down years means the dividend does not move in only one direction.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +5.7% | $2.91 (2022) | $3.44 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +9.1% | $2.23 (2020) | $3.44 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +7.7% | $1.64 (2015) | $3.44 (2025) |
VB fits dividend investors who want broad small-cap equity exposure and are willing to accept a low yield in exchange for long-run dividend growth. The current yield of 1.23% is classified as low (below 2%), though it sits above the fund's own 5-year average yield of 1.06%, which means the current entry point offers a modestly better income rate than the recent norm. Growth has averaged 6.6% per year since 2016, but the history includes at least one meaningful decline, so income is not guaranteed to rise every year. What an investor gets here is diversified small-cap exposure with a growing but variable income stream. The trade-off is a yield too low to serve as a primary income source.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | $0.8488 |
| 2026-06-26 | $0.8920 |
| 2026-03-27 | $0.9812 |
| 2025-12-22 | $0.9268 |
| 2025-09-29 | $0.8052 |
| 2025-06-30 | $0.7878 |
| 2025-03-27 | $0.9188 |
| 2024-12-23 | $0.9036 |
| 2024-09-27 | $0.7047 |
| 2024-06-28 | $0.8466 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $2.7220 |
| 2025 | $3.4386 |
| 2024 | $3.1318 |
| 2023 | $3.3170 |
| 2022 | $2.9121 |
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