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Data last updated: Jul 06, 2026
Dividend Yield: 1.20%
Annual Dividend: $3.61 per share
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-06-26
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 21
Vanguard Small-Cap ETF dividend investors get broad exposure to hundreds of small-capitalization U.S. companies through a single passively managed fund. VB tracks the CRSP US Small Cap Index using full replication, meaning it holds every security in the index directly. The fund currently pays a 1.2% yield, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $3.6052 per share paid quarterly; the next ex-dividend date is June 26, 2026. That yield level suits investors who want small-cap equity exposure alongside modest income, though a beta of 1.14 signals above-average price volatility.
Vanguard Small-Cap ETF pays out dividends as a pass-through of income generated by its underlying holdings, making a traditional payout ratio not applicable (fund/ETF). Vanguard Small-Cap ETF dividend safety is directly tied to the aggregate dividend income produced by the hundreds of small-cap stocks in the CRSP US Small Cap Index, not to a single company's earnings. The most significant pressure point is that small-cap companies as a group tend to pay lower and more variable dividends than large-caps, which means the fund's distributions can fluctuate year to year depending on what its holdings pay out.
Vanguard 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 the growth calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 25.6% in 2021, though the data also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, reflecting the variable nature of pass-through income from small-cap holdings.
| 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 small-cap equity exposure and are comfortable accepting a low (below 2%) yield in exchange for long-run dividend growth. At 1.2%, the current yield sits above the fund's 5-year average of 1.04%, which means income relative to price is modestly elevated by recent standards. Growth has averaged 6.6% per year since 2016, but the path has not been smooth: distributions dipped in 2020 and again in 2024, reflecting the pass-through nature of the fund. The trade-off is clear: an investor gets diversified small-cap income with meaningful long-term growth potential, but accepts year-to-year distribution variability and a yield that will not satisfy income-focused portfolios on its own.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2024-03-22 | $0.6769 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.8732 |
| 2025 | $3.4386 |
| 2024 | $3.1318 |
| 2023 | $3.3170 |
| 2022 | $2.9112 |
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