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Data last updated: Oct 19, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 19, 2026): Vanguard Dividend Growth Inv (VDIGX) pays a $0.24 annual dividend ($0.06 quarterly), yielding 22.71% at $32.83/share. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 22.71%
Annual Dividend: $0.24 per share
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Years of Dividend History: 33
Vanguard Dividend Growth Inv dividend is built around one idea: own high-quality companies that grow their earnings and raise their payouts over time. The fund puts at least 80% of its net assets into dividend growth stocks, spread across industry sectors. VDIGX currently yields 1.35%, with a quarterly dividend of $0.2392 per share. That low yield is the trade-off for a fund designed around long-term dividend growth, not immediate income.
Vanguard Dividend Growth Inv dividend safety is determined by the aggregate distributions from its underlying holdings, not a single company's earnings, making a traditional payout ratio not applicable (fund/ETF). The most data-supported pressure point is variability in annual distributions: the history table shows at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, which reflects how capital gains distributions and income from holdings can shift meaningfully from year to year.
Vanguard Dividend Growth Inv dividend history shows a CAGR of 8.7% per year from 1993 to 2025. Per-share distributions grew from $0.43 to $6.2894 over that span (2026 is a partial year and excluded from the CAGR calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 103.0% in 2024, reflecting how fund distributions can swing sharply based on realized gains and income from holdings in a given year.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +43.4% | $2.13 (2022) | $6.29 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +46.3% | $0.94 (2020) | $6.29 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +17.2% | $1.28 (2015) | $6.29 (2025) |
VDIGX fits growth-and-income investors who want dividend growth as the primary return driver, not a high starting yield. At 1.35%, the yield is low (below 2%), which means income in the near term is modest. The 8.7% annualized growth rate from 1993 to 2025 is the real story here: the fund's mandate to hold companies with the willingness and ability to raise dividends has compounded distributions substantially over time. The trade-off is clear: an investor gets a fund structured for long-run payout growth, but accepts a yield that delivers limited current income.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | $0.2010 |
| 2026-03-30 | $2.1206 |
| 2025-12-23 | $5.1338 |
| 2025-06-30 | $0.2519 |
| 2025-03-28 | $0.9037 |
| 2024-12-30 | $3.6154 |
| 2024-06-28 | $0.2882 |
| 2024-03-27 | $0.4272 |
| 2023-12-27 | $0.5604 |
| 2023-06-28 | $0.2491 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $2.3216 |
| 2025 | $6.2894 |
| 2024 | $4.3308 |
| 2023 | $0.8535 |
| 2022 | $2.1332 |
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