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Data last updated: Oct 19, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 19, 2026): Vanguard Target Retirement 2055 Fund (VFFVX) pays a $1.38 annual dividend, yielding 1.88% at $73.30/share. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 1.88%
Annual Dividend: $1.38 per share
Dividend Frequency: annually
Years of Dividend History: 16
Vanguard Target Retirement 2055 Fund dividend is paid annually by an all-in-one fund designed for investors expecting to retire between 2053 and 2057. The fund automatically shifts its asset mix from equities toward fixed-income securities over time, requiring no active rebalancing from the investor. VFFVX currently yields 1.87%, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $1.3755 per share and an ex-dividend date of December 23, 2025. A beta of 1.2 means the fund moves more than the broader market, so it suits growth-and-income investors comfortable with some volatility in exchange for long-run dividend growth.
Vanguard Target Retirement 2055 Fund pays out dividends as a fund, making the payout ratio not applicable (fund/ETF). Vanguard Target Retirement 2055 Fund dividend safety is supported structurally by the fund's broad market exposure across equities and fixed-income securities, which diversifies the sources of income rather than relying on a single company's earnings. The most meaningful pressure point is the fund's automatic glide path: as VFFVX shifts assets toward bonds over time, the income profile of the underlying holdings will change, which can affect the size of future distributions.
Vanguard Target Retirement 2055 Fund dividend history shows a CAGR of 13.0% per year from 2011 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $0.4040 to $1.3755 over that window (2026 data is partial and excluded from the CAGR calculation). The largest single-year jump in the window was 484.0% in 2021, which is an outlier driven by fund-level capital gain distributions rather than a sustained acceleration in income growth. The history also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, so the growth path has not been linear.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +14.2% | $0.92 (2022) | $1.38 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +8.9% | $0.90 (2020) | $1.38 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +8.5% | $0.61 (2015) | $1.38 (2025) |
VFFVX fits growth-and-income investors who want rising dividend payments from a diversified, self-rebalancing fund and are not dependent on a high current yield. At 1.87%, the yield is classified as low (below 2%), and it sits well below the fund's own 5-year average yield of 2.69%, meaning buyers today receive less current income than the historical norm. The 13.0% CAGR over 14 years is the real draw here. The trade-off is clear: VFFVX offers strong long-run dividend growth from a broadly diversified portfolio, but income-focused investors who need yield today will find the current payout thin.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-23 | $1.3755 |
| 2024-12-30 | $1.2450 |
| 2023-12-27 | $1.0834 |
| 2022-12-28 | $0.9234 |
| 2021-12-29 | $5.2386 |
| 2020-12-30 | $0.8970 |
| 2019-12-27 | $0.9290 |
| 2018-12-28 | $0.8300 |
| 2017-12-28 | $0.7180 |
| 2016-12-28 | $0.6560 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.3755 |
| 2024 | $1.2450 |
| 2023 | $1.0834 |
| 2022 | $0.9234 |
| 2021 | $5.2386 |
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