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Data last updated: Oct 16, 2026
Dividend Yield: 1.75%
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Years of Dividend History: 23
The Vanguard Financials ETF dividend comes from a passively managed fund that tracks the performance of financial services equities, holding shares across firms in that sector. VFH currently yields 1.66%, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $2.3245 per share paid quarterly. The next ex-dividend date is June 24, 2026, with the most recent quarterly payment at $0.8519 per share. Growth-oriented income investors are the natural fit here: the fund's 9.8% dividend CAGR since 2011 does more work than the yield alone.
Vanguard Financials ETF pays out dividends sourced from the income generated by its underlying financial services equity holdings, a payout ratio classified as not applicable (fund/ETF). Vanguard Financials ETF dividend safety rests on the collective dividend activity of those holdings rather than a single company's earnings, which distributes concentration risk across the portfolio. The primary pressure point is the financial services sector itself: a broad downturn in that industry would directly reduce the income flowing through to VFH shareholders, as the fund's passive structure offers no ability to rotate away from underperforming holdings.
Vanguard Financials ETF dividend history shows a CAGR of 9.8% per year from 2011 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $0.5580 to $2.0756 over that window (2026 data is partial and excluded from this calculation). The largest single-year jump was 29.9% in 2012, while the smallest annual increase in the window was 0.1% in 2025, showing that growth has not been uniform across years.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +2.8% | $1.91 (2022) | $2.08 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +5.2% | $1.61 (2020) | $2.08 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +7.9% | $0.97 (2015) | $2.08 (2025) |
VFH fits growth-and-income investors who want exposure to financial services equities and are willing to accept a low current yield in exchange for above-average dividend growth. The yield sits at low (below 2%), which is below the fund's own 5-year average of 1.4% only marginally, meaning the current yield is actually above that average. What an investor gets is a 9.8% annualized growth rate stretching back to 2011. The trade-off is straightforward: current income is modest at $2.3245 per share annually, and the passive structure means the fund cannot sidestep weakness in the financial services sector. Five consecutive years of dividend increases add a degree of recent momentum, but the payout is ultimately tied to what the underlying holdings produce.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | $0.4461 |
| 2026-06-24 | $0.8519 |
| 2026-03-24 | $0.3793 |
| 2025-12-17 | $0.6748 |
| 2025-09-24 | $0.4185 |
| 2025-06-26 | $0.4717 |
| 2025-03-25 | $0.5106 |
| 2024-12-18 | $0.6569 |
| 2024-09-27 | $0.5526 |
| 2024-06-28 | $0.4608 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.6773 |
| 2025 | $2.0756 |
| 2024 | $2.0700 |
| 2023 | $1.9199 |
| 2022 | $1.9082 |
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