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Data last updated: Sep 17, 2026
Snapshot (as of Sep 17, 2026): Vanguard GNMA Fund Investor Shares (VFIIX) pays a $0.35 annual dividend ($0.03 monthly), yielding 3.81% at $9.12/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-08-31. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 3.81%
Annual Dividend: $0.35 per share
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-08-31
Dividend Frequency: monthly
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 47
Vanguard GNMA Fund Investor Shares dividend comes from a bond fund that holds Ginnie Mae (GNMA) securities, mortgage-backed bonds carrying an explicit U.S. government guarantee. The current yield stands at 3.75%, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $0.3477 per share paid monthly. The next ex-dividend date is August 31, 2026. VFIIX suits income-focused investors drawn to monthly cash flow backed by government-guaranteed securities, though a beta of 1.05 means share price moves roughly in line with the broader market.
Vanguard GNMA Fund Investor Shares pays out dividends as a bond fund, making the payout ratio not applicable (fund/ETF). Vanguard GNMA Fund Investor Shares dividend safety rests on the underlying Ginnie Mae securities, which carry an explicit U.S. government guarantee, supporting the fund's income stream as long as the mortgage market functions normally. The primary threat is prepayment risk: widespread mortgage refinancing shrinks the fund's income, and the fund's share price itself carries no government protection from market fluctuations.
Vanguard GNMA Fund Investor Shares dividend history shows a CAGR of -2.2% per year from 2006 to 2025. Per-share payments moved from $0.5200 at the start of the window down to $0.3434 by 2025 (2026 is a partial year and excluded from this calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 39.8% in 2023, but the overall trend is negative, and the history contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, which reflects the sensitivity of GNMA income to interest rate and refinancing cycles.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +16.7% | $0.22 (2022) | $0.34 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +11.3% | $0.20 (2020) | $0.34 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +2.0% | $0.28 (2015) | $0.34 (2025) |
VFIIX fits income-focused investors who want monthly distributions backed by U.S. government-guaranteed mortgage securities and can accept that the per-share payment has drifted lower over time. The current yield of 3.75% is moderate (2-4%), and it sits meaningfully above the fund's own 5-year average of 2.73%, which makes the present income level look relatively attractive by recent standards. The four-year streak of consecutive increases is a positive recent signal, but the long-run CAGR of -2.2% is a real trade-off. What an investor gets here is monthly income from government-backed bonds; what they accept is a payout that has historically declined and a share price that is not shielded from market swings.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-31 | $0.0294 |
| 2026-07-31 | $0.0292 |
| 2026-06-30 | $0.0288 |
| 2026-05-29 | $0.0290 |
| 2026-04-30 | $0.0292 |
| 2026-03-31 | $0.0289 |
| 2026-02-27 | $0.0286 |
| 2026-01-30 | $0.0289 |
| 2025-12-31 | $0.0294 |
| 2025-11-28 | $0.0284 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.2320 |
| 2025 | $0.3434 |
| 2024 | $0.3265 |
| 2023 | $0.3019 |
| 2022 | $0.2159 |
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