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Data last updated: Oct 26, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 26, 2026): Vanguard Health Care Adm (VGHAX) pays a $0.07 annual dividend, yielding 6.02% at $91.72/share. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 6.02%
Annual Dividend: $0.07 per share
Dividend Frequency: annually
Years of Dividend History: 25
The Vanguard Health Care Adm dividend comes from a non-diversified fund that puts at least 80% of its assets into companies developing, producing, or distributing health care products and services. The current yield is 1.08%, with the last dividend paid at $0.0717 per share on an annual basis. VGHAX also holds the flexibility to invest up to 50% of assets in foreign stocks, broadening its exposure beyond domestic health care names. That low yield makes this fund a better fit for investors prioritizing sector exposure and long-term dividend growth over immediate income.
Vanguard Health Care Adm dividend safety depends on the aggregate distributions from the fund's underlying health care holdings, not a corporate payout ratio, making the traditional payout ratio metric not applicable (fund/ETF). The history table shows multiple years with year-over-year declines, including a drop from $11.6760 in 2014 to $7.6340 in 2015 and from $10.4204 in 2019 to $7.2983 in 2020, which reflects the variability inherent in pass-through fund distributions rather than a fixed corporate dividend policy.
Vanguard Health Care Adm dividend history shows a CAGR of 6.9% per year from 2005 to 2024. Per-share payments grew from $2.8370 to $10.0846 over that period (2026 data is a partial year and excluded from this calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 119.4% in 2013, which illustrates how volatile single-year swings can be within this fund's distribution pattern.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | -8.7% | $4.93 (2022) | $3.76 (2025) |
| 5-Year | -12.4% | $7.30 (2020) | $3.76 (2025) |
| 10-Year | -6.8% | $7.63 (2015) | $3.76 (2025) |
VGHAX fits dividend investors who want exposure to health care companies across development, production, and distribution, and who treat income as secondary to sector participation. The yield is low (below 2%), currently at 1.08%, and the 5-year average yield is not available for direct comparison. Annual distributions have swung sharply from year to year, so income predictability is limited. What an investor gets is a 6.9% annualized growth rate in distributions over nearly two decades; what they accept is a sub-2% yield and meaningful year-to-year variability in the actual payout amount.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | $3.2434 |
| 2025-12-19 | $2.2788 |
| 2025-03-28 | $1.4804 |
| 2024-12-20 | $7.4764 |
| 2024-03-27 | $2.6083 |
| 2023-12-27 | $3.5137 |
| 2023-03-28 | $2.8502 |
| 2022-12-28 | $1.6671 |
| 2022-03-28 | $3.2652 |
| 2021-12-29 | $6.6026 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $3.2434 |
| 2025 | $3.7592 |
| 2024 | $10.0846 |
| 2023 | $6.3639 |
| 2022 | $4.9323 |
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