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Data last updated: Oct 17, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 17, 2026): Vanguard Real Estate Index Admiral (VGSLX) pays a $3.33 annual dividend ($0.83 quarterly), yielding 3.71% at $130.05/share. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 3.71%
Annual Dividend: $3.33 per share
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Years of Dividend History: 26
The Vanguard Real Estate Index Admiral dividend comes from a fund that holds at least 80% of its net assets in stocks that make up its target real estate index. The fund currently yields 3.8%, with trailing annual payments of $3.3340 per share over the past twelve months. VGSLX pays quarterly, giving income investors four distribution events per year. That yield level, backed by 26 years of dividend history, makes this fund a fit for income-focused investors who want real estate exposure through a single holding.
Vanguard Real Estate Index Admiral dividend safety is not determined by a single company's earnings but by the aggregate distributions flowing from the underlying index stocks the fund holds. Payout ratio is not applicable (fund/ETF), so the relevant risk factor is the volatility of those underlying distributions. The history table shows multiple year-over-year declines exceeding 5%, including a drop from $5.6320 in 2016 to $4.9780 in 2017, which reflects how real estate income can swing when property markets shift. Income investors should expect the annual payout to move with the index, not hold a fixed line.
Vanguard Real Estate Index Admiral dividend history shows a CAGR of 3.8% per year from 2011 to 2025. Per-share annual dividends grew from $2.9050 to $4.9201 over that window (2026 data is a partial year and excluded from this calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 27.2% in 2016, but the history also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, so growth has been uneven rather than linear. Four consecutive years of increases run through the most recent complete data.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +2.5% | $4.57 (2022) | $4.92 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +0.8% | $4.72 (2020) | $4.92 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +1.1% | $4.43 (2015) | $4.92 (2025) |
Vanguard Real Estate Index Admiral fits income-focused investors who want broad real estate index exposure and can accept year-to-year swings in the payout. The yield sits at 3.8%, which falls in the moderate (2–4%) range. A 3.8% CAGR over 14 years means the per-share payout has grown, but not at a pace that dramatically outpaces inflation. The fund's non-diversified structure and index-tracking mandate mean distributions rise and fall with the underlying real estate stocks, not with a management team's dividend policy. What an investor gets is real estate income at index scale. What they accept is a payout that can and does decline in weaker years.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | $1.1403 |
| 2026-06-24 | $1.2124 |
| 2026-03-24 | $1.3401 |
| 2025-12-22 | $1.1345 |
| 2025-09-24 | $1.2351 |
| 2025-06-26 | $1.2299 |
| 2025-03-25 | $1.3206 |
| 2024-12-23 | $1.2126 |
| 2024-09-27 | $1.1514 |
| 2024-06-28 | $1.4639 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $3.6928 |
| 2025 | $4.9201 |
| 2024 | $4.8652 |
| 2023 | $4.9506 |
| 2022 | $4.5730 |
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