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Data last updated: Sep 06, 2026
Snapshot (as of Sep 06, 2026): Vanguard STAR Fund (VGSTX) pays a $2.63 annual dividend ($0.22 monthly), yielding 8.38% at $31.35/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-06-26. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 8.38%
Annual Dividend: $2.63 per share
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-06-26
Dividend Frequency: monthly
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 42
The Vanguard STAR Fund dividend comes from a balanced fund that allocates 60-70% of assets to actively-managed stock funds and 30-40% to an actively-managed bond fund. The current yield stands at 8.38%, well above what most balanced funds offer. VGSTX pays monthly, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $2.6263 per share and an ex-dividend date of June 26, 2026. With a beta of 1.04, the fund moves roughly in line with the broader market, making it a fit for income-focused investors who want monthly cash flow from a diversified multi-asset structure.
Vanguard STAR Fund pays out dividends as a fund, so a traditional payout ratio is not applicable (fund/ETF). The income stream flows directly from the underlying holdings: actively-managed stock funds on the equity side and a bond fund on the fixed-income side, meaning distributions depend on what those underlying funds generate in dividends, interest, and realized gains. Vanguard STAR Fund dividend safety is therefore tied to the performance of those underlying assets, and the annual history shows at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, which means the payout is not immune to drawdowns in the underlying portfolio.
Vanguard STAR Fund dividend history shows a CAGR of 11.2% per year from 2010 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $0.5380 to $2.6616 over that window (2026 is a partial year and excluded from this calculation). The largest single-year jump was 73.7% in 2014, but the history also includes meaningful down years, so growth has been uneven rather than linear.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +9.7% | $2.01 (2022) | $2.66 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +5.1% | $2.08 (2020) | $2.66 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +7.3% | $1.31 (2015) | $2.66 (2025) |
VGSTX fits dividend investors who want a high monthly income stream from a single diversified fund. The current yield is classified as high (above 4%), and at 8.38% it sits well above the fund's own 5-year average yield of 6.41%, which reflects a period of elevated distributions from the underlying equity and bond holdings. The 11.2% CAGR over 15 years is strong on paper, but the history includes multiple down years, so income is not predictable year to year. What an investor gets is a high current yield and broad multi-asset exposure. What they accept is meaningful variability in annual payouts.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | $0.2785 |
| 2025-12-23 | $2.3478 |
| 2025-06-30 | $0.3139 |
| 2024-12-30 | $1.5336 |
| 2024-06-28 | $0.2659 |
| 2023-12-27 | $1.2286 |
| 2023-06-28 | $0.2068 |
| 2022-12-28 | $1.8564 |
| 2022-06-28 | $0.1570 |
| 2021-12-29 | $1.9975 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.2785 |
| 2025 | $2.6616 |
| 2024 | $1.7995 |
| 2023 | $1.4354 |
| 2022 | $2.0134 |
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