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Data last updated: Oct 16, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 16, 2026): Vanguard Extended Market Index Instl (VIEIX) pays a $1.77 annual dividend, yielding 1.06% at $175.07/share. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 1.06%
Annual Dividend: $1.77 per share
Dividend Frequency: annually
Years of Dividend History: 30
The Vanguard Extended Market Index Instl dividend comes from a fund that tracks the S&P Completion Index, a broadly diversified benchmark of small and mid-size U.S. companies. The current yield stands at 1.05%, with trailing twelve-month payments totaling $1.7670 per share. VIEIX pays annually, and the last dividend amount was $1.3534 per share. Growth-and-income investors who can accept a low current yield in exchange for a 9.6% annualized dividend growth rate over 15 years are the natural fit here.
Vanguard Extended Market Index Instl dividend safety is determined by the aggregate distributions from the fund's underlying holdings, which mirror the S&P Completion Index across small and mid-size U.S. companies. Payout ratio is not applicable (fund/ETF), so the relevant risk factor is the variability of distributions from those holdings. The history table shows annual dividends dropped from $1.2650 in 2018 to $1.2540 in 2019, and again from $1.5790 in 2021 to $1.1690 in 2022 (a partial year), reflecting how sensitive the fund's payouts are to the earnings and dividend decisions of hundreds of underlying companies.
Vanguard Extended Market Index Instl dividend history shows a CAGR of 9.6% per year from 2010 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $0.4550 to $1.8059 over that span (2026 data is a partial year and excluded from the growth calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 65.9% in 2012, showing how much single-year swings can distort the longer trend.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +15.6% | $1.17 (2022) | $1.81 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +6.0% | $1.35 (2020) | $1.81 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +7.6% | $0.87 (2015) | $1.81 (2025) |
VIEIX fits growth-and-income investors who track the dividend growth rate more closely than the current payout level. At 1.05%, the yield is low (below 2%), and the 5-year average yield is not available for direct comparison. What the fund does offer is a 9.6% annualized dividend growth rate over 15 years, driven by the collective distributions of small and mid-size U.S. companies in the S&P Completion Index. The trade-off is straightforward: an investor gets meaningful long-run dividend growth but accepts a yield that delivers limited near-term income.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | $0.4292 |
| 2026-06-24 | $0.4259 |
| 2026-03-24 | $0.4983 |
| 2025-12-22 | $0.4975 |
| 2025-09-24 | $0.4370 |
| 2025-06-26 | $0.4050 |
| 2025-03-25 | $0.4664 |
| 2024-12-23 | $0.4405 |
| 2024-09-27 | $0.3727 |
| 2024-06-28 | $0.4222 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.3534 |
| 2025 | $1.8059 |
| 2024 | $1.5884 |
| 2023 | $1.5889 |
| 2022 | $1.1690 |
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