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Data last updated: Oct 19, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 19, 2026): Vanguard MStar Mid Cap Index Admiral (VIMAX) pays a $3.00 annual dividend, yielding 1.35% at $398.33/share. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 1.35%
Annual Dividend: $3.00 per share
Dividend Frequency: annually
Years of Dividend History: 24
Vanguard MStar Mid Cap Index Admiral dividend comes from a fund built to mirror the CRSP U.S. Mid Cap Index, holding each constituent stock in proportion to its weight in the index. The current yield is 1.39%, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $2.9960 per share paid on an annual basis. VIMAX pays once per year, making it a low-frequency income source. That annual cadence and below-2% yield point toward growth-and-income investors rather than those seeking immediate cash flow.
Vanguard MStar Mid Cap Index Admiral dividend safety is not governed by a corporate payout ratio — the concept is not applicable (fund/ETF) — and instead depends on the aggregate distributions generated by the mid-size U.S. companies that make up the CRSP U.S. Mid Cap Index. The one data-supported pressure point is 2021, when the annual dividend per share dipped from $3.6880 to $3.5150, a year-over-year decline of roughly 4.7%, showing that distributions from the underlying holdings can move lower in a given year.
Vanguard MStar Mid Cap Index Admiral dividend history shows a CAGR of 9.7% per year from 2016 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $2.3620 to $5.4397 over that window (2026 is a partial year and excluded from the rate calculation). The largest single-year jump was 20.1% in 2018, while 2021 produced the only decline in the full-year data, with the per-share amount falling from $3.6880 to $3.5150.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +10.6% | $4.02 (2022) | $5.44 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +8.1% | $3.69 (2020) | $5.44 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +9.6% | $2.18 (2015) | $5.44 (2025) |
VIMAX fits growth-and-income investors who want dividend expansion from a broad basket of mid-size U.S. companies and are willing to accept a low current yield in exchange for it. The yield sits at low (below 2%), and no 5-year average is available for direct comparison, so the current 1.39% stands on its own as a modest income figure. A 9.7% annual growth rate over nine years is the real draw here. The trade-off is straightforward: an investor gets meaningful per-share dividend growth but collects only once a year at a yield that does little for near-term income needs.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | $1.4163 |
| 2026-06-26 | $1.2457 |
| 2026-03-27 | $1.3181 |
| 2025-12-22 | $1.4133 |
| 2025-09-29 | $1.2715 |
| 2025-06-30 | $1.3184 |
| 2025-03-27 | $1.4365 |
| 2024-12-23 | $1.3454 |
| 2024-09-26 | $1.1660 |
| 2024-06-27 | $1.1425 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $3.9801 |
| 2025 | $5.4397 |
| 2024 | $4.8529 |
| 2023 | $4.3520 |
| 2022 | $4.0180 |
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