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Data last updated: Nov 15, 2026
Snapshot (as of Nov 15, 2026): Vanguard Information Technology Idx Adm (VITAX) pays a $1.55 annual dividend, yielding 0.43% at $455.26/share. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 0.43%
Annual Dividend: $1.55 per share
Dividend Frequency: annually
Years of Dividend History: 23
The Vanguard Information Technology Idx Adm dividend comes from a fund that tracks a broad index of large, mid-size, and small U.S. information technology companies, replicating each stock's weight in the index. The current yield is 0.44%, which is low by income standards. VITAX pays annually, with the last dividend at $1.5477 per share. Growth-focused investors who can accept a minimal current yield are the natural fit here, given the fund's 18.1% dividend CAGR over the past 14 years.
For Vanguard Information Technology Idx Adm dividend safety, the payout level is not applicable (fund/ETF) in the traditional sense — distributions reflect the aggregate dividends paid by the underlying U.S. information technology stocks held in proportion to their index weights. The most notable data-supported pressure point is year-over-year variability: the annual dividend per share dipped from $1.4940 in 2020 to $1.4900 in 2022, showing that the fund's distributions can move sideways or slightly lower when the underlying holdings reduce their own payouts.
Vanguard Information Technology Idx Adm dividend history shows a CAGR of 18.1% per year from 2010 to 2024. Per-share payments grew from $0.1850 to $1.9031 over that window (2025 and 2026 figures are partial years and excluded from the CAGR). The largest single-year jump was 75.7% in 2012, while the smallest increase in the window was a modest step from $0.8150 in 2016 to $0.8340 in 2017, a gain of roughly 2.3%. That kind of variability is the trade-off for an 18.1% long-run growth rate.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +1.5% | $1.49 (2022) | $1.56 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +0.9% | $1.49 (2020) | $1.56 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +8.2% | $0.71 (2015) | $1.56 (2025) |
VITAX fits growth-and-income investors who prioritize dividend growth over current yield, not those seeking meaningful income today. The yield is low (below 2%), sitting at just 0.44%, and the fund's non-diversified structure means distributions depend heavily on the payout behavior of a concentrated slice of U.S. technology companies. What an investor gains is an 18.1% annualized dividend growth rate from 2010 to 2024, one of the faster rates available in index fund structures. The trade-off is a current yield that delivers little in the way of immediate income, making VITAX a dividend-growth story rather than an income story.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | $0.6001 |
| 2026-06-24 | $0.5670 |
| 2026-03-24 | $0.3806 |
| 2025-12-17 | $0.3874 |
| 2025-09-24 | $0.4395 |
| 2025-06-26 | $0.3598 |
| 2025-03-25 | $0.3727 |
| 2024-12-18 | $0.3976 |
| 2024-09-27 | $0.4690 |
| 2024-06-28 | $0.3905 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.5477 |
| 2025 | $1.5594 |
| 2024 | $1.9031 |
| 2023 | $1.6030 |
| 2022 | $1.4900 |
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