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Data last updated: Oct 19, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 19, 2026): Vanguard MStar Mid Cap Growth Index Adm (VMGMX) pays a $0.00 annual dividend, yielding 0.60% at $124.26/share. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 0.60%
Annual Dividend: $0.00 per share
Dividend Frequency: annually
Years of Dividend History: 16
The Vanguard MStar Mid Cap Growth Index Adm dividend comes from a passively managed fund that tracks the CRSP U.S. Mid Cap Growth Index, holding growth-oriented stocks of mid-size U.S. companies in proportion to their index weightings. VMGMX currently yields 0.6%, with the most recent annual dividend at $0.5425 per share. The fund pays annually. At that yield level, VMGMX fits growth-and-income investors who want dividend growth over current income, backed by 4 consecutive years of dividend increases.
Vanguard MStar Mid Cap Growth Index Adm dividend safety depends on the aggregate distributions passed through from the underlying CRSP U.S. Mid Cap Growth Index holdings, not on a single company's earnings or payout ratio. Payout ratio is not applicable (fund/ETF). The most data-supported pressure point is variability in distributions: the history table shows a year-over-year decline from $0.5360 in 2019 to $0.5080 in 2020, a drop of about 5.2%, which reflects how shifts in underlying holdings' payouts flow directly through to fund distributions.
Vanguard MStar Mid Cap Growth Index Adm dividend history shows a CAGR of 8.5% per year from 2016 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $0.3690 to $0.7705 over that window (2026 is a partial year and excluded from the growth calculation). The largest single-year jump was 23.8% in 2019, while the 2019-to-2020 period produced the only meaningful pullback in the window, with the per-share amount slipping from $0.5360 to $0.5080.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +8.6% | $0.60 (2022) | $0.77 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +8.7% | $0.51 (2020) | $0.77 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +8.1% | $0.35 (2015) | $0.77 (2025) |
VMGMX fits growth-and-income investors who prioritize dividend growth over current income from a broadly diversified basket of mid-size U.S. growth stocks. The yield is low (below 2%), sitting at just 0.6% today, and the 5-year average yield is not available for direct comparison. What the fund does deliver is an 8.5% annualized growth rate over nine years, which compounds meaningfully for patient holders. The trade-off is straightforward: current income is thin, but the per-share dividend has more than doubled since 2016. Investors who need yield now will find VMGMX underwhelming; those focused on growing distributions over time get a fund with four straight years of increases behind it.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | $0.1610 |
| 2026-06-26 | $0.1654 |
| 2026-03-27 | $0.2160 |
| 2025-12-22 | $0.2059 |
| 2025-09-29 | $0.1866 |
| 2025-06-30 | $0.1836 |
| 2025-03-27 | $0.1944 |
| 2024-12-23 | $0.2173 |
| 2024-09-26 | $0.1730 |
| 2024-06-27 | $0.1666 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.5424 |
| 2025 | $0.7705 |
| 2024 | $0.7329 |
| 2023 | $0.6750 |
| 2022 | $0.6020 |
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