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Data last updated: Aug 17, 2026
Snapshot (as of Aug 17, 2026): Vanguard PRIMECAP Core Fund (VPCCX) pays a $6.39 annual dividend ($1.60 quarterly), yielding 13.24% at $48.26/share. Next ex-dividend date 2025-12-17. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 13.24%
Annual Dividend: $6.39 per share
Ex-Dividend Date: 2025-12-17
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 21
The Vanguard PRIMECAP Core Fund dividend currently yields 13.24%, making it one of the higher-yielding mutual fund options for income-focused investors. VPCCX blends value and growth investing, targeting companies with both characteristics rather than pure growth plays, with notable concentration in technology and healthcare. The fund pays $6.3889 per share on a quarterly basis, with the next ex-dividend date on December 17, 2025. A beta of 1.023 means VPCCX moves roughly in line with the broader market, which suits dividend investors who can tolerate moderate price swings in exchange for elevated income.
Vanguard PRIMECAP Core Fund pays out dividends as a fund, so a traditional payout ratio is not applicable (fund/ETF). Vanguard PRIMECAP Core Fund dividend safety is therefore assessed differently than for individual stocks: distributions reflect realized capital gains and income generated by the underlying portfolio, not a fixed earnings commitment. The most significant pressure point is the fund's concentrated exposure to technology and healthcare, two sectors where short-term volatility can directly affect the size and timing of distributions from year to year.
Vanguard PRIMECAP Core Fund dividend history shows a CAGR of 17.1% per year from 2007 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $0.3700 in 2007 to $6.3889 in 2025 (2026 data is partial and excluded from this calculation). The largest single-year increase in the window was 223.3% in 2012, reflecting the lumpy, gains-driven nature of fund distributions rather than a steady corporate dividend policy.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +40.9% | $2.28 (2022) | $6.39 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +22.8% | $2.29 (2020) | $6.39 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +20.0% | $1.03 (2015) | $6.39 (2025) |
VPCCX fits dividend investors who prioritize yield over predictability. At high (above 4%), the current 13.24% yield is more than double the fund's 5-year average of 6.3%, which signals that recent distributions have been unusually large, likely driven by realized gains in concentrated technology and healthcare positions. That concentration is the core trade-off: the fund's long-term, low-turnover approach has produced strong historical growth, but distributions can swing sharply year to year. An investor in VPCCX gets a high current yield and a long-run growth rate of 17.1% per year, but accepts meaningful variability in what the fund actually pays out in any given year.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-17 | $6.3889 |
| 2024-12-18 | $2.3981 |
| 2023-12-19 | $1.8173 |
| 2022-12-19 | $2.2830 |
| 2021-12-20 | $2.3178 |
| 2020-12-21 | $2.2880 |
| 2019-12-17 | $1.9510 |
| 2018-12-18 | $2.2110 |
| 2017-12-18 | $1.1030 |
| 2016-12-23 | $1.2250 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $6.3889 |
| 2024 | $2.3981 |
| 2023 | $1.8173 |
| 2022 | $2.2830 |
| 2021 | $2.3178 |
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