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Data last updated: Oct 19, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 19, 2026): Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares (VPL) pays a $0.28 annual dividend, yielding 2.22% at $109.17/share. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 2.22%
Annual Dividend: $0.28 per share
Dividend Frequency: semi-annually
Years of Dividend History: 21
Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares dividend comes from a market-capitalization weighted index fund holding common stocks of companies located in European countries. The fund currently yields 2.08%, with trailing twelve-month payments of $0.2820 per share paid on a semi-annual basis. VPL has 21 years of dividend history, making it a long-running option for dividend investors seeking broad international equity exposure. That semi-annual payment schedule suits investors comfortable with less frequent income distributions.
Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares dividend safety depends on the aggregate distributions from the underlying common stocks of European companies that make up the Target Index, not on any single company's earnings. Payout ratio is not applicable (fund/ETF). The most concrete data-supported risk is volatility in annual payouts: the history table shows year-over-year declines in multiple periods, including a drop from $1.9795 in 2019 to $1.4387 in 2020, reflecting how shifts in underlying holdings' distributions flow directly through to VPL shareholders.
Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares dividend history shows a CAGR of 7.5% per year from 2013 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $1.5290 to $3.6276 over that window. 2025 saw the largest single-year jump in the window at 62.3%, a spike that skews the long-run average upward and may not reflect the fund's typical annual movement. The history also includes a notable decline from $1.8703 in 2017 to $1.8570 in 2018, a reminder that year-over-year drops are part of this fund's pattern.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +27.0% | $1.77 (2022) | $3.63 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +20.3% | $1.44 (2020) | $3.63 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +10.2% | $1.38 (2015) | $3.63 (2025) |
VPL fits dividend investors who want international equity income without concentrating in a single stock or sector. The yield sits in the moderate (2–4%) range at 2.08%, which is meaningful but not high enough to anchor a pure income portfolio on its own. The 7.5% CAGR over 12 years is respectable, though the path has been uneven, with multiple down years interrupting growth. What an investor gets here is broad exposure to European company dividends through a passive index structure. The trade-off is unpredictability: semi-annual payments and pass-through distributions mean income can swing sharply from year to year, as the 2019-to-2020 drop from $1.9795 to $1.4387 illustrates.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | $2.4191 |
| 2025-09-19 | $0.6063 |
| 2025-06-20 | $0.1844 |
| 2025-03-21 | $0.4178 |
| 2024-12-20 | $1.2379 |
| 2024-09-20 | $0.5072 |
| 2024-06-21 | $0.2035 |
| 2024-03-15 | $0.2868 |
| 2023-12-18 | $1.2995 |
| 2023-09-18 | $0.2784 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $3.6276 |
| 2024 | $2.2354 |
| 2023 | $2.2451 |
| 2022 | $1.7723 |
| 2021 | $2.4859 |
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