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Data last updated: Oct 19, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 19, 2026): Vanguard Short-Term Corp Bd Idx Admiral (VSCSX) pays a $0.71 annual dividend ($0.06 monthly), yielding 4.51% at $21.11/share. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 4.51%
Annual Dividend: $0.71 per share
Dividend Frequency: monthly
Years of Dividend History: 17
Vanguard Short-Term Corp Bd Idx Admiral dividend comes from a fund that tracks the Bloomberg U.S. 1-5 Year Corporate Bond Index, holding investment-grade, fixed-rate corporate bonds with maturities between one and five years. The current yield is 4.15%, placing VSCSX in high-yield territory for a short-duration bond fund. The fund pays monthly, with the last dividend amount at $0.7132 per share. That monthly cadence and above-4% yield make it a natural fit for income-focused investors who want regular cash flow from investment-grade corporate debt.
Vanguard Short-Term Corp Bd Idx Admiral dividend safety depends on the aggregate interest payments from the underlying Bloomberg U.S. 1-5 Year Corporate Bond Index holdings, not on a single company's earnings, so payout ratio is not applicable (fund/ETF). The most data-supported pressure point is the history of year-over-year declines: annual distributions fell from $0.5000 in 2012 to $0.4360 in 2014, and again from $0.6280 in 2019 to $0.3943 in 2021, showing that shifts in the interest rate environment can pull the payout down meaningfully. Income investors should treat the monthly distribution as variable, not fixed.
Vanguard Short-Term Corp Bd Idx Admiral dividend history shows a CAGR of 4.4% per year from 2011 to 2025. Per-share annual distributions grew from $0.5160 to $0.9372 over that window (2026 is a partial year and excluded from the growth calculation). The largest single-year jump was 58.7% in 2023, driven by the rate environment rather than any change in fund mandate. Growth is uneven, not linear.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +32.1% | $0.41 (2022) | $0.94 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +12.9% | $0.51 (2020) | $0.94 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +7.1% | $0.47 (2015) | $0.94 (2025) |
VSCSX fits income-focused investors who want monthly cash flow from a diversified pool of short-duration, investment-grade corporate bonds. The yield is high (above 4%), which is the fund's primary draw. The trade-off is variability: distributions have declined in multiple years when interest rates fell, so the income stream moves with the rate environment rather than growing on a predictable schedule. Four consecutive years of increases is a positive recent signal, but the longer history makes clear that the payout can and does retreat. What an investor gets is a high current yield from a well-defined index mandate; what they accept is income that fluctuates with prevailing corporate bond rates.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | $0.0799 |
| 2026-09-01 | $0.0821 |
| 2026-08-03 | $0.0809 |
| 2026-07-01 | $0.0778 |
| 2026-06-01 | $0.0802 |
| 2026-05-01 | $0.0786 |
| 2026-04-01 | $0.0804 |
| 2026-03-02 | $0.0731 |
| 2026-02-02 | $0.0802 |
| 2025-12-17 | $0.0814 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.7132 |
| 2025 | $0.9372 |
| 2024 | $0.8356 |
| 2023 | $0.6460 |
| 2022 | $0.4070 |
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