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Data last updated: Aug 16, 2026
Snapshot (as of Aug 16, 2026): Vanguard LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund (VSMGX) pays a $1.80 annual dividend ($0.36 quarterly), yielding 4.82% at $37.48/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-06-26. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 4.82%
Annual Dividend: $1.80 per share
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-06-26
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 33
The Vanguard LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund dividend comes from a single diversified fund that holds a fixed 60% equity and 40% fixed-income allocation, including international stocks and global bonds. The fund currently yields 4.82%, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $1.8048 per share paid quarterly. The next ex-dividend date is June 26, 2026, with the most recent payment of $0.3619 per share. At a beta of 0.94, VSMGX moves nearly in line with the broader market, making it a fit for income-focused investors who want diversified exposure without building a portfolio from scratch.
Vanguard LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund pays out dividends as a fund, so a traditional payout ratio is not applicable (fund/ETF). Vanguard LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund dividend safety rests on the income generated by its underlying holdings: a fixed 60/40 blend of equity and fixed-income index funds that passes through distributions as they are received. The primary pressure on the payout is that distributions fluctuate with the income produced by those underlying holdings, and the history table shows multiple years of year-over-year declines, confirming the payout is not guaranteed to hold steady.
Vanguard LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund dividend history shows a CAGR of 6.7% per year from 2004 to 2024. Per-share dividends grew from $0.6200 to $2.2482 over that window (2026 is a partial year and excluded from this calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 83.9% in 2024, which reflects how variable year-to-year distributions can be for a fund that passes through underlying income rather than setting a fixed payout.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +35.4% | $0.73 (2022) | $1.81 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +10.6% | $1.09 (2020) | $1.81 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +7.3% | $0.90 (2015) | $1.81 (2025) |
VSMGX fits income-focused investors who want a single-fund solution with a high current yield and broad diversification across equities and bonds. The yield classification is high (above 4%), and at 4.82% it sits meaningfully above the fund's own 5-year average of 3.9%, which means current income is elevated relative to recent norms. The trade-off is real: distributions are not managed for smoothness, and the history shows multiple down years alongside strong ones. What an investor gets is a low-cost, index-based 60/40 portfolio with above-average current income; what they accept is year-to-year variability in the actual dividend amount.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | $0.3619 |
| 2025-12-23 | $1.4429 |
| 2025-06-30 | $0.3712 |
| 2024-12-30 | $1.8853 |
| 2024-06-28 | $0.3629 |
| 2023-12-27 | $0.9283 |
| 2023-06-28 | $0.2945 |
| 2022-12-28 | $0.4890 |
| 2022-06-28 | $0.2420 |
| 2021-12-29 | $1.0665 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.3619 |
| 2025 | $1.8141 |
| 2024 | $2.2482 |
| 2023 | $1.2228 |
| 2022 | $0.7310 |
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