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Data last updated: Oct 18, 2026
Dividend Yield: 1.06%
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Years of Dividend History: 26
Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF dividend reflects the aggregate distributions from a fund that tracks the CRSP U.S. Total Market Index, covering 100% of the investable U.S. stock market. VTI currently yields 1.06%, which is low by income standards but backed by 26 years of dividend history. The fund pays quarterly. Growth-and-income investors who prioritize dividend appreciation over current yield are the natural fit here, given the 8.3% annual dividend growth rate from 2011 to 2025.
Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF dividend safety depends on the aggregate distributions from the underlying holdings across the entire investable U.S. stock market, not on a single company's earnings or cash flow. Payout ratio is not applicable (fund/ETF). The most data-supported pressure point in the history table is 2020, when annual dividends fell from $2.9047 to $2.7694, a year-over-year decline of roughly 4.7%, reflecting the broad market disruption that year.
Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF dividend history shows a CAGR of 8.3% per year from 2011 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $1.2330 to $3.7566 over that window (2026 is a partial year and excluded from the growth calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 26.8% in 2012, while the fund has posted five consecutive years of dividend increases through 2025.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +5.7% | $3.18 (2022) | $3.76 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +6.3% | $2.77 (2020) | $3.76 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +6.2% | $2.07 (2015) | $3.76 (2025) |
VTI fits growth-and-income investors who want broad U.S. equity exposure paired with a dividend that has compounded at 8.3% annually, not investors chasing current income. The yield is low (below 2%), sitting at just 1.06% today, so the income itself is modest in dollar terms. What the fund offers instead is a dividend that has more than tripled from $1.2330 in 2011 to $3.7566 in 2025, tracking the full breadth of the U.S. stock market. The trade-off is straightforward: an investor accepts a thin current yield in exchange for a dividend that has grown at a pace well above inflation over the past 14 years.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | $0.9560 |
| 2026-06-26 | $1.0437 |
| 2026-03-27 | $0.9982 |
| 2025-12-22 | $0.9508 |
| 2025-09-29 | $0.9072 |
| 2025-06-30 | $0.9132 |
| 2025-03-27 | $0.9854 |
| 2024-12-23 | $0.9412 |
| 2024-09-27 | $0.8707 |
| 2024-06-28 | $0.9519 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $2.9979 |
| 2025 | $3.7566 |
| 2024 | $3.6743 |
| 2023 | $3.4128 |
| 2022 | $3.1833 |
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