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Data last updated: Aug 17, 2026
Snapshot (as of Aug 17, 2026): Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Admiral Shares (VTSAX) pays a $179.83 annual dividend ($14.99 monthly), yielding 1.01% at $186.83/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-06-26. 5 consecutive years of dividend growth. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 1.01%
Annual Dividend: $179.83 per share
Payout Ratio: 23.1%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-06-26
Dividend Frequency: monthly
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 27
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Admiral Shares dividend reflects the fund's design: broad, low-cost exposure to the entire U.S. equity market, spanning small, mid, and large-cap companies across growth and value styles. The current yield stands at 1.01%, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $179.8098 per share paid monthly. The next ex-dividend date is June 26, 2026, and the last dividend paid was $0.5037 per share. With a beta of 1.023, VTSAX moves closely in line with the broader market, making it a fit for growth-and-income investors comfortable with equity-level volatility.
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Admiral Shares pays out 23.1% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as conservative (below 40%). That low retention of earnings relative to dividends paid means the fund has substantial room to sustain its current payout even if underlying portfolio income dips. Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Admiral Shares dividend safety is further supported by the fund's diversification across thousands of U.S. companies, which limits the impact of any single holding's earnings decline. The primary pressure point is market-wide: a broad drop in corporate dividends across U.S. equities would flow directly through to VTSAX distributions.
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Admiral Shares dividend history shows a CAGR of 8.2% per year from 2011 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $0.5990 to $1.8140 over that window (2026 data is a partial year and excluded from this calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 27.0% in 2012. One year did show a year-over-year decline: 2020 came in at $1.3400, down from $1.4070 in 2019, reflecting reduced dividend income from the fund's underlying holdings during that period.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +5.6% | $1.54 (2022) | $1.81 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +6.2% | $1.34 (2020) | $1.81 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +6.1% | $1.00 (2015) | $1.81 (2025) |
VTSAX fits growth-and-income investors who want broad U.S. equity exposure and are willing to accept a low current yield in exchange for dividend growth over time. At 1.01%, the yield is classified as low (below 2%), though it sits above the fund's own 5-year average of 0.88%, which means current income is modestly better than recent norms. The 8.2% annual growth rate over 14 years is the real draw here, not the starting yield. The trade-off is straightforward: investors get a diversified, low-cost fund with a growing payout and a conservative 23.1% payout ratio, but they accept a yield that will not satisfy income-first investors seeking meaningful current cash flow.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | $0.5037 |
| 2026-03-27 | $0.4808 |
| 2025-12-22 | $0.4590 |
| 2025-09-29 | $0.4380 |
| 2025-06-30 | $0.4410 |
| 2025-03-27 | $0.4760 |
| 2024-12-23 | $0.4550 |
| 2024-09-27 | $0.4210 |
| 2024-06-28 | $0.4600 |
| 2024-03-22 | $0.4400 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.9845 |
| 2025 | $1.8140 |
| 2024 | $1.7760 |
| 2023 | $1.6510 |
| 2022 | $1.5400 |
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