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Data last updated: Oct 02, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 02, 2026): Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Admiral Shares (VTSAX) pays a $183.36 annual dividend ($45.84 quarterly), yielding 1.04% at $182.61/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-09-28. 5 consecutive years of dividend growth. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 1.04%
Annual Dividend: $183.36 per share
Payout Ratio: 23.1%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-09-28
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 27
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Admiral Shares dividend reflects the broad income generated by owning a slice of the entire U.S. equity market, from small-cap growth companies to large-cap value names. The fund currently yields 1.03%, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $180.2284 per share paid quarterly. The next ex-dividend date is June 26, 2026, and the last payment was $0.5037 per share. VTSAX suits growth-and-income investors comfortable with a beta of 1.023, meaning the fund moves nearly in lockstep with the broader market.
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 income relative to earnings means the fund carries substantial room before any distribution pressure arises. Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Admiral Shares dividend safety is supported by the breadth of its holdings across thousands of U.S. companies spanning multiple market-cap ranges and styles, which diversifies the income stream. The primary risk is that dividend output is directly tied to the aggregate earnings and payout decisions of those underlying holdings, so a broad market earnings contraction would flow through to 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 $1.8136 over that window (2026 data is partial and excluded from the growth calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 27.0% in 2012, while the fund also recorded a year-over-year dip in 2020, when the annual dividend fell from $1.4070 to $1.3400, reflecting the impact of underlying company payout reductions that year.
| 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 1.03%, the yield is classified as low (below 2%), though it sits above the fund's own 5-year average of 0.9%, which means current income is modestly better than recent norms. The 8.2% annual dividend growth rate over 14 years is the real draw here, not the starting yield. The trade-off is straightforward: investors get diversification across the full U.S. market and a conservative 23.1% payout ratio, but they accept a yield that will not satisfy income-first portfolios.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | $0.5037 |
| 2026-03-27 | $0.4808 |
| 2025-12-22 | $0.4590 |
| 2025-09-29 | $0.4377 |
| 2025-06-30 | $0.4410 |
| 2025-03-27 | $0.4759 |
| 2024-12-23 | $0.4549 |
| 2024-09-27 | $0.4210 |
| 2024-06-28 | $0.4601 |
| 2024-03-22 | $0.4400 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.9845 |
| 2025 | $1.8136 |
| 2024 | $1.7760 |
| 2023 | $1.6510 |
| 2022 | $1.5400 |
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