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Data last updated: Nov 01, 2026
Snapshot (as of Nov 01, 2026): Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF (VTV) pays a $3.04 annual dividend ($0.76 quarterly), yielding 1.83% at $228.02/share. 15 consecutive years of dividend growth. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 1.83%
Annual Dividend: $3.04 per share
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Years of Dividend History: 23
The Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF dividend comes from a fund that tracks a broadly diversified index of large U.S. value stocks, investing at least 80% of net assets directly in those index holdings. The current yield is 1.83%, with trailing annual payments of $3.04 per share paid on a quarterly basis. VTV has 23 years of dividend history, making it one of the longer-running ETF income records available. That history suits dividend investors who prioritize growth over yield size.
Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF dividend safety depends on the aggregate distributions from the fund's underlying large U.S. value stock holdings, not a corporate payout ratio. Payout ratio is not applicable (fund/ETF). The most data-supported pressure point is that 2025 annual dividends of $3.9060 per share were essentially flat versus 2024's $3.9158, the first near-stall in the growth run since 2020, which reflects what the underlying holdings paid out rather than any structural fund change.
Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF dividend history shows a CAGR of 7.6% per year from 2011 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $1.4030 to $3.9060 over that window (2026 is a partial year and excluded from this calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 14.6% in 2012, while 2020 produced the smallest meaningful step-up, with payments rising just $0.04 from 2019's $3.0004 to $3.0395.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +3.4% | $3.53 (2022) | $3.91 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +5.1% | $3.04 (2020) | $3.91 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +6.3% | $2.12 (2015) | $3.91 (2025) |
VTV fits dividend investors who want broad exposure to large U.S. value stocks paired with a long, unbroken growth record. The yield is low (below 2%) at 1.83%, which limits immediate income relative to the per-share growth story. Fifteen consecutive years of dividend increases is the defining data point here. What an investor gets is a 7.6% annualized growth rate over 14 years; what they give up is a meaningful current income level from day one.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | $1.0170 |
| 2026-06-26 | $1.0818 |
| 2026-03-27 | $1.0792 |
| 2025-12-22 | $0.9862 |
| 2025-09-29 | $0.9433 |
| 2025-06-30 | $0.9635 |
| 2025-03-27 | $1.0130 |
| 2024-12-23 | $0.9802 |
| 2024-09-26 | $0.9143 |
| 2024-06-27 | $1.0149 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $3.1780 |
| 2025 | $3.9060 |
| 2024 | $3.9158 |
| 2023 | $3.6705 |
| 2022 | $3.5322 |
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