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Data last updated: Sep 06, 2026
Snapshot (as of Sep 06, 2026): Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund Admiral Shares (VTWAX) pays a $0.86 annual dividend ($0.20 quarterly), yielding 1.51% at $57.21/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-06-18. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 1.51%
Annual Dividend: $0.86 per share
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-06-18
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 8
Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund Admiral Shares dividend gives investors exposure to global equity markets spanning the United States, developed international economies, and emerging nations. The fund currently pays a 1.51% yield, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $0.8646 per share paid quarterly. The next ex-dividend date is June 18, 2026, with the last quarterly payment at $0.1951 per share. VTWAX suits long-term investors comfortable with equity price swings, as its beta of 0.932 reflects near-market-level volatility across its worldwide holdings.
Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund Admiral Shares pays out dividends as a pass-through of income generated by its underlying global equity holdings, with a payout ratio classified as not applicable (fund/ETF). Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund Admiral Shares dividend safety is therefore tied directly to the dividend income produced by thousands of companies across developed and emerging markets, not to a single corporate earnings stream. The primary pressure point is foreign exchange rate fluctuations and country-level risks, both explicitly noted in the fund's description, which can cause per-share distributions to vary year to year.
Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund Admiral Shares dividend history shows a CAGR of 5.4% per year from 2019 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $0.6560 to $0.8983 over that window (2026 is a partial year and excluded from the growth calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 13.3% in 2023, while 2022 saw a modest dip to $0.6610 from $0.6810 the prior year, reflecting the variability inherent in pass-through distributions from global equity holdings.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +10.8% | $0.66 (2022) | $0.90 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +10.8% | $0.54 (2020) | $0.90 (2025) |
VTWAX fits dividend investors who want broad global equity exposure and are willing to accept a low yield in exchange for geographic diversification. At 1.51%, the yield is classified as low (below 2%), though it sits above the fund's own 5-year average of 1.33%, which means current income is modestly better than the recent norm. Three consecutive years of dividend increases and a 5.4% CAGR since 2019 show the distribution has grown, but year-to-year variability is real given the fund's dependence on income from companies across dozens of countries. The trade-off is clear: broad worldwide market participation, with distributions that can shift based on foreign exchange movements and global earnings cycles.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-18 | $0.1951 |
| 2026-03-20 | $0.1122 |
| 2025-12-19 | $0.3914 |
| 2025-09-19 | $0.1659 |
| 2025-06-20 | $0.2076 |
| 2025-03-21 | $0.1334 |
| 2024-12-20 | $0.3076 |
| 2024-09-20 | $0.1448 |
| 2024-06-21 | $0.2020 |
| 2024-03-15 | $0.1470 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.3073 |
| 2025 | $0.8983 |
| 2024 | $0.8014 |
| 2023 | $0.7490 |
| 2022 | $0.6610 |
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