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Data last updated: Sep 01, 2026
Snapshot (as of Sep 01, 2026): Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF (VUG) pays a $1.58 annual dividend ($0.13 monthly), yielding 1.80% at $87.44/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-06-26. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 1.80%
Annual Dividend: $1.58 per share
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-06-26
Dividend Frequency: monthly
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 23
Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF dividend investors get exposure to a broad basket of large-cap U.S. growth companies through a passively managed fund that fully replicates the CRSP US Large Cap Growth Index. VUG currently pays a 1.85% yield, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $1.5762 per share paid monthly, and the next ex-dividend date falls on June 26, 2026. With a beta of 1.26, VUG stock moves more than the broader market, which means price swings can offset income in volatile periods. This fund fits investors who want growth-oriented equity exposure with a modest income component attached.
Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF pays out dividends as a pass-through of income generated by its underlying holdings, making a traditional payout ratio not applicable (fund/ETF). Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF dividend safety is tied directly to the income distributions of the large-cap U.S. growth companies the fund holds, not to a single company's earnings or cash flow. The most meaningful pressure point is that growth-oriented equities tend to pay lower dividends by nature, so any broad reduction in distributions across the fund's holdings would flow through to VUG shareholders.
Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF dividend history shows a CAGR of 7.1% per year from 2011 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $0.7660 to $2.0100 over that window (2026 data is a partial year and excluded from this calculation). The history also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, with payments dropping from $1.7720 in 2018 to $1.5000 in 2022 across several down steps, and the largest single-year jump was 40.1% in 2012.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +10.2% | $1.50 (2022) | $2.01 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +3.6% | $1.68 (2020) | $2.01 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +3.8% | $1.39 (2015) | $2.01 (2025) |
VUG fits dividend investors who treat income as secondary to growth-equity exposure. The current yield is low (below 2%), and at 1.85% it sits below the fund's own 5-year average of 2.06%, meaning buyers today are getting less income per dollar invested than the historical norm. Three consecutive years of dividend increases through 2025 show recent momentum, but the history includes multi-year declines that remind investors this is not a pure income vehicle. What an investor gains is broad access to large-cap U.S. growth companies with a 7.1% dividend CAGR over 14 years. The trade-off is a below-average yield and a beta of 1.26 that adds price volatility to the equation.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | $0.0923 |
| 2026-03-27 | $0.4778 |
| 2025-12-22 | $0.4990 |
| 2025-09-29 | $0.5070 |
| 2025-06-30 | $0.5040 |
| 2025-03-27 | $0.5000 |
| 2024-12-23 | $0.5340 |
| 2024-09-26 | $0.4550 |
| 2024-06-27 | $0.4560 |
| 2024-03-21 | $0.4680 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.5701 |
| 2025 | $2.0100 |
| 2024 | $1.9130 |
| 2023 | $1.8020 |
| 2022 | $1.5000 |
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