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Data last updated: Oct 19, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 19, 2026): Vanguard Morningstar Large-Cap ETF (VV) pays a $2.62 annual dividend ($0.66 quarterly), yielding 1.02% at $351.88/share. 5 consecutive years of dividend growth. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 1.02%
Annual Dividend: $2.62 per share
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Years of Dividend History: 23
The Vanguard Morningstar Large-Cap ETF dividend comes from a fund that tracks a broadly diversified index of large U.S. companies, covering approximately the top 85% of the U.S. investable market capitalization. VV pays dividends quarterly, with a trailing annual rate of $2.6230 per share. The current yield sits at 1.02%, which is low by income standards. Growth-oriented income investors are the natural fit here, given the fund's 8.3% dividend CAGR over the past 14 years.
Vanguard Morningstar Large-Cap ETF dividend safety depends on the aggregate distributions from the underlying large-cap U.S. stocks that make up the index, not on a single company's earnings or payout ratio. Payout ratio is not applicable (fund/ETF). The most data-supported pressure point is a year-over-year decline: per-share dividends fell from $2.6750 in 2019 to $2.5642 in 2020, the only drop in the available 14-year history window. That single dip shows the dividend is not immune to broad market distribution cuts.
Vanguard Morningstar Large-Cap ETF dividend history shows a CAGR of 8.3% per year from 2011 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $1.1120 to $3.4144 over that span (2026 data is a partial year and excluded from the growth calculation). The largest single-year jump was 24.1% in 2012, while the smallest increase in the window was 1.7% in 2021. At 8.3% annually, the dividend has roughly doubled every nine years.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +5.7% | $2.89 (2022) | $3.41 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +5.9% | $2.56 (2020) | $3.41 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +6.4% | $1.83 (2015) | $3.41 (2025) |
VV fits growth-and-income investors who prioritize dividend growth over current yield. The yield is low (below 2%) at 1.02%, and no 5-year average yield is available for direct comparison. What the fund delivers instead is an 8.3% annual dividend growth rate over 14 years, with five consecutive years of increases as of the latest data. The trade-off is straightforward: investors accept a thin starting yield in exchange for a dividend that has historically compounded at a meaningful pace, driven by the earnings and distributions of the top 85% of the U.S. investable market.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | $0.9000 |
| 2026-06-26 | $0.9742 |
| 2026-03-27 | $0.8631 |
| 2025-12-22 | $0.8594 |
| 2025-09-29 | $0.8178 |
| 2025-06-30 | $0.8484 |
| 2025-03-27 | $0.8888 |
| 2024-12-23 | $0.8521 |
| 2024-09-27 | $0.7988 |
| 2024-06-28 | $0.8643 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $2.7373 |
| 2025 | $3.4144 |
| 2024 | $3.3375 |
| 2023 | $3.0830 |
| 2022 | $2.8920 |
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