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Data last updated: Oct 19, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 19, 2026): Vanguard Windsor Admiral (VWNEX) pays a $0.70 annual dividend, yielding 6.81% at $84.06/share. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 6.81%
Annual Dividend: $0.70 per share
Dividend Frequency: annually
Years of Dividend History: 25
Vanguard Windsor Admiral dividend is paid by an actively managed value fund that targets large- and mid-cap stocks trading below their intrinsic worth, using multiple investment advisors to identify undervalued opportunities. The current yield is 1.71%, with an annual dividend rate of $0.6997 per share paid on an annual basis. VWNEX has 25 years of dividend history, making it a long-tenured payer in the actively managed fund space. That yield level and the fund's value-oriented mandate make it most relevant to growth-and-income investors who prioritize dividend growth over immediate income.
Vanguard Windsor Admiral dividend safety is not assessed through a payout ratio, as that metric is not applicable (fund/ETF). What drives the dividend level here is the aggregate distributions generated by the underlying portfolio of undervalued large- and mid-cap holdings, filtered through the judgment of multiple investment advisors. The history table shows meaningful year-over-year declines in several periods, including a drop from $10.5861 in 2022 to $6.0419 in 2023, which reflects how directly the fund's distributions track the variable income from its equity holdings.
Over the past 20 years, Vanguard Windsor Admiral has grown its dividend at 10.4% per year. Per-share payments rose from $1.2340 in 2004 to $8.9013 in 2024 (2026 data is a partial year and excluded from this calculation, per Vanguard Windsor Admiral dividend 2026 partial-year notes). The largest single-year increase in the window was 404.4% in 2005, which skews the long-run average upward and reflects the lumpy, variable nature of distributions from an actively managed value portfolio.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | -17.9% | $10.59 (2022) | $5.86 (2025) |
| 5-Year | -0.6% | $6.04 (2020) | $5.86 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +0.5% | $5.57 (2015) | $5.86 (2025) |
VWNEX fits growth-and-income investors who can tolerate variable annual payouts in exchange for long-run dividend appreciation from a value-focused equity portfolio. The yield is low (below 2%) at 1.71%, which limits its appeal as a pure income source. What the fund offers instead is a 10.4% compound annual growth rate in distributions over 20 years, a meaningful figure for investors focused on growing income over time. The trade-off is real: year-over-year declines have appeared multiple times in the history, and with zero consecutive years of dividend increases, income predictability is not a feature of Vanguard Windsor Admiral stock.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-18 | $0.7000 |
| 2025-12-17 | $5.0260 |
| 2025-06-20 | $0.8300 |
| 2024-12-18 | $8.0755 |
| 2024-06-21 | $0.8258 |
| 2023-12-19 | $5.4568 |
| 2023-06-16 | $0.5851 |
| 2022-12-19 | $10.0319 |
| 2022-06-17 | $0.5542 |
| 2021-12-20 | $8.7370 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.7000 |
| 2025 | $5.8560 |
| 2024 | $8.9013 |
| 2023 | $6.0419 |
| 2022 | $10.5861 |
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