VIG Dividend Calculator
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF — what it pays today, and what it could pay later.
Income Calculator
Price
$233.31
Yield
1.56%
Growth
7.9%
median, historical
Pays
Quarterly
Income today
$1,563/year
$130 per month · based on the last 4 payments
Ordinary dividend
taxed this year at your marginal rate
$1,563
If the dividend grows at…
No single forecast. Different assumptions give very different answers — and the shape of that divergence matters more than any single year.
| Growth | Year 10 | Year 20 | Year 30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0%conservative | $2,100 | $2,823 | $3,793 |
| 5.0% | $2,546 | $4,146 | $6,754 |
| 8.0%historical | $3,374 | $7,284 | $15,726 |
| 10.0%commonly used | $4,053 | $10,514 | $27,269 |
The 6 complete years with data give a median year-over-year growth of 7.9%. That is where the highlighted row comes from — it is a historical measurement, not a forecast.
Fund Facts
- Issuer
- Vanguard
- Expense ratio
- 0.06%
- Inception
- April 2006
- Listed on
- NYSE Arca
- Structure
- Tracks the S&P U.S. Dividend Growers Index
What VIG is
VIG holds US companies that have raised their dividend for at least ten consecutive years — a longer runway than almost any competitor requires. The index then drops the highest-yielding decile, on the reasoning that an unusually high yield usually signals a share price that has already fallen, not a business that is thriving. What remains is roughly 300 large-cap names with a bias toward technology and industrials rather than the energy-and-staples profile of a yield-focused fund. The result is the lowest yield among the major US dividend ETFs and the steadiest growth in the payout.
Who it suits. Investors in accumulation rather than drawdown — people who care more about where the dividend will be in twenty years than about what it pays this year.
Distribution History
Total distributed per share in each complete calendar year, taken from the fund’s own payment record.
| Year | Per share | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $2.2965 | — |
| 2021 | $2.6601 | +15.8% |
| 2022 | $2.9725 | +11.7% |
| 2023 | $3.2081 | +7.9% |
| 2024 | $3.3791 | +5.3% |
| 2025 | $3.5580 | +5.3% |
Current trailing payout: $3.6461 per share over the last 4 payments, a yield of 1.56%at today’s price.
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