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VB Distribution Analysis

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Financial ServicesAsset ManagementScore data as of Sep 4, 2026

VB

Dividends
Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF
Financial Services· Asset Management
AIQ Score
NeutralAIQ Edge 5/10
Low Priority
In Line With Peers
Score data as of Sep 4, 2026
Last price
$300.01
+$0.16 (+0.05%)
Latest market quote
Momentum33
Value47
Quality64
Risk Resilience84
Sentiment
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Distribution Analysis Overview

Yield, recent distribution history, cadence, and AIQ context stay together without treating ETF payouts like corporate earnings coverage.

Distribution history
46
distributions captured
Frequency
quarterly
inferred from events
Trailing yield
3.61%
distribution income rate
Data completeness
86%
event fields populated

Latest announced event

$0.89

VB fund distribution calendar data is shown separately from historical payments so announced dates do not get blended into completed income history.

Ex-date
Jun 26, 2026
Pay date
Jun 30, 2026
Frequency
quarterly
Dividend data QA applied

Dividend growth is temporarily withheld because recent rows show an extreme change that needs data review. Raw vendor values stay visible in the history table; TTM, growth, yield, and calculator context use the guarded analysis value.

Latest distribution record

Jun 26, 2026

Review the latest distribution, yield, available trailing-year income, and distribution cadence before treating income as durable.

Distribution yield
3.61%
Latest distribution
$0.89
Latest adjusted distribution
Annual distribution
Best available
Ex-dividend date
Jun 26, 2026
Calendar endpoint
Frequency
quarterly
Inferred from available dividend events
Payment date
Jun 30, 2026
Calendar endpoint

AIQ Distribution bridge

Quality64/100

Fund distributions should be read with holdings quality, liquidity, and asset-class exposure.

Value47/100

Distribution yield is more useful when valuation context is not stretched.

Risk resilience84/100

Lower drawdown and volatility can improve the dependability of an income allocation.

Recent Distribution History

Recent per-share distributions show payment cadence. Trailing-year and growth reads are shown only when the available rows cover a complete comparable window.

Distribution pattern

Active payer

Recent distribution payments are summarized as cadence signals. Exact rows remain below for auditability.

Distribution yield
3.61%
Trailing income rate
Distribution trend
Trailing trend unavailable
Needs complete quarterly trailing-year window
Cadence
quarterly
Inferred from recent events
Event depth
46
Covered distribution rows
Recent distribution cadence
8 records
Sep 24
$0.70
Dec 24
$0.90
Mar 25
$0.92
Jun 25
$0.79
Sep 25
$0.81
Dec 25
$0.93
Mar 26
$0.98
Jun 26
$0.89

Annual distribution trail

2015 - 2026

12 plotted years

Distribution growth

1Y

CAGR windows
No plotted dividend growth profile in this snapshot.
Latest distribution event timeline
Declared
Jan 27, 2026
Ex-date
Jun 26, 2026
Record
Jun 26, 2026
Paid
Jun 30, 2026

Latest row amount $0.89, event yield 1.20%.

Event field coverage
Declaration43/62
Record54/62
Payment54/62
Frequency62/62
History depth
62 rows
FMP dividend events via canonical L3
Data through
Jun 26, 2026
latest covered ex-date
Last checked
Sep 5, 2026
independent from event date
Date coverage
54/62 pay
54/62 record dates

This page labels the feed as recent history when multi-year rows, payment dates, or record dates are incomplete. Announced calendar dates are separated from completed distribution history.

Recent distribution chart

Distribution payments

Showing latest 5 of 62 rows
Ex-dateLabelDividendAdjustedEvent yieldFrequencyTTM adjustedDeclaredRecord datePayment date
Jun 26, 2026$0.89
$0.89
1.20%Quarterly$3.61Jan 27, 2026Jun 26, 2026Jun 30, 2026
Mar 27, 2026$0.98
$0.98
1.37%Quarterly$3.50Jan 8, 2026Mar 27, 2026Mar 31, 2026
Dec 22, 2025$0.93
$0.93
1.30%Quarterly$3.44Apr 3, 2025Dec 22, 2025Dec 24, 2025
Sep 29, 2025$0.81
$0.81
1.34%Quarterly$3.42Jan 16, 2025Sep 29, 2025Oct 1, 2025
Jun 30, 2025$0.79
$0.79
1.40%Quarterly$3.31Jan 16, 2025Jun 30, 2025Jul 2, 2025
Show older history+57 rows
Mar 27, 2025$0.92
$0.92
1.49%Quarterly$3.37Jan 16, 2025Mar 27, 2025Mar 31, 2025
Dec 23, 2024$0.90
$0.90
1.29%Quarterly$3.13Feb 29, 2024Dec 23, 2024Dec 26, 2024
Sep 27, 2024$0.70
$0.70
1.39%Quarterly$3.31Feb 29, 2024Sep 27, 2024Oct 1, 2024
Jun 28, 2024$0.85
$0.85
1.53%Quarterly$3.34Feb 29, 2024Jun 28, 2024Jul 2, 2024
Mar 22, 2024$0.68
$0.68
1.45%Quarterly$3.25Feb 29, 2024Mar 25, 2024Mar 27, 2024
Dec 21, 2023$1.08
$1.08
1.56%Quarterly$3.32Mar 15, 2023Dec 22, 2023Dec 27, 2023
Sep 21, 2023$0.74
$0.74
1.72%Quarterly$3.25Mar 15, 2023Sep 22, 2023Sep 26, 2023
Jun 23, 2023$0.76
$0.76
1.37%Quarterly$2.61Mar 15, 2023Jun 26, 2023Jun 28, 2023
Mar 23, 2023$0.75
$0.75
1.40%Quarterly$2.51Mar 15, 2023Mar 24, 2023Mar 28, 2023
Dec 22, 2022$1.01
$1.01
1.29%Quarterly$2.36Dec 20, 2022Dec 23, 2022Dec 28, 2022
Dec 15, 2022$0.09
$0.09
Quarterly$1.90Dec 14, 2022Dec 16, 2022Dec 21, 2022
Sep 23, 2022$0.67
$0.67
1.68%Quarterly$2.90Sep 21, 2022Sep 26, 2022Sep 28, 2022
Jun 23, 2022$0.59
$0.59
1.60%Quarterly$2.82Jun 21, 2022Jun 24, 2022Jun 28, 2022
Mar 23, 2022$0.56
$0.56
1.32%Quarterly$2.79Mar 24, 2022Mar 28, 2022
Dec 27, 2021$1.09
$1.09
1.23%Quarterly$2.80Dec 22, 2021Dec 28, 2021Dec 30, 2021
Sep 24, 2021$0.59
$0.59
1.16%Quarterly$2.60Sep 23, 2021Sep 27, 2021Sep 29, 2021
Jun 24, 2021$0.56
$0.56
1.13%Quarterly$2.56Jun 22, 2021Jun 25, 2021Jun 29, 2021
Mar 25, 2021$0.56
$0.56
1.10%Quarterly$2.32Mar 23, 2021Mar 26, 2021Mar 30, 2021
Dec 24, 2020$0.89
$0.89
1.14%Quarterly$2.22Dec 23, 2020Dec 28, 2020Dec 30, 2020
Sep 25, 2020$0.55
$0.54
1.47%Quarterly$2.22Sep 24, 2020Sep 28, 2020Sep 30, 2020
Jun 25, 2020$0.32
$0.32
Quarterly$2.13Jun 24, 2020Jun 26, 2020Jun 30, 2020
Mar 10, 2020$0.47
$0.47
Quarterly$2.30Mar 6, 2020Mar 11, 2020Mar 13, 2020
Dec 24, 2019$0.89
$0.89
1.39%Quarterly$2.30Dec 21, 2019Dec 26, 2019Dec 30, 2019
Sep 16, 2019$0.45
$0.45
1.35%Quarterly$2.13Sep 12, 2019Sep 17, 2019Sep 19, 2019
Jun 27, 2019$0.49
$0.48
1.50%Quarterly$2.33Jun 25, 2019Jun 28, 2019Jul 2, 2019
Mar 28, 2019$0.48
$0.48
1.46%Quarterly$2.22Mar 26, 2019Mar 29, 2019Apr 2, 2019
Dec 24, 2018$0.72
$0.72
1.78%Quarterly$2.20Dec 21, 2018Dec 26, 2018Dec 28, 2018
Sep 28, 2018$0.65
$0.65
1.39%Quarterly$2.26Sep 26, 2018Oct 1, 2018Oct 3, 2018
Jun 22, 2018$0.38
$0.38
Quarterly$2.15Jun 20, 2018Jun 25, 2018Jun 27, 2018
Mar 22, 2018$0.46
$0.46
1.38%Quarterly$2.03Mar 20, 2018Mar 23, 2018Mar 27, 2018
Dec 21, 2017$0.78
$0.78
1.35%Quarterly$2.00Dec 19, 2017Dec 22, 2017Dec 27, 2017
Sep 20, 2017$0.53
$0.53
1.42%Quarterly$1.97Sep 18, 2017Sep 21, 2017Sep 25, 2017
Jun 21, 2017$0.26
$0.26
Quarterly$2.01Jun 20, 2017Jun 23, 2017Jun 27, 2017
Mar 24, 2017$0.42
$0.42
Quarterly$2.05Mar 28, 2017Mar 30, 2017
Dec 22, 2016$0.75
$0.75
1.49%Quarterly$1.93Dec 27, 2016Dec 29, 2016
Sep 20, 2016$0.57
$0.57
1.51%Quarterly$1.81Sep 22, 2016Sep 26, 2016
Jun 14, 2016$0.30
$0.30
Quarterly$2.19Jun 16, 2016Jun 20, 2016
Mar 15, 2016$0.31
$0.31
Quarterly$1.94Mar 14, 2016Mar 17, 2016Mar 21, 2016
Dec 23, 2015$0.63
$0.63
1.46%Quarterly$3.30Dec 28, 2015Dec 30, 2015
Sep 25, 2015$0.96
$0.96
Semi-Annual$2.68Sep 23, 2015Sep 29, 2015Oct 1, 2015
Mar 25, 2015$0.05
$0.05
Semi-Annual$3.15Mar 27, 2015Mar 31, 2015
Dec 22, 2014$1.66
$1.66
1.44%Semi-Annual$3.11Dec 18, 2014Dec 24, 2014Dec 29, 2014
Mar 25, 2014$0.0090
$0.0090
Quarterly$2.93Mar 24, 2014Mar 27, 2014Mar 31, 2014
Dec 24, 2013$1.42
$1.42
1.31%Semi-Annual$2.94Dec 20, 2013Dec 27, 2013Dec 31, 2013
Mar 20, 2013$0.02
$0.02
Quarterly$2.46
Dec 24, 2012$1.49
$1.49
1.87%Semi-Annual$2.45Dec 20, 2012Dec 27, 2012Dec 31, 2012
Mar 22, 2012$0.02
$0.02
Quarterly$1.80
Dec 23, 2011$0.94
$0.94
1.35%Semi-Annual$1.79Dec 28, 2011Dec 30, 2011
Mar 23, 2011$0.0060
$0.0060
Quarterly$1.49
Dec 27, 2010$0.84
$0.84
1.16%Semi-Annual$1.50Dec 29, 2010Dec 31, 2010
Mar 23, 2010$0.0090
$0.0090
Quarterly$1.56
Dec 24, 2009$0.64
$0.64
1.13%Semi-Annual$1.58Dec 29, 2009Dec 31, 2009
Mar 23, 2009$0.02
$0.02
Quarterly$0.95
Dec 24, 2008$0.89
$0.89
2.29%Semi-Annual$0.94Dec 29, 2008Dec 31, 2008
Mar 12, 2008$0.02
$0.02
Quarterly
Mar 22, 2007$0.01
$0.01
Quarterly
Mar 20, 2006$0.01
$0.01
Quarterly
Distribution context
How to read VB's distribution profile

ETF distribution yield is only the starting point. Pair the current distribution with frequency, history, holdings exposure, and fund risk before treating income as durable.

Distribution yield

Yield is most useful when read with the fund's asset class, distribution policy, and recent payment pattern.

Payment history matters

Stable or rising distributions can support an income allocation, while irregular payments should be read as fund-policy and market-cycle evidence.

Corporate coverage is excluded

ETF distributions are not evaluated with company payout ratio or free cash flow coverage because those metrics do not map cleanly to fund structures.

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VB Dividends FAQ

Does VB pay distributions?

If Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF has covered distribution payments, this page shows the latest distribution, yield, ex-date, payment date when available, and recent payment history. If no rows are shown, the current snapshot does not include distribution history for VB.

What is VB's distribution yield?

VB's distribution yield compares trailing distribution payments with the latest available price. For ETFs, yield should be read with fund holdings, distribution policy, duration, and asset-class risk.

Is VB's distribution sustainable?

VB's ETF distribution stability depends on its holdings, asset class, income generation, fund policy, and market conditions. Corporate payout ratio and free cash flow coverage are not directly comparable for most ETFs.

When is VB's next distribution payment?

When covered, the table shows recent ex-distribution, record, and payment dates. Future payment timing should be confirmed against issuer announcements because schedules can change.

How should investors interpret VB's distribution growth?

ETF distributions can change with portfolio income, asset mix, rates, and fund policy. Recent growth should be interpreted cautiously unless the history covers complete comparable periods.

What does VB's distribution reliability view show?

VB's reliability view summarizes recent payment cadence, trailing income direction when comparable history is complete, payout context where meaningful, and available coverage evidence. It is a screening aid, not a guarantee of future distributions.