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VIG Distribution Analysis

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Financial ServicesAsset ManagementScore data as of Sep 4, 2026

VIG

Dividends
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF
Financial Services· Asset Management
AIQ Score
NeutralAIQ Edge 7/10
Low Priority
Above Peers
Score data as of Sep 4, 2026
Last price
$242.02
-$1.12 (-0.46%)
Latest market quote
Momentum52
Value38
Quality66
Risk Resilience85
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
1.48%
distribution income rate
Data completeness
69%
event fields populated

Latest announced event

$1.00

VIG 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

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
1.48%
Latest distribution
$1.00
Latest adjusted distribution
Trailing annual distribution
$3.58
1.75% vs prior complete year
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

Quality66/100

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

Value38/100

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

Risk resilience85/100

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
1.48%
Trailing income rate
Distribution trend
Trailing income steady
1.75% vs prior complete year
Cadence
quarterly
Inferred from recent events
Event depth
46
Covered distribution rows
Recent distribution cadence
8 records
Sep 24
$0.84
Dec 24
$0.88
Mar 25
$0.94
Jun 25
$0.87
Sep 25
$0.86
Dec 25
$0.88
Mar 26
$0.83
Jun 26
$1.00

Annual distribution trail

2015 - 2026

12 plotted years

Distribution growth

+1.75% 1Y

CAGR windows
Latest distribution event timeline
Declared
Jan 27, 2026
Ex-date
Jun 26, 2026
Record
Jun 26, 2026
Paid
Jun 30, 2026

Latest row amount $1.00, event yield 1.53%.

Event field coverage
Declaration40/81
Record51/81
Payment51/81
Frequency81/81
History depth
81 rows
FMP dividend events via canonical L3
Data through
Jun 26, 2026
latest covered ex-date
Last checked
Sep 3, 2026
independent from event date
Date coverage
51/81 pay
51/81 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 81 rows
Ex-dateLabelDividendAdjustedEvent yieldFrequencyTTM adjustedDeclaredRecord datePayment date
Jun 26, 2026$1.00
$1.00
1.53%Quarterly$3.58Jan 27, 2026Jun 26, 2026Jun 30, 2026
Mar 27, 2026$0.83
$0.83
1.64%Quarterly$3.45Jan 9, 2026Mar 27, 2026Mar 31, 2026
Dec 22, 2025$0.88
$0.88
1.61%Quarterly$3.56Apr 3, 2025Dec 22, 2025Dec 24, 2025
Sep 29, 2025$0.86
$0.86
1.65%Quarterly$3.55Jan 16, 2025Sep 29, 2025Oct 1, 2025
Jun 30, 2025$0.87
$0.87
1.72%Quarterly$3.52Jan 16, 2025Jun 30, 2025Jul 2, 2025
Show older history+76 rows
Mar 27, 2025$0.94
$0.94
1.82%Quarterly$3.55Jan 16, 2025Mar 27, 2025Mar 31, 2025
Dec 23, 2024$0.88
$0.88
1.71%Quarterly$3.38Feb 29, 2024Dec 23, 2024Dec 26, 2024
Sep 27, 2024$0.84
$0.84
1.73%Quarterly$3.42Feb 29, 2024Sep 27, 2024Oct 1, 2024
Jun 28, 2024$0.90
$0.90
1.84%Quarterly$3.35Feb 29, 2024Jun 28, 2024Jul 2, 2024
Mar 22, 2024$0.77
$0.77
1.78%Quarterly$3.23Feb 29, 2024Mar 25, 2024Mar 27, 2024
Dec 21, 2023$0.92
$0.92
1.90%Quarterly$3.21Mar 15, 2023Dec 22, 2023Dec 27, 2023
Sep 28, 2023$0.77
$0.77
2.03%Quarterly$3.16Mar 15, 2023Sep 29, 2023Oct 3, 2023
Jun 29, 2023$0.77
$0.77
1.93%Quarterly$3.11Mar 15, 2023Jun 30, 2023Jul 5, 2023
Mar 24, 2023$0.75
$0.75
2.03%Quarterly$3.03Mar 15, 2023Mar 27, 2023Mar 29, 2023
Dec 20, 2022$0.87
$0.87
1.98%Quarterly$2.97Dec 16, 2022Dec 21, 2022Dec 23, 2022
Sep 19, 2022$0.72
$0.72
1.97%Quarterly$2.88Sep 16, 2022Sep 20, 2022Sep 22, 2022
Jun 21, 2022$0.70
$0.69
2.03%Quarterly$2.86Jun 16, 2022Jun 22, 2022Jun 24, 2022
Mar 21, 2022$0.69
$0.69
1.77%Quarterly$2.84Mar 17, 2022Mar 22, 2022Mar 24, 2022
Dec 20, 2021$0.77
$0.77
1.61%Quarterly$2.66Dec 16, 2021Dec 21, 2021Dec 23, 2021
Sep 20, 2021$0.70
$0.70
1.64%Quarterly$2.55Sep 16, 2021Sep 21, 2021Sep 23, 2021
Jun 21, 2021$0.68
$0.68
1.58%Quarterly$2.41Jun 17, 2021Jun 22, 2021Jun 24, 2021
Mar 22, 2021$0.51
$0.51
1.62%Quarterly$2.34Mar 18, 2021Mar 23, 2021Mar 25, 2021
Dec 21, 2020$0.66
$0.66
1.65%Quarterly$2.30Dec 17, 2020Dec 22, 2020Dec 24, 2020
Sep 29, 2020$0.56
$0.56
1.75%Quarterly$2.23Sep 25, 2020Sep 30, 2020Oct 2, 2020
Jun 29, 2020$0.60
$0.60
1.93%Quarterly$2.23Jun 25, 2020Jun 30, 2020Jul 2, 2020
Mar 26, 2020$0.47
$0.47
Quarterly$2.10Mar 25, 2020Mar 27, 2020Mar 31, 2020
Dec 18, 2019$0.60
$0.60
1.73%Quarterly$2.13Dec 16, 2019Dec 19, 2019Dec 23, 2019
Sep 24, 2019$0.55
$0.55
1.78%Quarterly$2.11Sep 20, 2019Sep 25, 2019Sep 27, 2019
Jun 17, 2019$0.47
$0.47
1.81%Quarterly$2.06Jun 14, 2019Jun 18, 2019Jun 20, 2019
Mar 28, 2019$0.51
$0.51
1.97%Quarterly$2.15Mar 26, 2019Mar 29, 2019Apr 2, 2019
Dec 17, 2018$0.58
$0.58
2.06%Quarterly$2.04Dec 14, 2018Dec 18, 2018Dec 20, 2018
Sep 26, 2018$0.50
$0.50
1.81%Quarterly$2.01Sep 24, 2018Sep 27, 2018Oct 1, 2018
Jun 28, 2018$0.57
$0.57
1.91%Quarterly$1.94Jun 26, 2018Jun 29, 2018Jul 3, 2018
Mar 26, 2018$0.40
$0.40
Quarterly$1.89Mar 22, 2018Mar 27, 2018Mar 29, 2018
Dec 21, 2017$0.55
$0.55
1.88%Quarterly$1.92Dec 19, 2017Dec 22, 2017Dec 27, 2017
Sep 20, 2017$0.43
$0.43
Quarterly$1.95Sep 18, 2017Sep 21, 2017Sep 25, 2017
Jun 21, 2017$0.52
$0.52
2.06%Quarterly$1.91Jun 20, 2017Jun 23, 2017Jun 27, 2017
Mar 29, 2017$0.43
$0.43
Quarterly$1.84Mar 31, 2017Apr 4, 2017
Dec 22, 2016$0.58
$0.58
2.13%Quarterly$1.83Dec 27, 2016Dec 29, 2016
Sep 13, 2016$0.39
$0.39
Quarterly$1.72Sep 15, 2016Sep 19, 2016
Jun 21, 2016$0.45
$0.45
Quarterly$1.77Jun 23, 2016Jun 27, 2016
Mar 21, 2016$0.41
$0.41
Quarterly$1.77Mar 18, 2016Mar 23, 2016Mar 28, 2016
Dec 23, 2015$0.48
$0.48
Quarterly$1.82Dec 28, 2015Dec 30, 2015
Sep 23, 2015$0.44
$0.44
Quarterly$1.80Sep 25, 2015Sep 29, 2015
Jun 26, 2015$0.44
$0.44
Quarterly$1.75Jun 30, 2015Jul 2, 2015
Mar 23, 2015$0.46
$0.46
Quarterly$1.71Mar 25, 2015Mar 27, 2015
Dec 18, 2014$0.46
$0.46
Quarterly$1.59Dec 22, 2014Dec 24, 2014
Sep 22, 2014$0.39
$0.39
Quarterly$1.53Sep 24, 2014Sep 26, 2014
Jun 23, 2014$0.41
$0.41
Quarterly$1.49Jun 20, 2014Jun 25, 2014Jun 27, 2014
Mar 24, 2014$0.33
$0.33
Quarterly$1.43Mar 21, 2014Mar 26, 2014Mar 28, 2014
Dec 20, 2013$0.40
$0.40
Quarterly$1.39
Sep 23, 2013$0.36
$0.36
Quarterly$1.49
Jun 24, 2013$0.35
$0.35
Quarterly$1.45Jun 26, 2013Jun 28, 2013
Mar 22, 2013$0.29
$0.29
Quarterly$1.43
Dec 20, 2012$0.50
$0.50
Quarterly$1.41
Sep 24, 2012$0.32
$0.32
Quarterly$1.24
Jun 25, 2012$0.32
$0.32
Quarterly$1.21
Mar 26, 2012$0.27
$0.27
Quarterly$1.17
Dec 21, 2011$0.33
$0.33
Quarterly$1.17
Sep 23, 2011$0.29
$0.29
Quarterly$1.15
Jun 24, 2011$0.28
$0.28
Quarterly$1.13
Mar 25, 2011$0.27
$0.27
Quarterly$1.10
Dec 22, 2010$0.31
$0.31
Quarterly$1.05
Sep 24, 2010$0.27
$0.27
Quarterly$0.98
Jun 24, 2010$0.25
$0.25
Quarterly$0.95
Mar 25, 2010$0.23
$0.23
Quarterly$0.93
Dec 22, 2009$0.24
$0.24
Quarterly$0.98
Sep 24, 2009$0.23
$0.23
Quarterly$1.00
Jun 24, 2009$0.23
$0.23
Quarterly$1.03
Mar 25, 2009$0.28
$0.28
Quarterly$1.08
Dec 22, 2008$0.26
$0.26
Quarterly$1.03
Sep 24, 2008$0.27
$0.27
Quarterly$1.05
Jun 24, 2008$0.28
$0.28
Quarterly$1.00
Mar 25, 2008$0.22
$0.22
Quarterly$0.91
Dec 20, 2007$0.28
$0.28
Quarterly$0.87
Sep 24, 2007$0.22
$0.22
Quarterly$0.84
Jun 25, 2007$0.19
$0.19
Quarterly$0.80
Mar 26, 2007$0.18
$0.18
Quarterly$0.71
Dec 22, 2006$0.25
$0.25
Quarterly
Sep 25, 2006$0.18
$0.18
Quarterly
Jun 26, 2006$0.10
$0.10
Quarterly
Distribution context
How to read VIG'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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VIG Dividends FAQ

Does VIG pay distributions?

If Vanguard Dividend Appreciation 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 VIG.

What is VIG's distribution yield?

VIG'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 VIG's distribution sustainable?

VIG'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 VIG'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 VIG'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 VIG's distribution reliability view show?

VIG'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.