Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares (VCLT) Dividend History

DivTrkr holds 202 recorded VCLT dividend payments, running from December 24, 2009 to October 1, 2026 — 18 calendar years. Together those payments total $65.50 per share. VCLT has most often paid monthly.

VCLT has increased its payment rate for 4 consecutive complete years.

Over the last five complete years the VCLT payment rate compounded at +3.6% a year, and +0.4% a year over the last ten. That is what the payments actually did; it is not a forecast.

Across 18 years of recorded history, VCLT's payment rate has never fallen materially from one complete year to the next.

VCLT is a fund, so its distribution is set from what the strategy earned in the period rather than by a board committing to a rate — payments move around by design. Only declines steeper than 25% are treated as material here, because smaller swings are routine rather than a change of policy.

VCLT dividends by year

How this growth is measured

Year-over-year growth here compares each year's median payment with the year before, not the calendar-year total. Ex-dividend dates drift, so a quarterly payer can book five ex-dates in one calendar year and four in the next. Comparing raw yearly totals would show a phantom cut of around 25% in a year where the company did nothing but pay slightly earlier. Using the median payment removes that distortion, and also ignores one-off special dividends.

Years marked “timing” booked a different number of payments than VCLT's usual cadence, so their total is not directly comparable with neighbouring years.

Recent VCLT dividend payments

Showing the 60 most recent of 202 recorded payments. The full log is on the page.

VCLT dividend history questions

How many dividends has VCLT paid?

DivTrkr has 202 recorded VCLT dividend payments between December 24, 2009 and October 1, 2026, totalling $65.50 per share across 18 calendar years.

Has VCLT ever cut its dividend?

Not in the history DivTrkr holds. Across 18 years of recorded payments the per-payment rate has never fallen by a material amount from one complete year to the next.

How fast is the VCLT dividend growing?

The VCLT payment rate compounded at +3.6% a year over the last five complete years and +0.4% a year over the last ten.

How often does VCLT pay a dividend?

VCLT has most often paid monthly — 12 payments a year. Individual years can show a different count when an ex-date drifts across a year boundary.

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