Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) Dividend History

DivTrkr holds 63 recorded VOO dividend payments, running from September 24, 2010 to June 26, 2026 — 17 calendar years. Together those payments total $75.26 per share. VOO has most often paid quarterly.

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

Over the last five complete years the VOO payment rate compounded at +5.5% a year, and +6.1% a year over the last ten. That is what the payments actually did; it is not a forecast.

Across 17 years of recorded history, VOO's payment rate has never fallen materially from one complete year to the next.

VOO dividends by year

YearTotal paid per sharePaymentsMedian paymentGrowth
2025$7.074$1.76+4.1%
2024$6.714$1.69+10.1%
2023$6.364$1.53+5.8%
2022$5.954$1.45+9.8%
2021$5.444$1.32-1.9%
2020$5.304$1.35-4.4%
2019$5.574$1.41+19.1%
2018$4.744$1.18+8.1%
2017$4.374$1.09+11.6%
2016$4.144$0.980+1.1%
2015$3.934$0.968
2014$2.463 (timing)$0.809
2013$3.114$0.762+14.9%
2012$2.844$0.663+15.3%
2011$2.374$0.575
2010$1.082 (timing)$0.542

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 VOO's usual cadence, so their total is not directly comparable with neighbouring years.

Recent VOO dividend payments

Ex-dividend dateAmount per share
June 26, 2026$1.96
March 27, 2026$1.87
December 22, 2025$1.77
September 29, 2025$1.74
June 30, 2025$1.75
March 27, 2025$1.81
December 23, 2024$1.74
September 27, 2024$1.64
June 28, 2024$1.78
March 22, 2024$1.54
December 20, 2023$1.80
September 28, 2023$1.49
June 29, 2023$1.58
March 24, 2023$1.49
December 20, 2022$1.67
September 28, 2022$1.47
June 29, 2022$1.43
March 24, 2022$1.37
December 21, 2021$1.53
September 29, 2021$1.31
June 29, 2021$1.33
March 26, 2021$1.26
December 22, 2020$1.38
September 29, 2020$1.31
June 29, 2020$1.43
March 10, 2020$1.18
December 23, 2019$1.43
September 26, 2019$1.30
June 27, 2019$1.39
March 21, 2019$1.46
December 17, 2018$1.29
September 26, 2018$1.21
June 28, 2018$1.16
March 26, 2018$1.08
December 26, 2017$1.18
September 20, 2017$1.18
June 23, 2017$1.01
March 22, 2017$0.998
December 22, 2016$1.30
September 13, 2016$0.883
June 21, 2016$0.953
March 21, 2016$1.01
December 21, 2015$1.09
September 21, 2015$0.953
June 22, 2015$0.902
March 23, 2015$0.984
September 22, 2014$0.876
June 23, 2014$0.809
March 24, 2014$0.779
December 24, 2013$0.914
September 23, 2013$0.786
June 24, 2013$0.738
March 22, 2013$0.670
December 24, 2012$0.940
September 24, 2012$0.686
June 25, 2012$0.640
March 26, 2012$0.570
December 23, 2011$0.686
September 23, 2011$0.580
June 24, 2011$0.570

Showing the 60 most recent of 63 recorded payments. The full log is on the page.

VOO dividend history questions

How many dividends has VOO paid?

DivTrkr has 63 recorded VOO dividend payments between September 24, 2010 and June 26, 2026, totalling $75.26 per share across 17 calendar years.

Has VOO ever cut its dividend?

Not in the history DivTrkr holds. Across 17 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 VOO dividend growing?

The VOO payment rate compounded at +5.5% a year over the last five complete years and +6.1% a year over the last ten.

How often does VOO pay a dividend?

VOO has most often paid quarterly — 4 payments a year. Individual years can show a different count when an ex-date drifts across a year boundary.

See the current VOO dividend yield and next ex-dividend date, or track VOO free with DivTrkr to see what this history pays on your own share count.