Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM) Dividend History

DivTrkr holds 79 recorded VYM dividend payments, running from December 22, 2006 to June 18, 2026 — 21 calendar years. Together those payments total $45.63 per share. VYM has most often paid quarterly.

VYM's payment rate did not increase in the most recent complete year, so its growth streak currently stands at zero.

Over the last five complete years the VYM payment rate compounded at +2.5% a year, and +4.6% a year over the last ten. That is what the payments actually did; it is not a forecast.

Across 21 years of recorded history, VYM's payment rate has never fallen materially from one complete year to the next.

VYM 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.

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

Recent VYM dividend payments

Showing the 60 most recent of 79 recorded payments. The full log is on the page.

VYM dividend history questions

How many dividends has VYM paid?

DivTrkr has 79 recorded VYM dividend payments between December 22, 2006 and June 18, 2026, totalling $45.63 per share across 21 calendar years.

Has VYM ever cut its dividend?

Not in the history DivTrkr holds. Across 21 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 VYM dividend growing?

The VYM payment rate compounded at +2.5% a year over the last five complete years and +4.6% a year over the last ten.

How often does VYM pay a dividend?

VYM 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.

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