How much is VTI's distribution?

VTI's most recent distribution was $1.0440 per share, with an ex-dividend date of Jun 26, 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid $3.9000 per share across 4 payments, a trailing yield of 1.04%.

How often does VTI pay a distribution?

Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF pays on a quarterly schedule. It made 4 payments in the last 12 months and 4 in 2025.

When is VTI's next distribution?

VTI's next ex-dividend date has not been announced yet. Based on its quarterly schedule, the next payment follows the pattern in the table above.

Has VTI ever cut its distribution?

Yes. Our payment-by-payment record shows 38 regular payments lower than the one before it. Option-income and bond funds vary their distributions with income earned, so reductions are routine for these funds.

How much did VTI pay in dividends in 2025?

VTI paid $3.7560 per share across 4 payments in 2025, up 2.2% from 2024.

What was VTI's total return including distributions over the last year?

Over the 12 months to Sep 24, 2026, VTI paid $3.9000 per share, 1.20% of its price a year earlier, while its price moved +15.8%. That is an approximate total return of +17.0% before taxes and reinvestment.

VTI Dividend History

Name: Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) dividend history
Creator: SmarterDividends

Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF · every payment since 2001

Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) has paid 101 distributions since 2001. The most recent was $1.0440 per share (ex-date Jun 26, 2026). Over the last 12 months VTI paid $3.9000 across 4 payments, a trailing yield of 1.04%. The average of the last 2 regular payments is +9.9% versus the 2 before.

Latest distribution

$1.0440

Last ex-date

Jun 26, 2026

Paid, last 12 months

$3.90

Trailing yield

1.04%

Frequency

Quarterly

Payments on record

101

What the record shows

VTI has made 101 quarterly distributions since payments began in 2001. Annual distributions moved lower in 2020, then rose in every full year from 2021 through 2025. The fund’s distributions vary with income earned, and individual amounts have moved both higher and lower in recent years.

Over the past year, VTI paid four distributions totaling $3.9 per share, equal to a 1.04% trailing yield. The latest distribution was 4.6% higher than the previous one. The recent average was 9.9% higher than the prior average, showing a higher near-term direction despite variation among individual payments.

Over the same period, VTI’s price rose 15.1%, while distributions equaled 1.2% of the year-earlier price. The combination produced an approximate total return of 16.3%. Because the price increased, the distributions supplemented appreciation rather than returning capital through a falling price.

By SmarterDividends Team · written from the payment record on this page · updated Sep 24, 2026 · editorial policy

Distributions versus price, last 12 months

Paid out

1.20%

of price a year ago

Price change

+15.8%

$325.14 → $376.40

Approx. total return

+17.0%

before taxes

A high distribution rate paired with a falling price means part of the payout came back out of the share price. Total return adds distributions received to the price change; it ignores reinvestment and taxes.

VTI distributions per year

Total paid per share by calendar year

Recent distribution amounts

Last 24 regular payments, per share