How much is VYM's distribution?

VYM's most recent distribution was $0.8870 per share, with an ex-dividend date of Sep 18, 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid $3.6760 per share across 4 payments, a trailing yield of 2.33%.

How often does VYM pay a distribution?

Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares pays on a quarterly schedule. It made 4 payments in the last 12 months and 4 in 2025.

When is VYM's next distribution?

VYM'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 VYM ever cut its distribution?

Yes. Our payment-by-payment record shows 34 regular payments lower than the one before it; the most recent annual reduction was in 2025. Option-income and bond funds vary their distributions with income earned, so reductions are routine for these funds.

How much did VYM pay in dividends in 2025?

VYM paid $3.5010 per share across 4 payments in 2025, up 0.2% from 2024.

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

Over the 12 months to Sep 24, 2026, VYM paid $3.6760 per share, 2.63% of its price a year earlier, while its price moved +12.8%. That is an approximate total return of +15.4% before taxes and reinvestment.

VYM Dividend History

Name: Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares (VYM) dividend history
Creator: SmarterDividends

Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares · every payment since 2006

Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares (VYM) has paid 80 distributions since 2006. The most recent was $0.8870 per share (ex-date Sep 18, 2026). Over the last 12 months VYM paid $3.6760 across 4 payments, a trailing yield of 2.33%. The average of the last 2 regular payments is +3.2% versus the 2 before.

Latest distribution

$0.8870

Last ex-date

Sep 18, 2026

Paid, last 12 months

$3.68

Trailing yield

2.33%

Frequency

Quarterly

Payments on record

What the record shows

VYM has paid quarterly since 2006, spanning 80 distributions. Over the past year, distributions totaled $3.676 per share and produced a 2.33% trailing yield. The latest distribution was lower than the previous one, but the recent distribution average was 3.2% above the prior average, indicating that near-term variation has not erased the broader increase.

Annual distributions rose in each year of the six-year span, moving from $2.906 per share at the start to $3.501 at the end. The increases were larger around the middle of the period and narrowed thereafter, leaving the annual total only slightly higher in each of the final two years.

Over 12 months, VYM's price gained 12.2%, while distributions equaled 2.6% of the price a year earlier. The approximate total return was 14.8%. Because the price also advanced, distributions supplemented the gain 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

2.63%

of price a year ago

Price change

+12.8%

$139.83 → $157.66

Approx. total return

+15.4%

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.

VYM distributions per year

Total paid per share by calendar year

Recent distribution amounts

Last 24 regular payments, per share