VIG dividend calculator
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF
Current price $243.07
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Modest yield
Next payment expected around 27 October 2026 (estimate)
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What's inside VIG?
Top holdings
- BROADCOM INC4.5%
- APPLE INC4.2%
- ELI LILLY AND CO4.1%
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO3.5%
- MICROSOFT CORP3.5%
Top sectors
- Technology26.9%
- Financial Services20.3%
- Healthcare17.8%
VIG vs similar income ETFs
| Share | Yield | Yearly fee (TER) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| VIGVanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF | 1.45% | 0.04% | This page |
| QYLDGlobal X - Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF | 11.62% | 0.60% | Calculate → |
| RYLDGlobal X - Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF | 11.50% | 0.60% | Calculate → |
| HDViShares Core High Dividend ETF | 11.48% | 0.08% | Calculate → |
Frequently asked questions
- How much does VIG pay per share?
- Over the last year Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF paid out about $3.58 per share, distributed quarterly.
- When is the next VIG distribution?
- Based on the payment pattern, the next ex-dividend date lands around 29 September 2026. That is an estimate from past timing, not an announcement.
- What does VIG hold?
- Its biggest positions right now are BROADCOM INC, APPLE INC and ELI LILLY AND CO. The VIG inspect page has the full holdings, sector and country breakdown.
VIG forward projection, headline number
$10,000 in VIG today is projected to be worth about $22,925 in 10 years with distributions reinvested.
That assumes the per-share distribution keeps growing at the historical 5-year rate and the share price grows at 7% a year - close to VIG's actual 10-year price CAGR. Taking the cash instead of reinvesting leaves you at about $19,672 on price plus $3,253 of accumulated DRIP advantage. Use the calculator above to model DRIP, top-ups, tax wrappers and any change to the assumed dividend-growth rate.
VIG dividend growth: 1Y / 2Y / 5Y / 10Y
VIG's job is dividend growth, not headline yield. The published annualised growth rate of the per-share distribution, at four common lookback windows. The 5-year figure matches what this calculator pre-fills as its historical dividend-growth assumption.
| Window | Dividend CAGR | Implied per-share dividend in 10 years |
|---|---|---|
| 1-year | +14.7%/yr | $14.11 |
| 2-year | +5.4%/yr | $6.06 |
| 5-year | +8.2%/yr | $7.85 |
| 10-year | +8.4%/yr | $8.02 |
Source: DRIPCalc rolling 1Y window, Vanguard VIG fact-sheet, MarketBeat public tables (June 2026 reads). The 1Y figure is a rolling 12-month window and is the most volatile band; the 2Y / 5Y / 10Y reads are point-in-time from the issuer fact-sheet. Future per-share dividend is the current annual DPS grown at the band's published CAGR; it is an illustration, not a forecast. The calculator above uses a 5-year rate of 824.4% as its historical default.
How much VIG do I need to earn $X a month?
The next question almost every visitor has after running the forward projection: how many shares produce a given monthly income at today's distribution. The table below answers it directly. Assumes DRIP is off (you take the cash) and the distribution stays at today's 1.45% trailing yield - no growth assumed.
| Monthly income target | Shares needed | Capital at $243.07/share |
|---|---|---|
| $250 a month | 838 | $203,693 |
| $500 a month | 1,676 | $407,385 |
| $1,000 a month | 3,351 | $814,528 |
| $2,000 a month | 6,702 | $1,629,055 |
| $5,000 a month | 16,754 | $4,072,395 |
Shares are rounded up to clear the target. Capital assumes a fill at the live price shown above and excludes any platform, FX or US withholding tax drag. US withholding tax (15%) is the only tax drag inside an ISA or SIPP for a UK investor; outside a wrapper it stacks on top of UK dividend tax. Use the calculator above to model DRIP on top of these targets.
$10,000 in VIG with and without DRIP
The single highest-conversion comparator on this query. Same $10,000 lump sum, three holding periods, two reinvestment choices. DRIP buys more VIG with each quarterly distribution at that quarter's NAV; the no-DRIP row assumes you take the cash. Both rows grow the share price at 7% a year and the per-share distribution at the 5-year historical rate.
| Holding period | Value, DRIP reinvested | Value, distributions as cash | DRIP advantage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year | $10,857 | $10,700 | +$157 |
| 5 years | $15,108 | $14,026 | +$1,082 |
| 10 years | $22,925 | $19,672 | +$3,253 |
Excludes platform fees, US withholding tax, FX cost, and any UK dividend tax. The DRIP path reinvests at each quarter's end-of-period NAV. Use the calculator above for a per-quarter DRIP toggle and tax-wrapper modelling - this table is the single-number version that answers "is DRIP worth turning on for my horizon".
What if you'd put $10,000 into VIG earlier?
Forward projections are easy to spin; historical back-tests are harder. The table below shows what a $10,000 lump-sum invested in VIG at the start of each window would be worth at end-2025, with and without DRIP. The DRIP column assumes dividends are reinvested at each year-end price.
| Holding period | Start year | Price-only (no DRIP) | DRIP reinvested |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 years | 2024 | $11,536 | $12,517 |
| 3 years | 2022 | $14,410 | $18,406 |
| 5 years | 2020 | $17,183 | $25,837 |
| 10 years | 2015 | $27,731 | $62,699 |
Source: Vanguard VIG fact-sheet quarterly distributions and end-of-year NAV. DRIP column assumes dividends reinvested at the calendar-year-end NAV and an annualised 8.5% blended dividend CAGR across the window. Excludes platform fees, US withholding tax and any FX cost.
VIG at a glance
- AUM
- ~$130.9B
- Source: dividend.com, June 2026 read
- Trailing yield
- 1.45%
- US dividend-ETF sector average is ~1.66% (TipRanks, June 2026)
- 52-week yield band
- 1.39% to 1.96%
- Current yield sits in the lower half of the 52-week range.
- Expense ratio (TER)
- 0.04%
- Among the cheapest dividend ETFs on the US market.
- Next ex-dividend date
- 2026-09-29
- Payable roughly two weeks after the ex-date for US-listed VIG.
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