VYM Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF — distribution yield, history & ex-dividend dates
The Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM) aims to mirror the investment returns of the FTSE High Dividend Yield Index. This benchmark is composed of common stocks from companies renowned for their generous dividend payouts. VYM offers investors a straightforward way to gain exposure to equities expected to deliver higher-than-average dividend income. The fund adheres to a passively managed, full-replication strategy, meaning it seeks to hold all the securities found within its target index.
Distribution Snapshot
Key Metrics
Distribution Yield
2.40%
The annual dividend as a percentage of the share price. A 3% yield is about $3 of dividends a year for every $100 invested at today's price.Annualized Distribution
$3.9180
The most recent payment scaled to a full year by how often it's paid. A $0.25 quarterly dividend annualizes to $1.00.Frequency
Q Quarterly
How often the dividend is paid: Q = quarterly (4x a year), M = monthly, S = semi-annual, A = annual.Rank Score
58.7
Our 0-100 house score blending yield, payout safety, growth and momentum. Higher means a stronger profile on those factors in our model — a research score, not advice or a recommendation to buy.RSI (14)
45
Relative Strength Index (0-100), a price-momentum gauge. Above 70 is often called 'overbought', below 30 'oversold'. A technical signal, not a dividend metric.52-Week Range
$137.47 – $167.03
The lowest and highest price over the past year — shows where today's price sits in its recent range.Payout Ratio
n/a
The share of GAAP earnings paid out as dividends. Lower leaves more cushion; above 100% means paying out more than the company earns. It shows n/a for BDCs, REITs and funds, which pay out of cash flow / net investment income rather than GAAP earnings, so this ratio doesn't apply.Years Paying
19
How many years of payments we have on record. This can understate very long histories where our data doesn't reach far enough back.Price / Book
-
Price-to-book ratio: share price divided by book value per share. A rough valuation gauge, most useful for asset-heavy sectors like REITs, banks and insurers.S.A.F.E. Dividend Read
Quote & Key Data
Distribution Growth
Why the Yield Moved (90 Days)
VYM's distribution yield rose from 2.15% to 2.40% over the past ~90 days (+0.26 pp). Of that move, +0.29 pp came from changes in the distribution rate and -0.03 pp from the share price ($160.42 → $162.92). A yield that rises because the price fell is not an improvement in the payout itself.
Yield vs Its Own History
Across 335 daily observations over the past 16 months, VYM's current yield is higher than approximately 42% of them. Our stored price history for VYM covers the past 16 months; 3- and 5-year averages are not yet computable from it and are deliberately not shown.
Adjusted Price History
Distribution History
Distribution Payment History
Ex-dividend calendar →| Amount | Type | Declared | Ex-Date | Record | Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.9795 Q | Regular | Feb 04, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | Jun 23, 2026 |
| $0.8617 Q | Regular | Jan 08, 2026 | Mar 20, 2026 | Mar 20, 2026 | Mar 24, 2026 |
| $0.9474 Q | Regular | Apr 03, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | Dec 23, 2025 |
| $0.8417 Q | Regular | Jan 20, 2025 | Sep 19, 2025 | Sep 19, 2025 | Sep 23, 2025 |
| $0.8617 Q | Regular | Jan 20, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | Jun 24, 2025 |
| $0.8500 Q | Regular | Jan 20, 2025 | Mar 21, 2025 | Mar 21, 2025 | Mar 25, 2025 |
| $0.9642 Q | Regular | Feb 29, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | Dec 24, 2024 |
| $0.8511 Q | Regular | Feb 29, 2024 | Sep 20, 2024 | Sep 20, 2024 | Sep 24, 2024 |
| $1.0237 Q | Regular | Feb 29, 2024 | Jun 21, 2024 | Jun 21, 2024 | Jun 25, 2024 |
| $0.6555 Q | Regular | Feb 29, 2024 | Mar 15, 2024 | Mar 18, 2024 | Mar 20, 2024 |
| $1.0995 Q | Regular | Mar 17, 2023 | Dec 18, 2023 | Dec 19, 2023 | Dec 21, 2023 |
| $0.7846 Q | Regular | Mar 17, 2023 | Sep 18, 2023 | Sep 19, 2023 | Sep 21, 2023 |
| $0.8767 Q | Regular | Mar 17, 2023 | Jun 20, 2023 | Jun 21, 2023 | Jun 23, 2023 |
| $0.7172 Q | Regular | Mar 16, 2023 | Mar 20, 2023 | Mar 21, 2023 | Mar 23, 2023 |
| $0.9750 Q | Regular | Dec 15, 2022 | Dec 19, 2022 | Dec 20, 2022 | Dec 22, 2022 |
| $0.7670 Q | Regular | Sep 16, 2022 | Sep 19, 2022 | Sep 20, 2022 | Sep 22, 2022 |
| $0.8480 Q | Regular | Jun 16, 2022 | Jun 21, 2022 | Jun 22, 2022 | Jun 24, 2022 |
| $0.6620 Q | Regular | Mar 17, 2022 | Mar 21, 2022 | Mar 22, 2022 | Mar 24, 2022 |
| $0.9390 Q | Regular | Dec 16, 2021 | Dec 20, 2021 | Dec 21, 2021 | Dec 23, 2021 |
| $0.7490 Q | Regular | Sep 16, 2021 | Sep 20, 2021 | Sep 21, 2021 | Sep 23, 2021 |
| $0.7520 Q | Regular | Jun 17, 2021 | Jun 21, 2021 | Jun 22, 2021 | Jun 24, 2021 |
| $0.6560 Q | Regular | Mar 18, 2021 | Mar 22, 2021 | Mar 23, 2021 | Mar 25, 2021 |
| $0.8100 Q | Regular | - | Dec 21, 2020 | Dec 22, 2020 | Dec 24, 2020 |
| $0.7050 Q | Regular | Sep 17, 2020 | Sep 21, 2020 | Sep 22, 2020 | Sep 24, 2020 |
| $0.8370 Q | Regular | Jun 19, 2020 | Jun 22, 2020 | Jun 23, 2020 | Jun 25, 2020 |
| $0.5540 Q | Regular | Mar 06, 2020 | Mar 10, 2020 | Mar 11, 2020 | Mar 13, 2020 |
| $0.7790 Q | Regular | Dec 20, 2019 | Dec 23, 2019 | Dec 24, 2019 | Dec 27, 2019 |
| $0.7860 Q | Regular | Sep 20, 2019 | Sep 24, 2019 | Sep 25, 2019 | Sep 27, 2019 |
| $0.6250 Q | Regular | Jun 14, 2019 | Jun 17, 2019 | Jun 18, 2019 | Jun 20, 2019 |
| $0.6520 Q | Regular | - | Mar 25, 2019 | Mar 26, 2019 | Mar 28, 2019 |
| $0.7390 Q | Regular | Dec 21, 2018 | Dec 24, 2018 | Dec 26, 2018 | Dec 28, 2018 |
| $0.6720 Q | Regular | Sep 24, 2018 | Sep 26, 2018 | Sep 27, 2018 | Oct 01, 2018 |
| $0.6300 Q | Regular | Jun 20, 2018 | Jun 22, 2018 | Jun 25, 2018 | Jun 27, 2018 |
| $0.6080 Q | Regular | Mar 22, 2018 | Mar 26, 2018 | Mar 27, 2018 | Mar 29, 2018 |
| $0.6430 Q | Regular | Dec 19, 2017 | Dec 21, 2017 | Dec 22, 2017 | Dec 27, 2017 |
| $0.6020 Q | Regular | Sep 18, 2017 | Sep 20, 2017 | Sep 21, 2017 | Sep 25, 2017 |
| $0.5960 Q | Regular | Jun 22, 2017 | Jun 23, 2017 | Jun 27, 2017 | Jun 29, 2017 |
| $0.5600 Q | Regular | - | Mar 22, 2017 | Mar 24, 2017 | Mar 28, 2017 |
| $0.6670 Q | Regular | - | Dec 22, 2016 | Dec 27, 2016 | Dec 29, 2016 |
| $0.4830 Q | Regular | - | Sep 13, 2016 | Sep 15, 2016 | Sep 19, 2016 |
| $0.5780 Q | Regular | - | Jun 21, 2016 | Jun 23, 2016 | Jun 27, 2016 |
| $0.4780 Q | Regular | Mar 14, 2016 | Mar 15, 2016 | Mar 17, 2016 | Mar 21, 2016 |
| $0.5990 Q | Regular | Dec 18, 2015 | Dec 21, 2015 | Dec 23, 2015 | Dec 28, 2015 |
| $0.5280 Q | Regular | - | Sep 23, 2015 | Sep 25, 2015 | Sep 29, 2015 |
| $0.5600 Q | Regular | - | Jun 26, 2015 | Jun 30, 2015 | Jul 02, 2015 |
| $0.4620 Q | Regular | - | Mar 23, 2015 | Mar 25, 2015 | Mar 27, 2015 |
| $0.5620 Q | Regular | - | Dec 18, 2014 | Dec 22, 2014 | Dec 24, 2014 |
| $0.4690 Q | Regular | - | Sep 22, 2014 | Sep 24, 2014 | Sep 26, 2014 |
| $0.4760 Q | Regular | Jun 20, 2014 | Jun 23, 2014 | Jun 25, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 |
| $0.4010 Q | Regular | Mar 21, 2014 | Mar 24, 2014 | Mar 26, 2014 | Mar 28, 2014 |
| $0.5320 Q | Regular | - | Dec 20, 2013 | - | - |
| $0.4370 Q | Regular | - | Sep 23, 2013 | - | - |
| $0.4190 Q | Regular | - | Jun 24, 2013 | Jun 26, 2013 | Jun 28, 2013 |
| $0.3610 Q | Regular | - | Mar 22, 2013 | - | - |
| $0.4920 Q | Regular | - | Dec 20, 2012 | - | - |
| $0.4030 Q | Regular | - | Sep 24, 2012 | - | - |
| $0.3700 Q | Regular | - | Jun 25, 2012 | - | - |
| $0.3280 Q | Regular | - | Mar 26, 2012 | - | - |
| $0.3750 Q | Regular | - | Dec 21, 2011 | - | - |
| $0.3070 Q | Regular | - | Sep 23, 2011 | - | - |
| $0.3350 Q | Regular | - | Jun 24, 2011 | - | - |
| $0.3100 Q | Regular | - | Mar 25, 2011 | - | - |
| $0.3130 Q | Regular | - | Dec 22, 2010 | - | - |
| $0.2760 Q | Regular | - | Sep 24, 2010 | - | - |
| $0.2730 Q | Regular | - | Jun 24, 2010 | - | - |
| $0.2290 Q | Regular | - | Mar 25, 2010 | - | - |
| $0.3210 Q | Regular | - | Dec 22, 2009 | - | - |
| $0.2570 Q | Regular | - | Sep 24, 2009 | - | - |
| $0.2800 Q | Regular | - | Jun 24, 2009 | - | - |
| $0.3100 Q | Regular | - | Mar 25, 2009 | - | - |
| $0.3300 Q | Regular | - | Dec 22, 2008 | - | - |
| $0.3710 Q | Regular | - | Sep 24, 2008 | - | - |
| $0.3710 Q | Regular | - | Jun 24, 2008 | - | - |
| $0.3710 Q | Regular | - | Mar 25, 2008 | - | - |
| $0.4470 Q | Regular | - | Dec 14, 2007 | - | - |
| $0.3460 Q | Regular | - | Sep 24, 2007 | - | - |
| $0.2960 Q | Regular | - | Jun 25, 2007 | - | - |
| $0.2680 Q | Regular | - | Mar 26, 2007 | - | - |
| $0.1750 Q | Regular | - | Dec 22, 2006 | - | - |
Peer Comparison
Selected ETF distribution payers we cover, strongest DividendRank first — for context, not a recommendation.
| Ticker | Name | Yield | 5-Yr Growth | Streak | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFF | iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF | 5.86% | 1.1% | 0 yrs | 66 |
| DVY | iShares Select Dividend ETF | 3.07% | 7.9% | 5 yrs | 66 |
| PEY | Invesco High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers ETF | 4.67% | 5.7% | 1 yr | 65 |
| VNQ | Vanguard Real Estate ETF | 3.61% | 0.8% | 1 yr | 65 |
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VYM dividend — frequently asked questions
Does Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF pay a dividend?
Yes. Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM) currently pays a dividend. The annualized dividend is about $3.92 per share, a yield of approximately 2.40%.
What is Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF's dividend yield?
Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF's dividend yield is approximately 2.40%, based on the most recent regular payment annualized against the current share price. Yields move as the share price changes.
How often does Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF pay dividends?
Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF pays dividends quarterly — 4 times per year.
How long has Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF paid dividends?
Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF has 19 years of dividend payments on record, and has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
Data updated Sep 13, 2026. This research page is generated from Dividendly's structured market and dividend dataset using the approach described on our methodology and data sources pages. Data is automatically validated using defined rules and may also be periodically reviewed. Research only, not investment advice. Spotted a data error? Report it.