Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG)

NYSEARCA: VIG · Real-Time Price · USD
203.90
+0.35 (0.17%)
At close: Jun 27, 2025, 4:00 PM
203.94
+0.04 (0.02%)
After-hours: Jun 27, 2025, 6:47 PM EDT
0.17%
Assets $91.50B
Expense Ratio 0.05%
PE Ratio 23.32
Shares Out 450.69M
Dividend (ttm) $3.55
Dividend Yield 1.74%
Ex-Dividend Date Mar 27, 2025
Payout Ratio 40.65%
1-Year Return +10.96%
Volume 830,442
Open 203.84
Previous Close 203.55
Day's Range 203.28 - 205.02
52-Week Low 169.32
52-Week High 205.24
Beta 0.86
Holdings 340
Inception Date Apr 21, 2006

About VIG

Fund Home Page

The Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P U.S. Dividend Growers index, a market-cap-weighted index of US companies that have increased their annual dividends for 10 or more consecutive years. VIG was launched on Apr 21, 2006 and is issued by Vanguard.

Asset Class Equity
Category Large Blend
Region North America
Stock Exchange NYSEARCA
Ticker Symbol VIG
ETF Provider Vanguard
Index Tracked S&P U.S. Dividend Growers Index

Top 10 Holdings

32.28% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Broadcom Inc. AVGO 5.12%
Microsoft Corporation MSFT 4.65%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM 3.78%
Apple Inc. AAPL 3.45%
Visa Inc. V 3.06%
Eli Lilly and Company LLY 2.96%
Mastercard Incorporated MA 2.44%
Costco Wholesale Corporation COST 2.35%
Exxon Mobil Corporation XOM 2.29%
Walmart Inc. WMT 2.18%
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Dividends

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Mar 27, 2025 $0.9377 Mar 31, 2025
Dec 23, 2024 $0.8756 Dec 26, 2024
Sep 27, 2024 $0.8351 Oct 1, 2024
Jun 28, 2024 $0.8992 Jul 2, 2024
Mar 22, 2024 $0.7692 Mar 27, 2024
Dec 21, 2023 $0.9156 Dec 27, 2023
Full Dividend History

News

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