ETFs / VIG
What If You Had Invested in VIG 10 Years Ago?
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG) with real monthly prices, dividends reinvested, through November 2026.
VIG $244.26 ▼ -3.34% last close, Nov 05, 2026
If you had invested $1,000 in VIG in November 2016, today it would be worth
$3,479
Same $1,000 in the S&P 500 (SPY): $3,895
If you had put $500 a month into VIG since November 2016, your $60,500 would be worth today
$118,342
Same plan in the S&P 500 (SPY): $128,888
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VIG returns by period
| Period | Total return | Per year | $1,000 became | SPY per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.9300 | -6.9% | ||
| Jun 26, 2026 | $0.9990 | +19.9% | ||
| Mar 27, 2026 | $0.8330 | -5.8% | ||
| Dec 22, 2025 | $0.8840 | +2.2% | ||
| Sep 29, 2025 | $0.8650 | -0.7% | ||
| Jun 30, 2025 | $0.8710 | -7.1% | ||
| Mar 27, 2025 | $0.9380 | +7.1% | ||
| Dec 23, 2024 | $0.8760 | +4.9% | ||
| Sep 27, 2024 | $0.8350 | -7.1% | ||
| Jun 28, 2024 | $0.8990 | +16.9% | ||
| Mar 22, 2024 | $0.7690 | -16.0% | ||
| Dec 21, 2023 | $0.9160 | — |
VIG year by year
Best full year: 2019 (+29.6%). Worst: 2008 (-26.7%).
| Year | VIG | SPY | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | +12.5% | +8.3% | |
| 2025 | +14.2% | +17.7% | |
| 2024 | +17.0% | +24.9% | |
| 2023 | +14.5% | +26.2% | |
| 2022 | -9.8% | -18.2% | Steady dividend growers held up better than the broad market as rates rose. |
| 2021 | +23.8% | +28.7% | |
| 2020 | +15.4% | +18.3% | |
| 2019 | +29.6% | +31.2% | |
| 2018 | -2.1% | -4.6% | |
| 2017 | +22.2% | +21.7% | |
| 2016 | +12.0% | +12.0% | |
| 2015 | -1.9% | +1.2% | |
| 2014 | +10.1% | +13.5% | |
| 2013 | +28.9% | +32.3% | |
| 2012 | +11.7% | +16.0% | |
| 2011 | +6.2% | +1.9% | |
| 2010 | +14.7% | +15.1% | |
| 2009 | +19.6% | +26.4% | |
| 2008 | -26.7% | -36.8% | The global financial crisis. Bank failures and a deep recession made this one of the worst years for stocks since the 1930s. |
| 2007 | +5.6% | +5.1% |
VIG: all at once or every month?
Take $12,000: all of it on day one, or $1,000 a month for a year. Across every starting month since 2006 (235 of them), the lump sum was ahead after 12 months in 190 (81%). That is lopsided: for VIG, waiting to invest has usually cost money. The best case for monthly investing was a start in May 2008, when it finished the year 28% ahead.
Worst drop
VIG's worst fall in this history was -41.1%, a deep bear-market fall, from September 2007 to February 2009. Getting back to the old high took until February 2011: 24 months from the bottom and 3.4 years from the peak. $1,000 invested at that peak shrank to about $589 at the low.
VIG dividends
VIG paid $3.65 per share over the last 12 months, quarterly. At $244.26 that is 1.49%, a small yield; nearly all of the return has come from the price. From 2020 to 2025 the yearly payout grew +9.1% a year, well ahead of inflation. The yearly total did not fall once in the last ten years.
| Year | Dividends / share | Change | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3.56 | +5.3% | 1.62% |
| 2024 | $3.38 | +5.3% | 1.73% |
| 2023 | $3.21 | +7.9% | 1.88% |
| 2022 | $2.97 | +11.7% | 1.96% |
| 2021 | $2.66 | +15.8% | 1.55% |
| 2020 | $2.30 | +7.6% | 1.63% |
| 2019 | $2.13 | +4.7% | 1.71% |
| 2018 | $2.04 | +6.2% | 2.08% |
| 2017 | $1.92 | +5.1% | 1.88% |
| 2016 | $1.83 | +0.4% | 2.14% |
Yield = each year’s dividends divided by the price at the end of the year.
VIG dividend history: last 12 payments
| Ex-dividend date | Amount | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.9300 | -6.9% |
| Jun 26, 2026 | $0.9990 | +19.9% |
| Mar 27, 2026 | $0.8330 | -5.8% |
| Dec 22, 2025 | $0.8840 | +2.2% |
| Sep 29, 2025 | $0.8650 | -0.7% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | $0.8710 | -7.1% |
| Mar 27, 2025 | $0.9380 | +7.1% |
| Dec 23, 2024 | $0.8760 | +4.9% |
| Sep 27, 2024 | $0.8350 | -7.1% |
| Jun 28, 2024 | $0.8990 | +16.9% |
| Mar 22, 2024 | $0.7690 | -16.0% |
| Dec 21, 2023 | $0.9160 | — |
About VIG
| Issuer | Vanguard |
| Launched | April 2006 |
| Tracks | S&P U.S. Dividend Growers |
| Expense ratio | 0.05% |
| Holdings | About 340 U.S. dividend growers |
Fund details as of 2025. Check the issuer for the current expense ratio and holdings.
VIG holds companies that have raised their dividend for at least ten years in a row, but leaves out the top 25% by yield. The idea is to own steady growers rather than the highest payers, which is why its yield is lower than SCHD's or VYM's.
Because the screen is about growth, VIG ends up with more large technology and health care companies than a typical dividend fund, and its returns have stayed closer to the S&P 500.
Questions about VIG
How much would $10,000 invested in VIG 20 years ago be worth today?
About $68,535 with dividends reinvested, invested at the November 2006 close: 585.4% in total, or 10.1% a year.
When does VIG pay dividends?
In the last 12 months the payments went out in March, June, September and December, $3.65 per share in total.
Did VIG beat the S&P 500?
No. Over the last 20 years it trailed by 0.5 percentage points a year: +10.1% a year for VIG against +10.6% for SPY, dividends reinvested. Its worst fall was milder than SPY's over the same history (-41.1% against -50.8%).