ETFs / VTV
What If You Had Invested in VTV 10 Years Ago?
Vanguard Value ETF (VTV) with real monthly prices, dividends reinvested, through November 2026.
VTV $223.88 ▼ -3.07% last close, Nov 05, 2026
If you had invested $1,000 in VTV in November 2016, today it would be worth
$3,151
Same $1,000 in the S&P 500 (SPY): $3,895
If you had put $500 a month into VTV since November 2016, your $60,500 would be worth today
$119,591
Same plan in the S&P 500 (SPY): $128,888
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VTV returns by period
| Period | Total return | Per year | $1,000 became | SPY per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2026 | $1.0170 | -6.0% | ||
| Jun 26, 2026 | $1.0820 | +0.3% | ||
| Mar 27, 2026 | $1.0790 | +9.4% | ||
| Dec 22, 2025 | $0.9860 | +4.6% | ||
| Sep 29, 2025 | $0.9430 | -2.2% | ||
| Jun 30, 2025 | $0.9640 | -4.8% | ||
| Mar 27, 2025 | $1.0130 | +3.4% | ||
| Dec 23, 2024 | $0.9800 | +7.2% | ||
| Sep 26, 2024 | $0.9140 | -10.0% | ||
| Jun 27, 2024 | $1.0150 | +0.9% | ||
| Mar 21, 2024 | $1.0060 | -2.4% | ||
| Dec 21, 2023 | $1.0310 | — |
VTV year by year
Best full year: 2013 (+33.1%). Worst: 2008 (-35.9%).
| Year | VTV | SPY | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | +19.0% | +8.3% | |
| 2025 | +15.3% | +17.7% | |
| 2024 | +16.0% | +24.9% | |
| 2023 | +9.3% | +26.2% | |
| 2022 | -2.1% | -18.2% | Value stocks held up far better than growth stocks as interest rates rose. |
| 2021 | +26.5% | +28.7% | |
| 2020 | +2.3% | +18.3% | |
| 2019 | +25.7% | +31.2% | |
| 2018 | -5.5% | -4.6% | |
| 2017 | +17.1% | +21.7% | |
| 2016 | +17.1% | +12.0% | |
| 2015 | -1.0% | +1.2% | |
| 2014 | +13.2% | +13.5% | |
| 2013 | +33.1% | +32.3% | |
| 2012 | +15.2% | +16.0% | |
| 2011 | +1.1% | +1.9% | |
| 2010 | +14.5% | +15.1% | |
| 2009 | +19.9% | +26.4% | |
| 2008 | -35.9% | -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 | -0.1% | +5.1% |
VTV: 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 2004 (263 of them), the lump sum was ahead after 12 months in 203 (77%). The lump sum usually won, but roughly one start in 4 favored spreading it out. The best case for monthly investing was a start in May 2008, when it finished the year 40% ahead.
Worst drop
VTV's worst fall in this history was -54.8%, a loss of more than half, from May 2007 to February 2009. Getting back to the old high took until January 2013: 47 months from the bottom and 5.7 years from the peak. $1,000 invested at that peak shrank to about $452 at the low.
VTV dividends
VTV paid $4.16 per share over the last 12 months, quarterly. At $223.88 that is 1.86%, a moderate yield. From 2020 to 2025 the yearly payout grew +5.1% a year, steadily. The yearly total did not fall once in the last ten years.
| Year | Dividends / share | Change | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3.91 | -0.2% | 2.05% |
| 2024 | $3.92 | +6.6% | 2.31% |
| 2023 | $3.67 | +3.9% | 2.46% |
| 2022 | $3.53 | +11.9% | 2.52% |
| 2021 | $3.16 | +3.8% | 2.15% |
| 2020 | $3.04 | +1.3% | 2.56% |
| 2019 | $3.00 | +12.4% | 2.50% |
| 2018 | $2.67 | +9.6% | 2.73% |
| 2017 | $2.44 | +7.2% | 2.29% |
| 2016 | $2.27 | +7.1% | 2.44% |
Yield = each year’s dividends divided by the price at the end of the year.
VTV dividend history: last 12 payments
| Ex-dividend date | Amount | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2026 | $1.0170 | -6.0% |
| Jun 26, 2026 | $1.0820 | +0.3% |
| Mar 27, 2026 | $1.0790 | +9.4% |
| Dec 22, 2025 | $0.9860 | +4.6% |
| Sep 29, 2025 | $0.9430 | -2.2% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | $0.9640 | -4.8% |
| Mar 27, 2025 | $1.0130 | +3.4% |
| Dec 23, 2024 | $0.9800 | +7.2% |
| Sep 26, 2024 | $0.9140 | -10.0% |
| Jun 27, 2024 | $1.0150 | +0.9% |
| Mar 21, 2024 | $1.0060 | -2.4% |
| Dec 21, 2023 | $1.0310 | — |
About VTV
| Issuer | Vanguard |
| Launched | January 2004 |
| Tracks | CRSP US Large Cap Value |
| Expense ratio | 0.04% |
| Holdings | About 330 large U.S. value companies |
Fund details as of 2025. Check the issuer for the current expense ratio and holdings.
VTV holds large U.S. companies that look cheap relative to their earnings, book value and dividends: banks, health care, energy, industrial and consumer staples companies rather than fast-growing tech.
Value has trailed growth for most of the last fifteen years, but it held up much better in 2022 when rising rates hurt growth stocks. Many investors hold VTV next to a growth fund to balance the two.
Questions about VTV
How much would $10,000 invested in VTV 20 years ago be worth today?
About $56,232 with dividends reinvested, invested at the November 2006 close: 462.3% in total, or 9.0% a year.
When does VTV pay dividends?
In the last 12 months the payments went out in March, June, September and December, $4.16 per share in total.
Did VTV beat the S&P 500?
No. Over the last 20 years it trailed by 1.6 percentage points a year: +9.0% a year for VTV against +10.6% for SPY, dividends reinvested. Its worst fall was about the same as SPY's.