VCLT dividend history (2026)
Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCLT) paid $4.13 a share over its last year of payments, monthly, a yield of 5.87% at the last close. The payment has grown +4.6% a year compounded (CAGR) over the past five. The last ex-dividend date was Oct 1, 2026. Not investment advice.
Price and yield as of market close, Oct 23, 2026; the dividend record runs from 2013.
What a holding earns#
At the current rate of $4.13 a share a year, shares priced at the last close ($70.37). Before tax; the rate can change at any payment.
| Holding | Shares | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| 100 shares | 100 | $413 |
| 500 shares | 500 | $2,064 |
| 1,000 shares | 1,000 | $4,129 |
| $10,000 at the last close | 142.1 | $587 |
Dividends by year#
Regular payments that went ex in each calendar year, per share, newest first. A special dividend or a spin-off distribution is counted separately and left out of the total and the change.
| Year | Paid / share | vs prior yr |
|---|---|---|
| 2026YTD | $3.11 | — |
| 2025 | $4.18 | +7.7% |
| 2024 | $3.88 | +3.7% |
| 2023 | $3.74 | +11.4% |
| 2022 | $3.36 | +3.3% |
| 2021 | $3.25 | -7.3% |
| 2020 | $3.51 | -9.2% |
| 2019 | $3.86 | -0.3% |
| 2018 | $3.88 | +1.1% |
| 2017 | $3.84 | -0.9% |
| 2016 | $3.87 | -1.7% |
| 2015 | $3.94 | -0.6% |
| 2014 | $3.97 | -1.1% |
| 2013 | $4.01 | — |
Recent payments#
The last 16 ex-dividend dates. Amounts are split-adjusted, as paid on today's share count.
| Ex-date | Per share |
|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.35 |
| Sep 1, 2026 | $0.36 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $0.35 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | $0.36 |
| May 1, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | $0.36 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | $0.32 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | $0.35 |
| Dec 18, 2025 | $0.35 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | $0.34 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | $0.33 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | $0.33 |
| Sep 2, 2025 | $0.33 |
| Aug 1, 2025 | $0.42 |
| Jul 1, 2025 | $0.34 |
About this data#
Payments come from ChartRow's own dividend record, one row per ex-date, split-adjusted. A payment more than 2.5 times the year's median is treated as a special dividend or a distribution and left out of the annual total, the run-rate and the streak. The annual dividend is the latest regular payment times the number of payments a year; the yield divides it by the last close. Years of raises counts consecutive complete calendar years in which that payment rose over the prior year's — a cut, a flat year or a gap ends the count, and the current year is not counted until it is over. Where the run reaches the start of our record (1995 for many long-lived payers) it is shown with a plus sign, because it may be longer. Not investment advice.
FAQ#
- How much does VCLT pay in dividends?
- VCLT paid $4.13 a share over its last year of payments, which vary in size, a dividend yield of 5.87% at the last close.
- How often does VCLT pay dividends?
- Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF pays monthly (12 payments a year); the most recent ex-dividend date was Oct 1, 2026.
- How many years has VCLT raised its dividend?
- VCLT has not raised its dividend in each of the last complete years on our record: the most recent complete year's payment was not above the year before's.
- Can I see VCLT's dividends reinvested?
- Yes, as a total-return view: the Growth of $1,000 page for this ticker shows what an investment became with dividends reinvested against price only, from any starting month.