Dividend History
VMBS Dividend History
Every recorded distribution from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF since 2009 — per-payment amounts, annual totals, and payout changes.
Updated October 2026 · 203 recorded payments
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Recent payments
The last 24 recorded per-share distributions. Hover any bar for the date and amount.
Annual totals
Per-share cash grouped by ex-date. Finished years compare only with finished years; the current year compares year-to-date cash with the same prior-year span, and launch-year stubs are labeled instead of annualized into growth.
| Period | Total paid / share | Payments | YoY change | Comparison basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | $1.4737 | 9 | -0.8% | Year to date vs prior-year YTD |
| 2025 | $1.9791 | 12 | +10.7% | Full calendar year |
| 2024 | $1.7886 | 12 | +16.7% | Full calendar year |
| 2023 | $1.5322 | 12 | +43.5% | Full calendar year |
| 2022 | $1.0679 | 12 | +97.2% | Full calendar year |
| 2021 | $0.5414 | 12 | -44.8% | Full calendar year |
| 2020 | $0.9803 | 12 | -33.3% | Full calendar year |
| 2019 | $1.4703 | 12 | +5.0% | Full calendar year |
| 2018 | $1.4001 | 12 | +23.5% | Full calendar year |
| 2017 | $1.1335 | 12 | +3.1% | Full calendar year |
| 2016 | $1.0999 | 12 | -1.8% | Full calendar year |
| 2015 | $1.12 | 13 | +11.2% | Full calendar year |
| 2014 | $1.007 | 12 | +99.4% | Full calendar year |
| 2013 | $0.505 | 12 | -40.2% | Full calendar year |
| 2012 | $0.845 | 12 | -38.5% | Full calendar year |
| 2011 | $1.375 | 12 | -29.5% | Full calendar year |
| 2010 | $1.949 | 12 | — | Full calendar year |
| 2009 | $0.098 | 1 | — | Partial launch year |
All 203 recorded payments
Most recent first. The change column compares each payment to the one before it.
| Date | Amount / share | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.1632 | -2.0% |
| Sep 1, 2026 | $0.1666 | -0.8% |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $0.168 | +2.1% |
| Jul 1, 2026 | $0.1645 | +0.7% |
| Jun 1, 2026 | $0.1634 | +1.6% |
| May 1, 2026 | $0.1609 | -0.5% |
| Apr 1, 2026 | $0.1617 | +0.5% |
| Mar 2, 2026 | $0.1609 | -2.2% |
| Feb 2, 2026 | $0.1645 | N/A |
| Dec 18, 2025 | $0.1599 | -1.0% |
| Dec 1, 2025 | $0.1615 | -6.1% |
| Nov 3, 2025 | $0.172 | +12.2% |
| Oct 1, 2025 | $0.1533 | -7.2% |
| Sep 2, 2025 | $0.1652 | +1.0% |
| Aug 1, 2025 | $0.1635 | +0.5% |
| Jul 1, 2025 | $0.1627 | +1.2% |
| Jun 2, 2025 | $0.1607 | -18.7% |
| May 1, 2025 | $0.1977 | +20.5% |
| Apr 1, 2025 | $0.164 | +3.3% |
| Mar 3, 2025 | $0.1588 | -0.6% |
| Feb 3, 2025 | $0.1598 | N/A |
| Dec 24, 2024 | $0.1522 | +1.2% |
| Dec 2, 2024 | $0.1504 | -1.6% |
| Nov 1, 2024 | $0.1529 | +5.4% |
| Oct 1, 2024 | $0.1451 | -5.9% |
| Sep 3, 2024 | $0.1542 | +2.4% |
| Aug 1, 2024 | $0.1506 | 0.0% |
| Jul 1, 2024 | $0.1506 | +0.5% |
| Jun 3, 2024 | $0.1498 | +1.3% |
| May 1, 2024 | $0.1479 | +1.2% |
| Apr 1, 2024 | $0.1462 | +0.6% |
| Mar 1, 2024 | $0.1453 | +1.3% |
| Feb 1, 2024 | $0.1434 | N/A |
| Dec 22, 2023 | $0.1419 | +1.0% |
| Dec 1, 2023 | $0.1405 | +5.1% |
| Nov 1, 2023 | $0.1337 | -1.7% |
| Oct 2, 2023 | $0.136 | +4.6% |
| Sep 1, 2023 | $0.13 | 0.0% |
| Aug 1, 2023 | $0.13 | +3.6% |
| Jul 3, 2023 | $0.1255 | +0.1% |
| Jun 1, 2023 | $0.1254 | +3.1% |
| May 1, 2023 | $0.1216 | +4.7% |
| Apr 3, 2023 | $0.1161 | -1.3% |
| Mar 1, 2023 | $0.1176 | +3.2% |
| Feb 1, 2023 | $0.1139 | N/A |
| Dec 23, 2022 | $0.1151 | +6.1% |
| Dec 1, 2022 | $0.1085 | +3.5% |
| Nov 1, 2022 | $0.1048 | +2.1% |
| Oct 3, 2022 | $0.1026 | +4.3% |
| Sep 1, 2022 | $0.0984 | +2.5% |
| Aug 1, 2022 | $0.096 | +5.6% |
| Jul 1, 2022 | $0.0909 | +12.9% |
| Jun 1, 2022 | $0.0805 | +17.5% |
| May 2, 2022 | $0.0685 | -7.9% |
| Apr 1, 2022 | $0.0744 | +7.7% |
| Mar 1, 2022 | $0.0691 | +16.9% |
| Feb 1, 2022 | $0.0591 | N/A |
| Dec 23, 2021 | $0.0535 | +7.9% |
| Dec 1, 2021 | $0.0496 | +2.9% |
| Nov 1, 2021 | $0.0482 | +9.3% |
| Oct 1, 2021 | $0.0441 | -16.2% |
| Sep 1, 2021 | $0.0526 | +13.9% |
| Aug 2, 2021 | $0.0462 | -0.9% |
| Jul 1, 2021 | $0.0466 | +24.3% |
| Jun 1, 2021 | $0.0375 | +43.7% |
| May 3, 2021 | $0.0261 | -38.7% |
| Apr 1, 2021 | $0.0426 | -15.0% |
| Mar 1, 2021 | $0.0501 | +13.1% |
| Feb 1, 2021 | $0.0443 | N/A |
| Dec 23, 2020 | $0.0275 | -59.1% |
| Dec 1, 2020 | $0.0672 | -2.2% |
| Nov 2, 2020 | $0.0687 | +0.7% |
| Oct 1, 2020 | $0.0682 | -1.4% |
| Sep 1, 2020 | $0.0692 | -7.6% |
| Aug 3, 2020 | $0.0749 | -8.1% |
| Jul 1, 2020 | $0.0815 | -13.9% |
| Jun 1, 2020 | $0.0947 | -0.4% |
| May 1, 2020 | $0.0951 | -24.4% |
| Apr 1, 2020 | $0.1258 | +25.3% |
| Mar 2, 2020 | $0.1004 | -6.3% |
| Feb 3, 2020 | $0.1071 | N/A |
| Dec 23, 2019 | $0.1154 | +13.4% |
| Dec 2, 2019 | $0.1018 | -11.5% |
| Nov 1, 2019 | $0.115 | +2.9% |
| Oct 1, 2019 | $0.1118 | -6.4% |
| Sep 3, 2019 | $0.1194 | -10.1% |
| Aug 1, 2019 | $0.1328 | +16.7% |
| Jul 1, 2019 | $0.1138 | -16.4% |
| Jun 3, 2019 | $0.1362 | +7.6% |
| May 1, 2019 | $0.1266 | -15.2% |
| Apr 1, 2019 | $0.1493 | +29.2% |
| Mar 1, 2019 | $0.1156 | -12.8% |
| Feb 1, 2019 | $0.1326 | N/A |
| Dec 24, 2018 | $0.1397 | +13.5% |
| Dec 3, 2018 | $0.1231 | -7.9% |
| Nov 1, 2018 | $0.1337 | +11.5% |
| Oct 1, 2018 | $0.1199 | +0.2% |
| Sep 4, 2018 | $0.1197 | +1.0% |
| Aug 1, 2018 | $0.1185 | +22.7% |
| Jul 2, 2018 | $0.0966 | -20.3% |
| Jun 1, 2018 | $0.1212 | +11.0% |
| May 1, 2018 | $0.1092 | -13.3% |
| Apr 2, 2018 | $0.1259 | +31.4% |
| Mar 1, 2018 | $0.0958 | -1.0% |
| Feb 1, 2018 | $0.0968 | -12.8% |
| Dec 26, 2017 | $0.111 | +15.6% |
| Dec 1, 2017 | $0.096 | -1.0% |
| Nov 1, 2017 | $0.097 | +1.0% |
| Oct 2, 2017 | $0.096 | -1.5% |
| Sep 1, 2017 | $0.0975 | +1.6% |
| Aug 1, 2017 | $0.096 | +1.1% |
| Jul 3, 2017 | $0.095 | 0.0% |
| Jun 1, 2017 | $0.095 | 0.0% |
| May 1, 2017 | $0.095 | +3.3% |
| Apr 3, 2017 | $0.092 | +1.1% |
| Mar 1, 2017 | $0.091 | +26.4% |
| Feb 1, 2017 | $0.072 | N/A |
| Dec 22, 2016 | $0.2479 | +254.1% |
| Dec 1, 2016 | $0.07 | +6.1% |
| Nov 1, 2016 | $0.066 | -2.9% |
| Oct 3, 2016 | $0.068 | -13.9% |
| Sep 1, 2016 | $0.079 | +5.3% |
| Aug 1, 2016 | $0.075 | -6.3% |
| Jul 1, 2016 | $0.08 | -1.2% |
| Jun 1, 2016 | $0.081 | +3.8% |
| May 2, 2016 | $0.078 | -14.3% |
| Apr 1, 2016 | $0.091 | 0.0% |
| Mar 1, 2016 | $0.091 | +24.7% |
| Feb 1, 2016 | $0.073 | N/A |
| Dec 23, 2015 | $0.344 | +377.8% |
| Dec 1, 2015 | $0.072 | 0.0% |
| Nov 2, 2015 | $0.072 | -2.7% |
| Oct 1, 2015 | $0.074 | +15.6% |
| Sep 1, 2015 | $0.064 | +3.2% |
| Aug 3, 2015 | $0.062 | +5.1% |
| Jul 1, 2015 | $0.059 | +1.7% |
| Jun 1, 2015 | $0.058 | +18.4% |
| May 1, 2015 | $0.049 | N/A |
| Apr 1, 2015 | $0.069 | N/A |
| Mar 25, 2015 | $0.066 | -5.7% |
| Mar 2, 2015 | $0.07 | +14.8% |
| Feb 2, 2015 | $0.061 | N/A |
| Dec 23, 2014 | $0.226 | +296.5% |
| Dec 1, 2014 | $0.057 | -18.6% |
| Nov 3, 2014 | $0.07 | +16.7% |
| Oct 1, 2014 | $0.06 | -1.6% |
| Sep 2, 2014 | $0.061 | -10.3% |
| Aug 1, 2014 | $0.068 | -4.2% |
| Jul 1, 2014 | $0.071 | -6.6% |
| Jun 2, 2014 | $0.076 | 0.0% |
| May 1, 2014 | $0.076 | -8.4% |
| Apr 1, 2014 | $0.083 | 0.0% |
| Mar 3, 2014 | $0.083 | +9.2% |
| Feb 3, 2014 | $0.076 | -11.6% |
| Dec 24, 2013 | $0.086 | +17.8% |
| Nov 29, 2013 | $0.073 | 0.0% |
| Oct 31, 2013 | $0.073 | +15.9% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | $0.063 | +37.0% |
| Aug 30, 2013 | $0.046 | +27.8% |
| Jul 31, 2013 | $0.036 | +56.5% |
| Jun 28, 2013 | $0.023 | 0.0% |
| May 31, 2013 | $0.023 | -8.0% |
| Apr 30, 2013 | $0.025 | +13.6% |
| Mar 28, 2013 | $0.022 | +22.2% |
| Feb 28, 2013 | $0.018 | +5.9% |
| Jan 31, 2013 | $0.017 | -93.8% |
| Dec 24, 2012 | $0.276 | +4500.0% |
| Nov 30, 2012 | $0.006 | -76.0% |
| Nov 2, 2012 | $0.025 | -19.4% |
| Sep 28, 2012 | $0.031 | -24.4% |
| Aug 31, 2012 | $0.041 | -19.6% |
| Jul 31, 2012 | $0.051 | -20.3% |
| Jun 29, 2012 | $0.064 | +10.3% |
| May 31, 2012 | $0.058 | -20.5% |
| Apr 30, 2012 | $0.073 | +5.8% |
| Mar 30, 2012 | $0.069 | -11.5% |
| Feb 29, 2012 | $0.078 | +6.8% |
| Jan 31, 2012 | $0.073 | -77.0% |
| Dec 23, 2011 | $0.318 | +278.6% |
| Nov 30, 2011 | $0.084 | -20.8% |
| Oct 31, 2011 | $0.106 | 0.0% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | $0.106 | -9.4% |
| Aug 31, 2011 | $0.117 | +15.8% |
| Jul 29, 2011 | $0.101 | +5.2% |
| Jun 30, 2011 | $0.096 | +5.5% |
| May 31, 2011 | $0.091 | +13.7% |
| Apr 29, 2011 | $0.08 | -23.8% |
| Mar 31, 2011 | $0.105 | +23.5% |
| Feb 28, 2011 | $0.085 | -1.2% |
| Jan 31, 2011 | $0.086 | -90.5% |
| Dec 27, 2010 | $0.908 | +887.0% |
| Nov 30, 2010 | $0.092 | -32.4% |
| Oct 29, 2010 | $0.136 | +103.0% |
| Sep 30, 2010 | $0.067 | -30.2% |
| Aug 31, 2010 | $0.096 | -6.8% |
| Jul 30, 2010 | $0.103 | +9.6% |
| Jun 30, 2010 | $0.094 | +11.9% |
| May 28, 2010 | $0.084 | +12.0% |
| Apr 30, 2010 | $0.075 | 0.0% |
| Mar 31, 2010 | $0.075 | -33.0% |
| Feb 26, 2010 | $0.112 | +4.7% |
| Jan 29, 2010 | $0.107 | +9.2% |
| Dec 24, 2009 | $0.098 | — |
Amounts are per-share cash distributions by ex-date, restated to today's share count (split-adjusted) as recorded by our data pipeline, so a share split or reverse split does not appear as a step between rows and annual totals compare across one. The final tax character of a distribution (income vs. return of capital) is reported by the issuer after year end. Not investment advice.
Frequently asked questions
How often does VMBS pay dividends?
Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (VMBS) currently makes monthly distributions. This page records 203 payments since Dec 24, 2009.
What was VMBS's most recent dividend?
The most recent recorded distribution was $0.1632 per share on Oct 1, 2026. Data as of October 2026.
How much has VMBS paid in 2026?
So far in 2026, VMBS has made 9 distributions totaling $1.4737 per share on the ex-date basis used by this table.
How much did VMBS pay in 2025?
In 2025, VMBS made 12 distributions totaling $1.9791 per share on an ex-date basis, restated to today's share count (split-adjusted), so years before and after a share split are on one basis.
Is VMBS's distribution guaranteed to stay the same?
No. Distribution amounts change over time — the payment table on this page shows each change — and for options-based and other actively managed funds the payout can include return of capital. Amounts here are restated to today's share count, so a share split or reverse split does not appear as a step in the table. The fund's page covers yield, price, and payout analysis in full.