VTI Dividend Yield
Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF · Large Blend · Vanguard · ETF · quarterly payer
$361.93
Add to PortfolioAs of Nov 8, 2026, VTI (Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF) yields 1.09%, paying $3.95 a share a year in quarterly distributions at its $361.93 price. It costs 0.03% a year and manages $2.3T. Over the last 5 years it returned 10.9% a year with distributions reinvested, against 12.0% for the S&P 500.
Dividend yield
1.09%
Paid a Year
$3.95
Expense Ratio
0.03%
Assets
$2.3T
5-Yr Return
10.9%/yr
Frequency
Quarterly
Key facts about VTI
Data as of · Source: SmarterDividends data
- As of Nov 8, 2026, VTI yields 1.09% and pays about $3.95 a share a year, quarterly.
- VTI paid $3.9490 a share in distributions over the 12 months to Nov 8, 2026, in 4 payments.
- VTI's expense ratio is 0.03% a year, or $3.00 on $10,000.
- VTI is an ETF from Vanguard with $2.3T in assets, started May 24, 2001.
- In the 5 years to Oct 2026, VTI returned 10.9% a year with distributions reinvested (9.4% a year from price alone), against 12.0% for the S&P 500.
- In the 10 years to Oct 2026, VTI returned 14.9% a year with distributions reinvested (13.1% a year from price alone), against 15.3% for the S&P 500.
- VTI's three largest holdings are NVIDIA Corp (7.1%), Apple Inc (6.6%), Microsoft Corp (5.2%).
Cite this page
SmarterDividends, "VTI Dividend Yield, Expense Ratio and Total Return," updated Nov 8, 2026, https://smarterdividends.com/stocks/VTI
What $10,000 in VTI became
Change the dates →From Dec 2007 to Oct 2026, month-end values
Payouts reinvested
$71,593
Payouts taken as cash
$57,413
$6,211 of it cash
S&P 500 (SPY)
$72,756
Since Dec 2007, VTI's share price is up 412%, and with distributions reinvested it returned 616%. Its payouts haven't come at the expense of the share price, so there is no NAV erosion over this period.
VTI total return
A year, through Oct 2026. Total return counts every payout, reinvested; price return doesn't.
| Period | Total return | Price return | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year | +12.0% | +10.8% | +12.0% |
| 3 years | +23.1% | +21.6% | +23.3% |
| 5 years | +10.9% | +9.4% | +12.0% |
| 10 years | +14.9% | +13.1% | +15.3% |
| Since Dec 2007 | +11.0% | +9.1% | +11.1% |
VTI distributions
Every payment →Paid per share, by year
| Ex-date | Paid | Per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | $0.9560 |
| Jun 26, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $1.0440 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.9980 |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Dec 24, 2025 | $0.9510 |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Oct 1, 2025 | $0.9070 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Jul 2, 2025 | $0.9130 |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $0.9850 |
| Dec 23, 2024 | Dec 26, 2024 | $0.9410 |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Oct 1, 2024 | $0.8710 |
| Jun 28, 2024 | Jul 2, 2024 | $0.9520 |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Mar 27, 2024 | $0.9110 |
| Dec 21, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $1.0020 |
What VTI holds
Top ten holdings and sector weights as the fund reports them.
- NVDA NVIDIA Corp7.1%
- AAPL Apple Inc6.6%
- MSFT Microsoft Corp5.2%
- AMZN Amazon.com Inc3.3%
- GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A2.8%
- AVGO Broadcom Inc2.3%
- META Meta Platforms Inc Class A2.2%
- GOOG Alphabet Inc Class C2.2%
- MU Micron Technology Inc1.6%
- TSLA Tesla Inc1.4%
- Technology38.1%
- Financials11.5%
- Healthcare10.0%
- Communication9.2%
- Industrials8.8%
- Consumer cyclical8.7%
- Consumer defensive4.2%
- Energy3.6%
- Real estate2.2%
- Utilities1.9%
- Materials1.8%
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VTI questions
What is VTI's dividend yield?
As of Nov 8, 2026, VTI yields 1.09%. Over the last 12 months it paid $3.9490 a share in 4 payments, against a $361.93 share price.
How often does VTI pay dividends?
VTI pays quarterly, 4 times a year.
How much does 100 shares of VTI pay?
At about $3.9490 a share a year, 100 shares of VTI pay about $394.90 a year, $98.73 each quarter, before tax.
What is VTI's expense ratio?
VTI's expense ratio is 0.03% a year: $3.00 on every $10,000 invested, taken from the fund's assets rather than billed to you.
What is VTI's total return?
In the 5 years to Oct 2026, VTI returned 10.9% a year with distributions reinvested, of which 9.4% a year came from the share price. The S&P 500 returned 12.0% a year.
Does VTI have NAV erosion?
Since Dec 2007, VTI's share price is up 412%, and with distributions reinvested it returned 616%. Its payouts haven't come at the expense of the share price, so there is no NAV erosion over this period.
What does VTI hold?
VTI's largest holdings are NVIDIA Corp (7.1%), Apple Inc (6.6%), Microsoft Corp (5.2%). Its top ten make up 35% of the fund.
Is VTI or VYM better?
It depends on what the money is for. Our VTI vs VYM comparison puts their yields, costs, total returns and worst drops side by side.
Fund facts
- Type
- ETF
- Issuer
- Vanguard
- Category
- Large Blend
- Started
- May 24, 2001
- Expense ratio
- 0.03%
- Assets
- $2.3T
- Dividend yield
- 1.09%
- Paid in the last year
- $3.9490 (4 payments)
- Last payment
- $0.9560 · ex Sep 28, 2026
- Beta (3 years)
- 1.00
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Fund facts from the fund's own reports via Yahoo Finance; payments and returns from SmarterDividends records. For information only, not investment advice.