Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF
$236.87−1.15 (−0.48%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.04%
- Fund size
- $132.4B
- 1Y return
- +11.7%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.50%
- Holdings
- 338
- Volume · 30D
- 1M sh
- NAV per share
- $238.03
- 52W range
The ETF.net VIG Grade
Score 79 of 100 sits in the A band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 100Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 86Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 59Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 60Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.CScore 53Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 92Category rank
Our read on VIG
AVIG buys dividend growth, not fat yields: about 300 US companies with a record of raising their payouts, tracked for 0.04% a year. Running since 2006 and now north of $100 billion, it is the plain-vanilla anchor of the dividend-screen aisle.
The fund seeks to track the S&P U.S. Dividend Growers Index, which represents common stocks of companies with a record of increasing dividends over time.
Why people hold it
- At 0.04% a year, the fee is roughly a tenth of the typical dividend-screen fund's 0.39%, and undercuts every other top-graded fund in the group, DGRO and SCHD included.
- The screen rewards a record of increasing dividends rather than the biggest current payout, so the basket leans on payout discipline instead of stretched yields.
- Live since 2006, over $100 billion in assets and actively traded, which shows up as easy fills rather than wide spreads.
- About 300 holdings, cash paid quarterly, and one of the strongest overall implementations in its dividend-screen peer group.
Worth knowing
- Growth of payouts, not maximum income, is the mandate. That puts it on a different axis than high-dividend funds such as SPYD.
- US stocks only, no bonds and no overseas payers, and sector weights are whatever the index screen spits out.
- Portfolio risk and concentration measures land mid-pack for the category: it is fully invested in equities and drops when the market drops.
VIG Holdings
- Stocks
- 338
- 34%
- MSFT
Sectors
- Technology26.3%
- Financials21.8%
- Health Care18.3%
- Industrials10.9%
- Cons. Staples9.0%
- Consumer Discr.4.2%
- Energy3.5%
- Materials3.2%
- Utilities2.7%
Geography
- United States96.01%
- Ireland2.38%
- United Kingdom1.02%
- Switzerland0.52%
- Bermuda0.07%
VIG Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
VIG$11,170
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | VIG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +9.2% |
| 1 month | −2.4% |
| 3 months | +1.5% |
| 1 year | +11.7% |
| 3 years | +16.7% |
| 5 years | +10.7% |
| 10 years | +13.0% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | VIG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +9.2% | |
| 2025 | +14.2% | |
| 2024 | +17.0% | |
| 2023 | +14.5% | |
| 2022 | −9.8% | |
| 2021 | +23.8% | |
| 2020 | +15.4% |
VIG in the news
VIG Dividends
- 1.50%
- $3.58
- $1.00 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $1.00 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.83 |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Dec 24, 2025 | $0.88 |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Oct 1, 2025 | $0.86 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Jul 2, 2025 | $0.87 |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $0.94 |
| Dec 23, 2024 | Dec 26, 2024 | $0.88 |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Oct 1, 2024 | $0.84 |
| Jun 28, 2024 | Jul 2, 2024 | $0.90 |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Mar 27, 2024 | $0.77 |
| Dec 21, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.92 |
| Sep 28, 2023 | Oct 3, 2023 | $0.77 |
VIG Risk
- 10.5%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.05
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −20.4%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.82
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
VIG Cost
0.04%
VIG0.04%
- The middle half of US Dividend Index funds
- Median 0.38%
No US Dividend Index fund charges less.