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Historical Dividend Data

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Ex-Date Record Date Pay Date Declared Date Type Amount
Dec 17, 2025 Dec 16, 2025 Dec 17, 2025 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.7315
Dec 18, 2024 Dec 17, 2024 Dec 18, 2024 -- Non-qualified 0.0188
Dec 18, 2024 Dec 17, 2024 Dec 18, 2024 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.3217
Dec 13, 2023 Dec 12, 2023 Dec 13, 2023 -- Non-qualified 0.0088
Dec 14, 2022 Dec 13, 2022 Dec 14, 2022 -- Long Term Capital Gains 1.873
Dec 14, 2022 Dec 13, 2022 Dec 14, 2022 -- Non-qualified 0.0346
Dec 14, 2021 Dec 13, 2021 Dec 14, 2021 -- Long Term Capital Gains 2.485
Dec 14, 2021 Dec 13, 2021 Dec 14, 2021 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0877
Dec 10, 2020 Dec 09, 2020 Dec 10, 2020 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0353
Dec 10, 2020 Dec 09, 2020 Dec 10, 2020 -- Non-qualified 0.0218
Dec 10, 2020 Dec 09, 2020 Dec 10, 2020 -- Long Term Capital Gains 2.153
Dec 12, 2019 Dec 11, 2019 Dec 12, 2019 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.3558
Dec 12, 2019 Dec 11, 2019 Dec 12, 2019 -- Non-qualified 0.0071
Dec 19, 2018 Dec 18, 2018 Dec 19, 2018 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.9787
Dec 28, 2017 Dec 27, 2017 Dec 28, 2017 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.3086
Dec 21, 2016 Dec 20, 2016 Dec 21, 2016 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.3642
Dec 19, 2014 Dec 18, 2014 Dec 19, 2014 -- Qualified 0.0062
Dec 24, 2013 Dec 23, 2013 Dec 24, 2013 -- Qualified 0.0570
Dec 28, 2011 Dec 27, 2011 Dec 28, 2011 -- Qualified 0.0013
Dec 23, 2008 Dec 23, 2008 Dec 24, 2008 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.1682
Dec 23, 2008 Dec 23, 2008 Dec 24, 2008 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.1076
Dec 18, 2007 Dec 18, 2007 Dec 19, 2007 -- Short Term Capital Gains 1.682
Dec 18, 2007 Dec 18, 2007 Dec 19, 2007 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.331
Dec 19, 2006 Dec 19, 2006 Dec 21, 2006 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.7730
Dec 19, 2006 Dec 19, 2006 Dec 21, 2006 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.4139

Dividend Definition

Dividends are payments per share reported as of the ex-dividend date. Profits can be allocated to retained earnings or paid to shareholders as dividends or stock buybacks. Shareholders receive dividends proportional to their shares. Dividends vary by company growth stage; rapidly growing companies often reinvest profits rather than pay dividends, while steady growth companies typically offer small, consistent dividends. Dividends can be qualified or non-qualified. Qualified dividends are taxed at the lower capital gains rate, while non-qualified dividends are taxed as regular income.

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Dividend Range, Past 5 Years

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Dividend Excel Add-In Codes

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Metric Code: dividend
Latest Data Point: =YCP("M:VLIFX", "dividend")
Last 5 Data Points: =YCS("M:VLIFX", "dividend", -4)
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