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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 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.1062
Dec 17, 2025 Dec 16, 2025 Dec 17, 2025 -- Non-qualified 0.1308
Dec 17, 2025 Dec 16, 2025 Dec 17, 2025 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.6650
Dec 18, 2024 Dec 17, 2024 Dec 18, 2024 -- Non-qualified 0.1295
Dec 13, 2023 Dec 12, 2023 Dec 13, 2023 -- Non-qualified 0.1016
Dec 14, 2022 Dec 13, 2022 Dec 14, 2022 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.8185
Dec 14, 2022 Dec 13, 2022 Dec 14, 2022 -- Non-qualified 0.0714
Dec 14, 2021 Dec 13, 2021 Dec 14, 2021 -- Non-qualified 0.0438
Dec 14, 2021 Dec 13, 2021 Dec 14, 2021 -- Long Term Capital Gains 1.293
Dec 14, 2021 Dec 13, 2021 Dec 14, 2021 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0463
Dec 10, 2020 Dec 09, 2020 Dec 10, 2020 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.6441
Dec 10, 2020 Dec 09, 2020 Dec 10, 2020 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0645
Dec 12, 2019 Dec 11, 2019 Dec 12, 2019 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.9135
Dec 12, 2019 Dec 11, 2019 Dec 12, 2019 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0900
Dec 19, 2018 Dec 18, 2018 Dec 19, 2018 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0869
Dec 19, 2018 Dec 18, 2018 Dec 19, 2018 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0560
Dec 19, 2018 Dec 18, 2018 Dec 19, 2018 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.5917
Jun 26, 2018 Jun 25, 2018 Jun 26, 2018 -- Non-qualified 0.0044
Jun 26, 2018 Jun 25, 2018 Jun 26, 2018 -- Qualified 0.0028
Mar 28, 2018 Mar 27, 2018 Mar 28, 2018 -- Non-qualified 0.0068
Mar 28, 2018 Mar 27, 2018 Mar 28, 2018 -- Qualified 0.0044
Dec 28, 2017 Dec 27, 2017 Dec 28, 2017 -- Non-qualified 0.0252
Dec 28, 2017 Dec 27, 2017 Dec 28, 2017 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0696
Dec 28, 2017 Dec 27, 2017 Dec 28, 2017 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.3464
Dec 28, 2017 Dec 27, 2017 Dec 28, 2017 -- Qualified 0.0202

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:VLIIX", "dividend")
Last 5 Data Points: =YCS("M:VLIIX", "dividend", -4)
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