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Historical Dividend Data

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Ex-Date Record Date Pay Date Declared Date Type Amount
Dec 18, 2025 Dec 17, 2025 Dec 19, 2025 -- Non-qualified 0.1549
Dec 11, 2025 Dec 10, 2025 Dec 12, 2025 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0090
Dec 11, 2025 Dec 10, 2025 Dec 12, 2025 -- Long Term Capital Gains 1.309
Dec 19, 2024 Dec 18, 2024 Dec 20, 2024 -- Non-qualified 0.2473
Dec 20, 2023 Dec 19, 2023 Dec 21, 2023 -- Non-qualified 0.0666
Dec 20, 2022 Dec 19, 2022 Dec 21, 2022 -- Non-qualified 0.0300
Dec 13, 2022 Dec 12, 2022 Dec 14, 2022 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.4607
Dec 13, 2022 Dec 12, 2022 Dec 14, 2022 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0006
Dec 13, 2021 Dec 10, 2021 Dec 14, 2021 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.8874
Dec 13, 2021 Dec 10, 2021 Dec 14, 2021 -- Long Term Capital Gains 1.132
Dec 18, 2020 Dec 17, 2020 Dec 21, 2020 -- Non-qualified 0.0156
Dec 11, 2020 Dec 10, 2020 Dec 14, 2020 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.4676
Dec 19, 2019 Dec 18, 2019 Dec 20, 2019 -- Non-qualified 0.0182
Dec 12, 2019 Dec 11, 2019 Dec 13, 2019 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0253
Dec 12, 2019 Dec 11, 2019 Dec 13, 2019 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.62
Dec 12, 2018 Dec 11, 2018 Dec 13, 2018 -- Long Term Capital Gains 5.339
Dec 12, 2018 Dec 11, 2018 Dec 13, 2018 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.9034
Dec 13, 2017 Dec 12, 2017 Dec 13, 2017 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.1711
Dec 13, 2017 Dec 12, 2017 Dec 13, 2017 -- Long Term Capital Gains 2.550
Dec 14, 2016 Dec 13, 2016 Dec 15, 2016 -- Long Term Capital Gains 3.174
Dec 14, 2016 Dec 13, 2016 Dec 15, 2016 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0175
Dec 11, 2015 Dec 10, 2015 Dec 14, 2015 -- Long Term Capital Gains 3.218
Dec 12, 2014 Dec 11, 2014 Dec 15, 2014 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.2932
Dec 12, 2014 Dec 11, 2014 Dec 15, 2014 -- Long Term Capital Gains 1.748
Dec 12, 2013 Dec 11, 2013 Dec 13, 2013 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.6690

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