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Historical Dividend Data

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Ex-Date Record Date Pay Date Declared Date Type Amount
Dec 22, 2025 Dec 19, 2025 Dec 23, 2025 -- Qualified 0.2858
Dec 22, 2025 Dec 19, 2025 Dec 23, 2025 -- Non-qualified 0.0335
Dec 22, 2025 Dec 19, 2025 Dec 23, 2025 -- Qualified 0.0129
Dec 12, 2025 Dec 11, 2025 Dec 15, 2025 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.5987
Dec 23, 2024 Dec 20, 2024 Dec 24, 2024 -- Non-qualified 0.0158
Dec 23, 2024 Dec 20, 2024 Dec 24, 2024 -- Qualified 0.2485
Dec 23, 2024 Dec 20, 2024 Dec 24, 2024 -- Qualified 0.0535
Dec 12, 2024 Dec 11, 2024 Dec 13, 2024 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0139
Dec 12, 2024 Dec 11, 2024 Dec 13, 2024 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.2178
Dec 12, 2024 Dec 11, 2024 Dec 13, 2024 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0469
Dec 12, 2024 Dec 11, 2024 Dec 13, 2024 -- Long Term Capital Gains 2.062
Dec 21, 2023 Dec 20, 2023 Dec 22, 2023 -- Qualified 0.3408
Dec 12, 2023 Dec 11, 2023 Dec 13, 2023 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.4309
Dec 22, 2022 Dec 21, 2022 Dec 23, 2022 -- Qualified 0.1034
Dec 07, 2022 Dec 06, 2022 Dec 08, 2022 -- Capital Gains 0.0017
Dec 07, 2022 Dec 06, 2022 Dec 08, 2022 -- Long Term Capital Gains 2.032
Dec 30, 2021 Dec 29, 2021 Dec 31, 2021 -- Qualified 0.1571
Dec 30, 2021 Dec 29, 2021 Dec 31, 2021 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.2191
Dec 30, 2021 Dec 29, 2021 Dec 31, 2021 -- Long Term Capital Gains 1.457
Dec 30, 2021 Dec 29, 2021 Dec 31, 2021 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0757
Dec 30, 2021 Dec 29, 2021 Dec 31, 2021 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.4949
Dec 30, 2021 Dec 29, 2021 Dec 31, 2021 -- Capital Gains 0.0059
Dec 30, 2020 Dec 29, 2020 Dec 31, 2020 -- Qualified 0.0733
Dec 30, 2019 Dec 27, 2019 Dec 31, 2019 -- Qualified 0.1461
Dec 28, 2018 Dec 27, 2018 Dec 31, 2018 -- Qualified 0.0871

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