Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF
VIG NYSE Arca
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF seeks to track the performance of the S&P U.S. Dividend Growers Index. The fund invests in large-cap equity, emphasizing stocks with a record of growing their dividends year over year
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- Fund size
- 39.3B as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.08% per year
- Dividend yield
- 1.47% Quarterly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 10.0% Low Risk
- Beta
- 0.69 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 208.98249.16
How VIG has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 30Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, VIG returned +18.3% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +1.7 pts to the price move.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±10% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −7.9% on Mar 30, 2026 — 49 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 7% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.69 means VIG has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average244.51 +1.3%
- 26-day average242.07 +2.3%
- 50-day average240.46 +3.0%
- 200-day average231.29 +7.1%
The price is above 4 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
OverboughtRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
US Equity · LargeCap Dividend Yield — tracking the S&P U.S. Dividend Growers Index.
- Assets under management39.3BUSD
- Expense ratio0.08%per year
- Holdings188
- Risk score3.1Low
Launched April 2006. Listed options available. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 15 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 3.65
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Last paid
- Sep 28, 2026
Last 12 months
3.65 USD / shareWhere VIG shows up
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About Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF seeks to track the performance of the S&P U.S. Dividend Growers Index. The fund invests in large-cap equity, emphasizing stocks with a record of growing their dividends year over year
- Featured in 2 curated themes
- 188 holdings
- Ticker
- VIG
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US9219088443
- CUSIP
- 921908844
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- US Equity
- Industry
- LargeCap Dividend Yield
- Benchmark
- S&P U.S. Dividend Growers Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 30, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.