Vanguard Health Care ETF (VHT) Dividend History

Dividend Yield: 1.62%
Dividend Frequency: Quarterly

Dividend History

Pay Date Amount Ex Dividend Date Record Date
June 30, 2025 $0.96 06/26/2025 06/26/2025
March 27, 2025 $0.94 03/25/2025 03/25/2025
December 20, 2024 $0.92 12/18/2024 12/18/2024
October 01, 2024 $1.17 09/27/2024 09/27/2024
July 02, 2024 $0.97 06/28/2024 06/28/2024
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Dividends Summary

  • Vanguard Health Care ETF has issued 48 dividend payments over the past 18 years
  • The most recent dividend was paid 23 days ago, on June 30, 2025
  • The first recorded dividend was paid on December 20, 2007
  • The highest dividend payout was $1.49 per share
  • The average dividend over this 18 year span is $0.80 per share
  • Vanguard Health Care ETF has increased its dividend payments by 17.30% since 2007

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  • In an exclusive interview with Benzinga, Gregory DiMarzio, vice president and portfolio manager at Rockland Trust, shared insights on the current market landscape and highlighted potential growth opportunities for investors. DiMarzio emphasized the health care sector’s underperformance year-to-date (YTD) and its potential for a rebound. Healthcare Sector Offers Secular Growth Attributes Popular healthcare sector-tracking ETFs, the Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSE:XLV) and the Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSE:VHT) are up 6.4% and 6.2% YTD, respectively. The broad market SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY) has gained 10.6% during that time. Over the past year, XLV and VHT have returned less than half of what the broad-market SPY has earned for investors. Also Read: Full story available on Benzinga.com

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Page data last updated 07/22/2025 19:28:58 UTC Dividend yield is calculated using only dividends that have already been paid. Future or declared dividends are not included