How often does VGIT pay dividends?

VGIT currently distributes every month, based on its recent payment history. Its most recent ex-dividend date was Sep 1, 2026 at $0.2061 per share.

When is VGIT's next ex-dividend date?

Based on its recent schedule, VGIT's next ex-dividend date is estimated around Oct 1, 2026. This is an estimate. The fund's announcement sets the actual dates.

What is VGIT's dividend yield?

Over the trailing 12 months, VGIT paid $2.29 per share, a trailing 12-month yield of 4.0% at the current share price. The recent payout yield, from the latest payments annualized, is 4.1%. The two yields differ when recent payments are larger or smaller than a year ago.

What is VGIT's total return with dividends reinvested?

A $10,000 investment in VGIT on Sep 28, 2021 would be worth about $9,805 on Sep 29, 2026 with all distributions reinvested (-1.9%). Share price alone moved -15.9% over the same period.

What does VGIT's expense ratio cover?

The prospectus fee table puts total annual fund operating expenses at 0.03%, made up of a 0.02% management fee and 0.01% in other expenses, with no 12b-1 distribution fee. Investors may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the fee table. The fund also pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities, and these costs are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses.

When did VGIT launch?

Vanguard's fact sheet gives VGIT an inception date of November 19, 2009. The shares are listed on Nasdaq.

The Vanguard Group advises the fund through its wholly owned subsidiary Vanguard Capital Management, which exercises portfolio management responsibilities. Joshua C. Barrickman, CFA, a Principal of Vanguard and Portfolio Manager at Vanguard Capital Management, has managed the fund since 2013.

How do investors buy and sell VGIT?

VGIT shares may only be bought and sold in the secondary market through a brokerage firm, at the prevailing market price. Only certain authorized broker-dealers can buy or redeem shares directly with the fund, only in large blocks known as creation units, typically in exchange for baskets of securities. Investors may also incur costs from the bid-ask spread, the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept.

Does U.S. government backing protect VGIT's share price?

Vanguard's fact sheet says U.S. government backing of Treasury or agency securities applies only to the underlying securities and does not prevent share-price fluctuations. The prospectus adds that an investment in the fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

Vanguard ETF

VGIT Dividend: Next Ex-Date, History & Total Return

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF

Price: $56.70
Trailing 12-month yield: 4.0%
Recent payout yield: 4.1%
Next ex-date: Oct 1, 2026; Estimated

52-week range $56.70–$60.73 · -5.5% over 12 months · Data as of Sep 29, 2026

Next VGIT Dividend

EstimatedMonthly payer

Estimated next ex-dividend date

Oct 1, 2026

Estimated pay date

—

Estimated amount per share

$0.1940

Estimated from VGIT's recent distribution schedule (last actual ex-date: Sep 1, 2026 at $0.2061/share). Amounts vary each period — confirm with the fund's official announcement.

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VGIT Dividend History

201 distributions since Dec 24, 2009 · trailing 12-month total $2.29/share (4.0% of current price)

Ex-dividend date	Pay date	Amount per share
Sep 1, 2026	—	$0.2061
Aug 3, 2026	—	$0.1945
Jul 1, 2026	—	$0.1879
Jun 1, 2026	—	$0.1935
May 1, 2026	—	$0.1872
Apr 1, 2026	—	$0.1959
Mar 2, 2026	—	$0.1746
Feb 2, 2026	—	$0.1913
Dec 18, 2025	—	$0.1939
Dec 1, 2025	—	$0.1859
Nov 3, 2025	—	$0.1907
Oct 1, 2025	—	$0.1838

Total distributions by year

2026 (8 payments)

$1.53/share

2025 (12 payments)

$2.27/share

2024 (12 payments)

$2.13/share

2023 (12 payments)

$1.62/share

2022 (12 payments)

$1.02/share

2021 (12 payments)

$1.13/share

2020 (12 payments)

$1.55/share

2019 (12 payments)

$1.47/share

2018 (12 payments)

$1.30/share

2017 (12 payments)

$1.07/share

2016 (12 payments)

$1.08/share

2015 (12 payments)

$1.09/share

2014 (12 payments)

$1.00/share

2013 (12 payments)

$0.87/share

2012 (12 payments)

$1.68/share

2011 (12 payments)

$1.39/share

2010 (12 payments)

$1.86/share

2009 (1 payments)

$0.16/share

Amounts are adjusted for any share splits or reverse splits, so payments before a split can differ from the amounts the fund announced at the time.

If You Invested $10,000 in VGIT

Sep 28, 2021 to Sep 29, 2026, using actual prices and distributions

Show cash-dividend line

End value with DRIP

$9,805

-1.9%

End value, dividends as cash

$9,768

-2.3% · $1,361 cash collected

Share price alone

-15.9%

excluding all dividends

Annualized (DRIP)

-0.4%

over 5.0 years

Historical performance. Reinvestment modeled at the closing price on the first trading day on or after each ex-dividend date. Past results do not predict future returns.

VGIT vs AGG

$10,000 invested Sep 28, 2021 to Sep 29, 2026, all dividends reinvested

AGG

VGIT (this fund)

$9,805

-1.9% total

AGG

$9,756

-2.4% total

A broad index fund is the usual yardstick for an income fund, since large distributions can still trail the index's total return. All series use actual prices and distributions with reinvestment on the ex-date.

VGIT Income Goal Calculator

How much you would need invested today to reach a monthly income target, at the trailing 12-month payout rate

Target monthly income

Investment needed

$148,864

Shares needed

2,626

at $56.70

Effective yield used

4.0%

trailing 12 months

Based on the trailing 12-month distributions per share. Future distributions can be higher or lower; this is not a guarantee of income.

About VGIT

Seeks to track a market-weighted Treasury index with an intermediate-term dollar-weighted average maturity.

Income: Interest from U.S. Treasury securities

Underlying: Bloomberg U.S. Treasury 3-10 Year Index
Expense ratio: 0.03%
Inception: Nov 19, 2009
Payout: monthly

What VGIT Owns and How Often It Pays

VGIT, the Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF, is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund. Its objective is to track a market-weighted Treasury index with an intermediate-term dollar-weighted average maturity. That index is the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury 3-10 Year Index, which includes bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury with maturities between 3 and 10 years. The index leaves out inflation-protected securities, floating rate securities, and certain other security types.¹

Under normal circumstances, VGIT puts at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, into the bonds that make up the index. Vanguard's fact sheet lists a monthly dividend schedule and describes the fund as providing current income with high credit quality.^1,2

VGIT's Sampling Method and Spliced Benchmark

VGIT invests by sampling its index. It holds a range of securities that, in the aggregate, approximates the full index in terms of key risk factors and other characteristics, and it maintains a dollar-weighted average maturity consistent with the index's. Vanguard's fact sheet describes the approach as passively managed.^1,2

The prospectus also compares VGIT's returns with a spliced index. That series reflects the Bloomberg U.S. 3-10 Year Government Float Adjusted Index through December 11, 2017, and the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury 3-10 Year Index thereafter.¹

VGIT Distributions by Year, 2010 to 2025

Dividend Stacker's record of past payments starts with an ex-date of December 24, 2009, and shows 12 distributions in each completed year from 2010 through 2025, with amounts adjusted for any share splits or reverse splits. The 2010 total was $1.86 per share. It fell 25.1% to $1.39 in 2011, rose 21.1% to $1.68 in 2012, then dropped 48.5% to $0.8664 in 2013.³

Totals rose to $0.996 in 2014 and $1.09 in 2015, then eased to $1.08 in 2016 and $1.07 in 2017. Three straight gains followed: $1.30 in 2018, up 21.7%; $1.47 in 2019, up 13.2%; and $1.55 in 2020, up 5.2%.³

The 2021 total slipped 27.4% to $1.13, and 2022 fell another 9.7% to $1.02. Payments then climbed 59.0% to $1.62 in 2023, 31.7% to $2.13 in 2024, and 6.6% to $2.27 in 2025, the third consecutive completed year with a higher annual total.³

Individual payments have varied widely within some years. In 2012 the smallest distribution was $0.077 and the largest $0.759, and in 2020 they ranged from $0.0702 to $0.5573.³

Rate, Tracking and Trading Risks for VGIT

During periods of rising interest rates, bond prices overall may decline, which could result in a decline in VGIT's value. The prices of longer-term bonds are more sensitive to changes in interest rates than the prices of shorter-term bonds, and VGIT's index includes Treasuries with maturities of up to 10 years.¹

During periods of falling interest rates, VGIT's income may decline. The income paid by shorter-term bonds is subject to a higher degree of fluctuation than the income paid by longer-term bonds.¹

VGIT does not hold all of the securities included in the index, so it is subject to the risk that the representative sample of securities selected by the advisor will, in the aggregate, vary from the investment profile of the full index. The performance of VGIT's investments, in the aggregate, may not match the investment performance of the index.¹

Disruptions to creation and redemption transactions, significant market volatility, or potential lack of an active trading market (including through a trading halt), as well as other factors, may result in VGIT's shares trading significantly above (at a premium) or below (at a discount) the fund's net asset value (NAV) or the intraday value of its holdings.¹

Only Authorized Participants may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with the fund. A limited number of financial institutions may act as Authorized Participants, and they are not obligated to engage in those transactions. If they are unable to or choose not to proceed with creation and/or redemption transactions and no other Authorized Participants step forward, VGIT's shares may trade at a discount to NAV and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting.¹

Sources

1. Summary prospectus (SEC Form 497K, filed 2026-06-30), VANGUARD SCOTTSDALE FUNDS, accessed Sep 29, 2026
2. VGIT fact sheet, Vanguard, accessed Sep 29, 2026
3. VGIT distribution history, Dividend Stacker, accessed Sep 29, 2026

Written from the sources above and checked claim by claim against them. Last reviewed Sep 29, 2026. Figures that change, such as yield and price, appear in the live sections of this page.

VGIT Dividend FAQ

How often does VGIT pay dividends?: VGIT currently distributes every month, based on its recent payment history. Its most recent ex-dividend date was Sep 1, 2026 at $0.2061 per share.
When is VGIT's next ex-dividend date?: Based on its recent schedule, VGIT's next ex-dividend date is estimated around Oct 1, 2026. This is an estimate. The fund's announcement sets the actual dates.
What is VGIT's dividend yield?: Over the trailing 12 months, VGIT paid $2.29 per share, a trailing 12-month yield of 4.0% at the current share price. The recent payout yield, from the latest payments annualized, is 4.1%. The two yields differ when recent payments are larger or smaller than a year ago.
What is VGIT's total return with dividends reinvested?: A $10,000 investment in VGIT on Sep 28, 2021 would be worth about $9,805 on Sep 29, 2026 with all distributions reinvested (-1.9%). Share price alone moved -15.9% over the same period.
What does VGIT's expense ratio cover?: The prospectus fee table puts total annual fund operating expenses at 0.03%, made up of a 0.02% management fee and 0.01% in other expenses, with no 12b-1 distribution fee. Investors may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the fee table. The fund also pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities, and these costs are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses.
When did VGIT launch?: Vanguard's fact sheet gives VGIT an inception date of November 19, 2009. The shares are listed on Nasdaq.
Who manages VGIT?: The Vanguard Group advises the fund through its wholly owned subsidiary Vanguard Capital Management, which exercises portfolio management responsibilities. Joshua C. Barrickman, CFA, a Principal of Vanguard and Portfolio Manager at Vanguard Capital Management, has managed the fund since 2013.
How do investors buy and sell VGIT?: VGIT shares may only be bought and sold in the secondary market through a brokerage firm, at the prevailing market price. Only certain authorized broker-dealers can buy or redeem shares directly with the fund, only in large blocks known as creation units, typically in exchange for baskets of securities. Investors may also incur costs from the bid-ask spread, the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept.
Does U.S. government backing protect VGIT's share price?: Vanguard's fact sheet says U.S. government backing of Treasury or agency securities applies only to the underlying securities and does not prevent share-price fluctuations. The prospectus adds that an investment in the fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

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Data as of Sep 29, 2026 (quotes delayed 15+ minutes). Data is refreshed daily from market sources. Nothing on this page is investment advice. Estimates (next dividend date, amounts, breakeven timelines) are derived from historical distributions and can differ from actual fund announcements. See how these numbers are calculated.