VYM · Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF
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VYM tracks an index of US high dividend and returned +18.0% over the past year.
VYM paid 2.6% of its price in cash over the year to Oct 28, 2026, its 12-month yield with capital gains included.
Promise check: Not measuredNo other ETF tracks the index it names, so its tracking cannot be measured.
VYM risk and return scorecard
vs its own holdings
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data
What you earned
How concentrated, and what does it cost?
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Every number below is on this page. Open what you need.Price and total return, 1 year
$163.37+0.3%1 day, priceClose, Oct 28, 2026
Total return adds every distribution, reinvested. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Oct 28, 2026. Updated every trading night. Last checked Oct 26, 2026. Report a data error
| Window | Total return | S&P 500 (SPY) |
|---|---|---|
| 1M Sep 28 – Oct 28, 2026 | +4.2% | +0.9% |
| 3M Jul 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | +1.6% | +6.1% |
| 6M Apr 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | +7.0% | +9.1% |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | +15.9% | +14.1% |
| 1Y Oct 28, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | +18.0% | +13.6% |
| 3Y Oct 27, 2023 – Oct 28, 2026 | +79.6% | +95.0% |
| 5Y Oct 29, 2021 – Oct 28, 2026 | +74.0% | +79.8% |
| 10Y Oct 28, 2016 – Oct 28, 2026 | +211.2% | +325.8% |
| Since launch Nov 16, 2006 – Oct 28, 2026 | +493.5% | +693.5% |
| Since launch, annualised Nov 16, 2006 – Oct 28, 2026 | +9.3% | – |
Total returns, distributions reinvested.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.
Money in and out
Monthly data · as of Jul 31, 2026VYM’s fund, all share classes together: in the month to Jul 31, 2026, net $697m came in, by its SEC filing.
Computed by ETFIQ from the monthly sales and redemptions VYM files with the SEC on Form N-PORT.
How this is computed
ETFIQ reads no daily data for this fund, so its flows are monthly, and the latest month filed is Jul 2026. The filing covers all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone: Vanguard sells its ETF as one share class of a fund that also has mutual fund shares. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for VYM, back to Aug 2019, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare VYM with other funds in the flows tool
Month by month, money in and money outAug 2023 to Jul 2026
VYM, all share classes of its fund, money in and money out each month from Aug 2023 to Jul 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from VYM’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 25 and went out in 11.
Every bar is from VYM’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 25 and went out in 11.
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How this is computed
N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions.
N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily data; the Source column names any missing day.
Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Jul 31, 2026. Updated when the fund files its next report.
VYM key stats
Trading
as of Oct 27, 2026
VYM top ten by weight, 26.2% of the fund, of its 595 equity positions, from the holdings filed for Sep 30, 2026. An index fund holds what the index holds, so this is the index. Source: the fund’s SEC filing.
Source: Vanguard’s month-end holdings file. Data as of Sep 30, 2026. Updated monthly.
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About VYM
12 seats on VYM, as of Oct 28, 2026: 1 Supports, 2 Mixed, 7 Challenges, 2 Not enough data.
Questions people ask about VYM
- How has VYM performed?
- Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VYM returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested. Over three years the number is +79.6%.
- What does VYM cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year.
- What does VYM hold?
- 595 positions as published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, with the top ten at 26.2% of the fund. 90% of its weight is in stocks the S&P 500 also holds.
- How far is VYM below its high?
- 1.6% below its high of Aug 13, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026.
- What is the dividend yield of VYM?
- Over the 12 months to Oct 28, 2026, VYM paid cash distributions equal to 2.6% of its price at the start of the period. Its latest payment was $0.8869 a share, ex-date Sep 18, 2026.
- What dividend does VYM pay?
- VYM pays quarterly. The last distribution was $0.8869 a share, which went ex on Sep 18, 2026.
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