VOO Ex-Dividend Date

What “ex-dividend” means

The ex-dividend date marks the cutoff for owning shares in time to receive the next declared dividend. If you buy VOO on or after its ex-dividend date, you won’t receive that specific upcoming payment — it will instead go to whoever held shares before that date. You’ll still be eligible for future dividend payments as a shareholder going forward.

VOO’s quarterly schedule

VOO pays dividends quarterly, so it goes ex-dividend roughly four times a year — typically near the end of March, June, September, and December. We intentionally don’t list a specific upcoming date on this page, since the exact date shifts slightly each quarter and a stale date here could mislead you. Vanguard’s official VOO fund page publishes the confirmed upcoming ex-dividend and payment dates.

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Why the share price dips on that date

When VOO goes ex-dividend, its share price typically adjusts downward by roughly the per-share dividend amount, reflecting the cash being paid out to existing shareholders. This is a normal, mechanical price adjustment rather than a sign of the fund underperforming — the value simply moves from the share price into your dividend payment.

Project your dividend income

To see how VOO’s quarterly dividend schedule could add up over time — and how reinvesting it compares to taking it as cash — try our dividend calculator and DRIP calculator.

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