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Uses VOO's live yield, its historical dividend growth, and 7%/yr share-price growth. Assumes every payout is reinvested (DRIP) and no taxes (like a Roth IRA). These are assumptions, not predictions. Want taxes and the year-by-year chart? Open the full calculator →
Computed from VOO's live yield — income in year one, before taxes — and remember, VOO's payout has historically grown ~8% a year on top of this.
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See every payment VOO has ever made — with the next expected ex-dividend date — on the VOO dividend history page.
Most VOO calculators make you guess the inputs. This one fetches live market data: the yield is VOO's last twelve months of actual payments divided by today's price, recomputed every time the page loads. The growth assumption comes from VOO's real payout record — the dividend nearly tripled from 2011 to 2025 (we cap the seed at 10%/yr to stay conservative). You can change any number above.
How to Think About a VOO Projection
VOO — the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF — is the quiet giant of dividend math. Its ~1.3% yield looks almost insulting next to double-digit income funds, but the projection above tells the real story: the payout has historically grown ~8% a year while the share price grew even faster, and the combination — growth on growth — is what turns modest monthly investing into serious money. Run 10, 20, and 30 years above and watch where the curve bends.
Why the Tiny Yield Misleads
VOO's dividend nearly tripled from 2011 to 2025 (about $2.37 to $7.07 per share — the full record is on our VOO dividend history page). The yield stays low only because the share price keeps outrunning even that growth — a falling yield caused by a soaring price is the best problem in investing. If you want income today instead, that's a different tool: compare VOO's profile against income funds in SCHD vs. JEPI or see Do Index Funds Pay Dividends? for the plain-English overview.
A Fair Warning About Long Projections
Thirty-year compounding math produces numbers that look like typos — and the honest caveat is that markets don't move in straight lines. The assumptions above (historical dividend growth, 7% price growth) describe the past century's rhythm, not a promise about yours. Use the projection to compare strategies — VOO vs. a dividend-growth fund vs. an income fund — rather than to bank on a specific dollar figure.
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