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Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Orlando, FL, Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp. (VAC) is a global vacation company.

It offers vacation ownership, exchange, rental and resort and property management, along with related businesses, products and services.

It operates through (1) Vacation Ownership and Exchange & (2) Third-Party Management segments.

Three key data points gauge VAC or any dividend paying entity, namely:

(1) Price

(2) Dividends

(3) Returns

Those keys also indicate if any company has made, is making, and will make money.

VAC Price

Marriott Vacation’s price dropped 42% from $95.49 to $55.29 last year per Wednesday’s market price.

Eleven analysts cover the stock and set a one year target up $9.90 to $64.00

Historically, however, VAC shareprice grew at a $2.65 average increase per year over the past 14 years.

Splitting the difference to $6.28 puts a target price at $61.50.

VAC Dividends

Marriott Vacations has paid variable quarterly dividends since November, 2014.

It paid a dividend totaling $3.16 for 2025.

And $3.16 is Marriott Vacation’s forward looking dividend amount for 2026.

VAC Returns

Putting it all together, a hypothetical $9.44 estimated gross gain per share shows up when adding VAC’s annual $3.16 dividend to the history-tempered estimate of $6.28 annual price gain.

A little under $1000 invested at Wednesday’s $55.29 share price would buy 18 shares which, multiply the $9.44 estimated gross gain to $170.74 for the coming year.

About 33.5% of that $171 gain comes from an annual dividend payout of $57.20.

And that $57.20 dividend from $1k invested is about 3.5% greater than Marriott Vacation’s $55.29 single share price.

(The dividend dogcatcher rule is to only buy initial shares of a stock that pay an annual dividend from $1000 invested that is greater than the cost of a single share.)

3.5% is more than 0%.

Therefore, you may choose to pounce on VAC and its annual dividend payout of about 3.5% over its share price.

The exact track of Marriott Vacations Worldwide future share price and dividends will entirely be determined by market action and company finances.

Remember the best way to track stock performance and dividend payments is through direct ownership of company shares.

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