All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)

Total Real Returns

VBK: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

VBK total return snapshot: VBK returned +14.58% over the past year and +15.36% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 2004, VBK is up +720.75% in nominal total return, or +9.72%/yr, and is currently −5.05% below its total-return high on Aug. 17, 2026.

Data ending Tue Oct. 6, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Tue 2026-10-06 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VBK
×
+720.75%
+9.72%/yr
+10.24%/yr
R2=0.940
Vanguard Small-Cap Growth Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Tue 2026-10-06 Start
Value
End
Value
VBK
×
$10,000.00
2004-01-30
$82,075.41
2026-10-06

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-06

  YTD YoY
VBK
×
+15.36% +14.58%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VBK
×
−5.05%
on 2026-10-06
from 2026-08-17 peak
−58.69%
on 2009-03-09
from 2007-10-10 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-10-06 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VBK
×
+14.58% +31.08%
+14.49%/yr
+67.50%
+18.76%/yr
+27.87%
+5.04%/yr
+183.12%
+10.97%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VBK
2026 (YTD) +15.36%
2025 +8.50%
2024 +16.50%
2023 +21.45%
2022 −28.44%
2021 +5.66%
2020 +35.44%
2019 +32.75%
2018 −5.70%
2017 +21.87%
2016 +10.87%
2015 −2.63%
2014 +4.02%
2013 +38.27%
2012 +17.80%
2011 −1.62%
2010 +30.95%
2009 +42.79%
2008 −40.32%
2007 +9.90%
2006 +12.19%
2005 +8.66%
2004 +10.26%