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

Total Real Returns

VCIT: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

VCIT total return snapshot: VCIT returned −1.74% over the past year and −2.16% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 23, 2009, VCIT is up +95.60% in nominal total return, or +4.05%/yr, and is currently −3.66% below its total-return high on Feb. 27, 2026.

Data ending Thu Oct. 15, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2009-11-23💬 to Thu 2026-10-15 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VCIT
×
+95.60%
+4.05%/yr
+3.55%/yr
R2=0.885
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 2009-11-23💬 to Thu 2026-10-15 Start
Value
End
Value
VCIT
×
$10,000.00
2009-11-23
$19,559.59
2026-10-15

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-15

  YTD YoY
VCIT
×
−2.16% −1.74%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VCIT
×
−3.66%
on 2026-10-15
from 2026-02-27 peak
−20.56%
on 2022-10-20
from 2021-08-02 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-10-15 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VCIT
×
−1.74% +5.02%
+2.48%/yr
+19.93%
+6.24%/yr
+3.31%
+0.65%/yr
+27.96%
+2.50%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VCIT
2026 (YTD) −2.16%
2025 +9.34%
2024 +3.20%
2023 +8.98%
2022 −13.98%
2021 −1.76%
2020 +9.46%
2019 +14.10%
2018 −1.73%
2017 +5.31%
2016 +5.26%
2015 +0.92%
2014 +7.66%
2013 −1.90%
2012 +10.53%
2011 +8.96%
2010 +9.97%
2009 +0.18%