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

Total Real Returns

VDE: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

VDE total return snapshot: VDE returned +50.77% over the past year and +47.32% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Sep. 29, 2004, VDE is up +532.48% in nominal total return, or +8.73%/yr, and is currently −1.29% below its total-return high on Sep. 15, 2026.

Data ending Fri Oct. 9, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Wed 2004-09-29💬 to Fri 2026-10-09 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VDE
×
+532.48%
+8.73%/yr
+4.32%/yr
R2=0.522
Vanguard Energy Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Wed 2004-09-29💬 to Fri 2026-10-09 Start
Value
End
Value
VDE
×
$10,000.00
2004-09-29
$63,248.45
2026-10-09

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-09

  YTD YoY
VDE
×
+47.32% +50.77%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VDE
×
−1.29%
on 2026-10-09
from 2026-09-15 peak
−74.16%
on 2020-03-18
from 2014-06-23 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-10-09 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VDE
×
+50.77% +51.03%
+22.89%/yr
+60.31%
+17.04%/yr
+169.69%
+21.95%/yr
+164.34%
+10.21%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VDE
2026 (YTD) +47.32%
2025 +7.11%
2024 +6.75%
2023 +0.03%
2022 +62.89%
2021 +56.31%
2020 −33.02%
2019 +9.47%
2018 −19.95%
2017 −2.50%
2016 +29.17%
2015 −23.22%
2014 −9.91%
2013 +25.84%
2012 +3.39%
2011 +2.81%
2010 +21.07%
2009 +25.54%
2008 −39.58%
2007 +34.64%
2006 +18.99%
2005 +39.10%
2004 +5.31%