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Total Real Returns

VEIRX: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

VEIRX total return snapshot: VEIRX returned +10.90% over the past year and +7.92% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Aug. 13, 2001, VEIRX is up +691.50% in nominal total return, or +8.69%/yr, and is currently −2.78% below its total-return high on Dec. 11, 2025.

Mon 2001-08-13💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VEIRX × 		+7.92%
2026-06-08 		+10.90%
2026-06-08
Vanguard Equity Income Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Returns

Mon 2001-08-13💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VEIRX × 		+691.50%
+8.69%/yr 		+9.67%/yr
(R2=0.956)
Vanguard Equity Income Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2001-08-13💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 Start
Value 		End
Value
VEIRX × 		$10,000.00
2001-08-13 		$79,149.95
2026-06-08
Vanguard Equity Income Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Annual Returns

Year VEIRX
2026 (YTD) +7.92%
2025 +7.33%
2024 +14.91%
2023 +7.76%
2022 −0.08%
2021 +25.49%
2020 +3.08%
2019 +25.34%
2018 −5.68%
2017 +18.50%
2016 +14.83%
2015 +0.90%
2014 +11.47%
2013 +30.18%
2012 +13.59%
2011 +10.71%
2010 +14.99%
2009 +17.32%
2008 −30.81%
2007 +4.90%
2006 +20.78%
2005 +4.52%
2004 +15.16%
2003 +23.60%
2002 −15.60%
2001 −2.95%

Drawdowns

Mon 2001-08-13💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VEIRX × 		−2.78%
from 2025-12-11 peak 		−54.02%
2009-03-09
from 2007-10-09 peak
Vanguard Equity Income Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Mon 2026-06-08 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VEIRX × 		+10.90% +24.79%
+11.71%/yr 		+44.87%
+13.15%/yr 		+52.44%
+8.80%/yr 		+177.50%
+10.75%/yr
Vanguard Equity Income Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund