All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)
VFSTX total return snapshot: VFSTX returned +3.89% over the past year and +0.78% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 15, 1986, VFSTX is up +552.43% in nominal total return, or +4.78%/yr, and is currently −0.29% below its total-return high on Jul. 6, 2026.
Data ending Fri Jul. 10, 2026
| Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Fri 2026-07-10 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VFSTX × |
+0.78%
2026-07-10 |
+3.89%
2026-07-10 |
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| Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Fri 2026-07-10 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VFSTX × |
+552.43%
+4.78%/yr |
+4.56%/yr
(R2=0.943) |
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| Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Fri 2026-07-10 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VFSTX × |
$10,000.00
1986-05-15 |
$65,243.40
2026-07-10 |
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| Year | VFSTX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +0.78% |
| 2025 | +6.75% |
| 2024 | +4.98% |
| 2023 | +6.06% |
| 2022 | −5.84% |
| 2021 | −0.42% |
| 2020 | +5.16% |
| 2019 | +5.73% |
| 2018 | +0.87% |
| 2017 | +2.03% |
| 2016 | +2.76% |
| 2015 | +1.04% |
| 2014 | +1.77% |
| 2013 | +0.99% |
| 2012 | +4.54% |
| 2011 | +1.93% |
| 2010 | +5.23% |
| 2009 | +14.05% |
| 2008 | −4.72% |
| 2007 | +5.89% |
| 2006 | +5.02% |
| 2005 | +2.22% |
| 2004 | +2.13% |
| 2003 | +4.06% |
| 2002 | +5.12% |
| 2001 | +8.20% |
| 2000 | +8.22% |
| 1999 | +3.33% |
| 1998 | +6.63% |
| 1997 | +6.99% |
| 1996 | +4.84% |
| 1995 | +12.78% |
| 1994 | +0.52% |
| 1993 | +7.36% |
| 1992 | +7.72% |
| 1991 | +13.13% |
| 1990 | +9.31% |
| 1989 | +11.55% |
| 1988 | +7.03% |
| 1987 | +2.74% |
| 1986 | +6.81% |
| Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Fri 2026-07-10 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VFSTX × |
−0.29%
from 2026-07-06 peak |
−9.35%
2022-10-20 from 2021-07-30 peak |
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| Period ending Fri 2026-07-10 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VFSTX × | +3.89% |
+10.64% +5.18%/yr |
+17.88% +5.64%/yr |
+11.92% +2.28%/yr |
+27.90% +2.49%/yr |
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