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

Total Real Returns

VHT: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

VHT total return snapshot: VHT returned +28.19% over the past year and +19.61% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 2004, VHT is up +837.81% in nominal total return, or +10.33%/yr, and is currently −0.45% below its total-return high on Oct. 30, 2026.

Data ending Tue Nov. 3, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Tue 2026-11-03 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VHT
×
+837.81%
+10.33%/yr
+11.69%/yr
R2=0.954
Vanguard Health Care Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Tue 2026-11-03 Start
Value
End
Value
VHT
×
$10,000.00
2004-01-30
$93,780.70
2026-11-03

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-11-03

  YTD YoY
VHT
×
+19.61% +28.19%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VHT
×
−0.45%
on 2026-11-03
from 2026-10-30 peak
−39.12%
on 2009-03-05
from 2007-12-10 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-11-03 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VHT
×
+28.19% +29.39%
+13.75%/yr
+54.11%
+15.51%/yr
+39.73%
+6.92%/yr
+227.65%
+12.60%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VHT
2026 (YTD) +19.61%
2025 +15.46%
2024 +2.66%
2023 +2.52%
2022 −5.60%
2021 +20.57%
2020 +18.29%
2019 +21.87%
2018 +5.58%
2017 +23.26%
2016 −3.21%
2015 +7.12%
2014 +25.50%
2013 +42.68%
2012 +19.02%
2011 +10.72%
2010 +5.60%
2009 +21.82%
2008 −23.34%
2007 +7.87%
2006 +6.54%
2005 +8.20%
2004 +0.73%