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 +23.72% over the past year and +13.41% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 2004, VHT is up +789.24% in nominal total return, or +10.10%/yr, and is currently −1.62% below its total-return high on Aug. 19, 2026.

Data ending Wed Oct. 14, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Wed 2026-10-14 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VHT
×
+789.24%
+10.10%/yr
+11.69%/yr
R2=0.953
Vanguard Health Care Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Wed 2026-10-14 Start
Value
End
Value
VHT
×
$10,000.00
2004-01-30
$88,923.81
2026-10-14

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-14

  YTD YoY
VHT
×
+13.41% +23.72%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VHT
×
−1.62%
on 2026-10-14
from 2026-08-19 peak
−39.12%
on 2009-03-05
from 2007-12-10 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-10-14 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VHT
×
+23.72% +17.67%
+8.48%/yr
+43.30%
+12.74%/yr
+40.48%
+7.03%/yr
+193.15%
+11.35%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VHT
2026 (YTD) +13.41%
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%