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 +18.03% over the past year and −3.30% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 2004, VHT is up +658.17% in nominal total return, or +9.50%/yr, and is currently −6.37% below its total-return high on Jan. 7, 2026.

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Tue 2026-05-26 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VHT × 		−3.30%
2026-05-26 		+18.03%
2026-05-26
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Returns

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Tue 2026-05-26 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VHT × 		+658.17%
+9.50%/yr 		+11.72%/yr
(R2=0.952)
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Growth of $10,000

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Tue 2026-05-26 Start
Value 		End
Value
VHT × 		$10,000.00
2004-01-30 		$75,816.85
2026-05-26
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Annual Returns

Year VHT
2026 (YTD) −3.30%
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%

Drawdowns

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Tue 2026-05-26 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VHT × 		−6.37%
from 2026-01-07 peak 		−39.12%
2009-03-05
from 2007-12-10 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-05-26 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VHT × 		+18.03% +8.71%
+4.25%/yr 		+23.25%
+7.21%/yr 		+24.79%
+4.53%/yr 		+149.40%
+9.57%/yr
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