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Total Real Returns

VPU: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

VPU total return snapshot: VPU returned +10.68% over the past year and +2.68% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 2004, VPU is up +685.63% in nominal total return, or +9.66%/yr, and is currently −7.71% below its total-return high on Feb. 27, 2026.

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
VPU
×
+2.68%
2026-06-08
+10.68%
2026-06-08
Vanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF Shares NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund

Returns

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VPU
×
+685.63%
+9.66%/yr
+9.16%/yr
(R2=0.960)
Vanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF Shares NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 Start
Value
End
Value
VPU
×
$10,000.00
2004-01-30
$78,563.46
2026-06-08
Vanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF Shares NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund

Annual Returns

Year VPU
2026 (YTD) +2.68%
2025 +16.46%
2024 +23.04%
2023 −7.45%
2022 +1.06%
2021 +17.40%
2020 −0.73%
2019 +24.89%
2018 +4.38%
2017 +12.44%
2016 +17.58%
2015 −4.81%
2014 +27.00%
2013 +14.90%
2012 +1.85%
2011 +18.99%
2010 +7.06%
2009 +11.31%
2008 −27.95%
2007 +16.99%
2006 +21.66%
2005 +14.56%
2004 +20.60%

Drawdowns

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VPU
×
−7.71%
from 2026-02-27 peak
−46.31%
2009-03-09
from 2007-12-10 peak
Vanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF Shares NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Mon 2026-06-08 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
VPU
×
+10.68% +32.08%
+14.92%/yr
+42.34%
+12.49%/yr
+54.58%
+9.10%/yr
+134.69%
+8.91%/yr
Vanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF Shares NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund