All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)
VPU total return snapshot: VPU returned +15.57% over the past year and +8.18% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 2004, VPU is up +727.68% in nominal total return, or +9.89%/yr, and is currently −2.77% below its total-return high on Feb. 27, 2026.
Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026
| Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPU × |
+8.18%
2026-07-02 |
+15.57%
2026-07-02 |
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| Vanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPU × |
+727.68%
+9.89%/yr |
+9.17%/yr
(R2=0.960) |
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| Vanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPU × |
$10,000.00
2004-01-30 |
$82,768.39
2026-07-02 |
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| Vanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Year | VPU |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +8.18% |
| 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% |
| Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPU × |
−2.77%
from 2026-02-27 peak |
−46.31%
2009-03-09 from 2007-12-10 peak |
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| Vanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPU × | +15.57% |
+41.83% +19.09%/yr |
+52.29% +15.05%/yr |
+63.92% +10.39%/yr |
+135.73% +8.95%/yr |
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| Vanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
