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

Total Real Returns

VUG: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

VUG total return snapshot: VUG returned +29.14% over the past year and +7.78% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 2004, VUG is up +1,262.98% in nominal total return, or +12.42%/yr, and is currently āˆ’1.07% below its total-return high on May 14, 2026.

Fri 2004-01-30? to Fri 2026-05-22 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VUG × 		+7.78%
2026-05-22 		+29.14%
2026-05-22
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Returns

Fri 2004-01-30? to Fri 2026-05-22 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VUG × 		+1,262.98%
+12.42%/yr 		+12.85%/yr
(R2=0.943)
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Growth of $10,000

Fri 2004-01-30? to Fri 2026-05-22 Start
Value 		End
Value
VUG × 		$10,000.00
2004-01-30 		$136,297.82
2026-05-22
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Annual Returns

Year VUG
2026 (YTD) +7.78%
2025 +19.40%
2024 +32.69%
2023 +46.83%
2022 āˆ’33.16%
2021 +27.35%
2020 +40.25%
2019 +37.03%
2018 āˆ’3.32%
2017 +27.72%
2016 +6.27%
2015 +3.24%
2014 +13.61%
2013 +32.48%
2012 +17.01%
2011 +1.82%
2010 +17.21%
2009 +38.98%
2008 āˆ’38.02%
2007 +12.52%
2006 +9.19%
2005 +5.02%
2004 +4.99%

Drawdowns

Fri 2004-01-30? to Fri 2026-05-22 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VUG × 		āˆ’1.07%
from 2026-05-14 peak 		āˆ’50.68%
2009-03-09
from 2007-10-31 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-05-22 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VUG × 		+29.14% +50.17%
+22.56%/yr 		+104.02%
+26.82%/yr 		+103.60%
+15.27%/yr 		+440.36%
+18.37%/yr
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