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

Total Real Returns

VYM: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

VYM total return snapshot: VYM returned +24.69% over the past year and +12.37% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 16, 2006, VYM is up +475.78% in nominal total return, or +9.36%/yr, and is currently āˆ’0.52% below its total-return high on Jun. 2, 2026.

Data ending Fri Jun. 12, 2026

Thu 2006-11-16šŸ’¬ to Fri 2026-06-12 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VYM × 		+12.37%
2026-06-12 		+24.69%
2026-06-12
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Returns

Thu 2006-11-16šŸ’¬ to Fri 2026-06-12 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VYM × 		+475.78%
+9.36%/yr 		+10.59%/yr
(R2=0.945)
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Growth of $10,000

Thu 2006-11-16šŸ’¬ to Fri 2026-06-12 Start
Value 		End
Value
VYM × 		$10,000.00
2006-11-16 		$57,578.42
2026-06-12
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Annual Returns

Year VYM
2026 (YTD) +12.37%
2025 +15.43%
2024 +17.60%
2023 +6.59%
2022 āˆ’0.45%
2021 +26.20%
2020 +1.15%
2019 +24.06%
2018 āˆ’5.92%
2017 +16.42%
2016 +17.04%
2015 +0.28%
2014 +13.54%
2013 +30.08%
2012 +12.69%
2011 +10.55%
2010 +14.22%
2009 +17.19%
2008 āˆ’31.92%
2007 +1.37%
2006 +2.82%

Drawdowns

Thu 2006-11-16šŸ’¬ to Fri 2026-06-12 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VYM × 		āˆ’0.52%
from 2026-06-02 peak 		āˆ’56.98%
2009-03-05
from 2007-10-09 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-06-12 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VYM × 		+24.69% +42.91%
+19.54%/yr 		+65.77%
+18.35%/yr 		+73.01%
+11.59%/yr 		+206.50%
+11.85%/yr
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