All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

VBR: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

VBR real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VBR returned +21.51% over the past year and +16.36% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 2004, VBR is up +352.92% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.93%/yr, and is currently at its real total-return high.

Data ending Fri Aug. 14, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Fri 2026-08-14 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VBR
×
+352.92%
+6.93%/yr
+6.86%/yr
R2=0.875
Vanguard Small-Cap Value Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Fri 2026-08-14 Start
Value
End
Value
VBR
×
$10,000.00
2004-01-30
$45,292.18
2026-08-14

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-14

  YTD YoY
VBR
×
+16.36% +21.51%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VBR
×

on 2026-08-14
−62.78%
on 2009-03-09
from 2007-06-04 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-08-14 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VBR
×
+21.51% +31.32%
+14.59%/yr
+44.26%
+12.99%/yr
+31.33%
+5.60%/yr
+102.21%
+7.30%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VBR
2026 (YTD) +16.36%
2025 +6.24%
2024 +9.25%
2023 +12.24%
2022 −14.88%
2021 +19.66%
2020 +4.47%
2019 +20.04%
2018 −13.92%
2017 +9.50%
2016 +22.35%
2015 −5.45%
2014 +9.74%
2013 +34.54%
2012 +16.93%
2011 −6.98%
2010 +23.27%
2009 +27.48%
2008 −32.26%
2007 −10.58%
2006 +16.55%
2005 +2.71%
2004 +17.22%