VBTLX Stock Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

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

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

VBTLX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VBTLX returned +0.51% over the past year and −3.09% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 12, 2001, VBTLX is up +16.43% in real purchasing-power return, or +0.62%/yr, and is currently −24.36% below its real total-return high on Aug. 4, 2020.

Data ending Thu Jul. 16, 2026

Dividends Reinvested:

Mon 2001-11-12^💬 to Thu 2026-07-16	YTD Return	1 Year Return
VBTLX ^×	−3.09% 2026-07-16	+0.51% 2026-07-16
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Returns

Mon 2001-11-12^💬 to Thu 2026-07-16	Overall Return	Exponential Trendline
VBTLX ^×	+16.43% +0.62%/yr	+1.02%/yr (R²=0.358)
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2001-11-12^💬 to Thu 2026-07-16	Start Value	End Value
VBTLX ^×	$10,000.00 2001-11-12	$11,642.99 2026-07-16
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Annual Returns

Year	VBTLX
2026 (YTD)	−3.09%
2025	+4.38%
2024	−1.57%
2023	+2.32%
2022	−18.43%
2021	−8.12%
2020	+6.28%
2019	+6.31%
2018	−1.88%
2017	+1.41%
2016	+0.52%
2015	−0.33%
2014	+5.10%
2013	−3.58%
2012	+2.38%
2011	+4.60%
2010	+4.68%
2009	+3.26%
2008	+5.09%
2007	+2.82%
2006	+1.83%
2005	−0.87%
2004	+1.06%
2003	+1.29%
2002	+5.35%
2001	−1.89%

Drawdowns

Mon 2001-11-12^💬 to Thu 2026-07-16	Current Drawdown	Worst Drawdown
VBTLX ^×	−24.36% from 2020-08-04 peak	−30.72% 2023-10-19 from 2020-08-04 peak
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-07-16	1 Year	2 Years	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
VBTLX ^×	+0.51%	+1.15% +0.57%/yr	+2.39% +0.79%/yr	−19.29% −4.20%/yr	−16.67% −1.81%/yr
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund