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

Total Real Returns

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

VCIT real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VCIT returned +1.38% over the past year and −3.58% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 23, 2009, VCIT is up +28.67% in real purchasing-power return, or +1.54%/yr, and is currently −19.46% below its real total-return high on Dec. 31, 2020.

Data ending Wed Jun. 10, 2026

Mon 2009-11-23💬 to Wed 2026-06-10 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
VCIT
×
−3.58%
2026-06-10
+1.38%
2026-06-10
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund

Returns

Mon 2009-11-23💬 to Wed 2026-06-10 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VCIT
×
+28.67%
+1.54%/yr
+1.00%/yr
(R2=0.222)
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2009-11-23💬 to Wed 2026-06-10 Start
Value
End
Value
VCIT
×
$10,000.00
2009-11-23
$12,866.52
2026-06-10
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund

Annual Returns

Year VCIT
2026 (YTD) −3.58%
2025 +6.49%
2024 +0.31%
2023 +5.45%
2022 −19.20%
2021 −8.22%
2020 +7.99%
2019 +11.55%
2018 −3.57%
2017 +3.13%
2016 +3.12%
2015 +0.18%
2014 +6.85%
2013 −3.36%
2012 +8.65%
2011 +5.82%
2010 +8.35%
2009 +0.34%

Drawdowns

Mon 2009-11-23💬 to Wed 2026-06-10 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VCIT
×
−19.46%
from 2020-12-31 peak
−30.30%
2022-10-20
from 2020-12-31 peak
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-06-10 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
VCIT
×
+1.38% +5.95%
+2.93%/yr
+8.28%
+2.69%/yr
−15.44%
−3.30%/yr
−4.97%
−0.51%/yr
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund