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 +2.68% over the past year and −3.19% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 23, 2009, VCIT is up +29.19% in real purchasing-power return, or +1.56%/yr, and is currently −19.13% below its real total-return high on Dec. 31, 2020.

Mon 2009-11-23? to Fri 2026-05-22 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
VCIT
×
−3.19%
2026-05-22
+2.68%
2026-05-22
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund

Returns

Mon 2009-11-23? to Fri 2026-05-22 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VCIT
×
+29.19%
+1.56%/yr
+1.00%/yr
(R2=0.224)
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2009-11-23? to Fri 2026-05-22 Start
Value
End
Value
VCIT
×
$10,000.00
2009-11-23
$12,918.75
2026-05-22
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund

Annual Returns

Year VCIT
2026 (YTD) −3.19%
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 Fri 2026-05-22 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VCIT
×
−19.13%
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 Fri 2026-05-22 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
VCIT
×
+2.68% +6.44%
+3.17%/yr
+8.59%
+2.79%/yr
−14.47%
−3.08%/yr
−3.14%
−0.32%/yr
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund