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

Total Real Returns

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

VDADX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VDADX returned +15.40% over the past year and +9.59% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 19, 2013, VDADX is up +196.79% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.98%/yr, and is currently at its real total-return high.

Data ending Thu Aug. 13, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Thu 2013-12-19💬 to Thu 2026-08-13 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VDADX × 		+196.79%
+8.98%/yr 		+8.70%/yr
R2=0.954
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Thu 2013-12-19💬 to Thu 2026-08-13 Start
Value 		End
Value
VDADX × 		$10,000.00
2013-12-19 		$29,678.59
2026-08-13

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-13

  YTD YoY
VDADX × 		+9.59% +15.40%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VDADX × 		—
on 2026-08-13 		−31.68%
on 2020-03-23
from 2020-02-14 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-08-13 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VDADX × 		+15.40% +28.05%
+13.16%/yr 		+45.80%
+13.39%/yr 		+36.19%
+6.37%/yr 		+148.93%
+9.55%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VDADX
2026 (YTD) +9.59%
2025 +11.19%
2024 +13.71%
2023 +10.74%
2022 −15.28%
2021 +15.47%
2020 +13.92%
2019 +26.78%
2018 −3.89%
2017 +19.69%
2016 +9.54%
2015 −2.64%
2014 +9.23%
2013 +2.15%