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 +8.69% over the past year and +5.68% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 19, 2013, VDADX is up +186.21% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.61%/yr, and is currently −3.55% below its real total-return high on Aug. 13, 2026.

Data ending Mon Sep. 14, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Thu 2013-12-19💬 to Mon 2026-09-14 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VDADX × 		+186.21%
+8.61%/yr 		+8.71%/yr
R2=0.955
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Thu 2013-12-19💬 to Mon 2026-09-14 Start
Value 		End
Value
VDADX × 		$10,000.00
2013-12-19 		$28,620.85
2026-09-14

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-14

  YTD YoY
VDADX × 		+5.68% +8.69%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VDADX × 		−3.55%
on 2026-09-14
from 2026-08-13 peak 		−31.68%
on 2020-03-23
from 2020-02-14 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Mon 2026-09-14 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VDADX × 		+8.69% +18.30%
+8.77%/yr 		+41.54%
+12.28%/yr 		+34.11%
+6.04%/yr 		+149.94%
+9.59%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VDADX
2026 (YTD) +5.68%
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%