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

Total Real Returns

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

VEIRX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VEIRX returned +3.82% over the past year and +5.89% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Aug. 13, 2001, VEIRX is up +325.36% in real purchasing-power return, or +5.99%/yr, and is currently −4.60% below its real total-return high on Dec. 11, 2025.

Data ending Mon Jul. 6, 2026

Mon 2001-08-13💬 to Mon 2026-07-06 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
VEIRX
×
+5.89%
2026-07-06
+3.82%
2026-07-06
Vanguard Equity Income Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Returns

Mon 2001-08-13💬 to Mon 2026-07-06 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VEIRX
×
+325.36%
+5.99%/yr
+7.17%/yr
(R2=0.924)
Vanguard Equity Income Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2001-08-13💬 to Mon 2026-07-06 Start
Value
End
Value
VEIRX
×
$10,000.00
2001-08-13
$42,535.78
2026-07-06
Vanguard Equity Income Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Annual Returns

Year VEIRX
2026 (YTD) +5.89%
2025 +4.53%
2024 +11.69%
2023 +4.26%
2022 −6.15%
2021 +17.24%
2020 +1.69%
2019 +22.54%
2018 −7.45%
2017 +16.05%
2016 +12.50%
2015 +0.17%
2014 +10.63%
2013 +28.25%
2012 +11.66%
2011 +7.52%
2010 +13.30%
2009 +14.21%
2008 −30.87%
2007 +0.77%
2006 +17.82%
2005 +1.06%
2004 +11.53%
2003 +21.33%
2002 −17.56%
2001 −2.51%

Drawdowns

Mon 2001-08-13💬 to Mon 2026-07-06 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VEIRX
×
−4.60%
from 2025-12-11 peak
−54.82%
2009-03-09
from 2007-10-09 peak
Vanguard Equity Income Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Mon 2026-07-06 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
VEIRX
×
+3.82% +18.44%
+8.83%/yr
+32.93%
+9.95%/yr
+27.87%
+5.04%/yr
+101.84%
+7.28%/yr
Vanguard Equity Income Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund