All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
VEIRX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VEIRX returned +6.70% over the past year and +4.60% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Aug. 13, 2001, VEIRX is up +320.18% in real purchasing-power return, or +5.95%/yr, and is currently −5.76% below its real total-return high on Dec. 11, 2025.
| Mon 2001-08-13💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VEIRX × |
+4.60%
2026-06-08 |
+6.70%
2026-06-08 |
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| Vanguard Equity Income Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Mon 2001-08-13💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VEIRX × |
+320.18%
+5.95%/yr |
+7.17%/yr
(R2=0.924) |
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| Vanguard Equity Income Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Mon 2001-08-13💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VEIRX × |
$10,000.00
2001-08-13 |
$42,018.45
2026-06-08 |
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| Vanguard Equity Income Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Year | VEIRX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +4.60% |
| 2025 | +4.53% |
| 2024 | +11.69% |
| 2023 | +4.27% |
| 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 | +21.32% |
| 2002 | −17.56% |
| 2001 | −2.51% |
| Mon 2001-08-13💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VEIRX × |
−5.76%
from 2025-12-11 peak |
−54.82%
2009-03-09 from 2007-10-09 peak |
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| Vanguard Equity Income Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Mon 2026-06-08 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VEIRX × | +6.70% |
+17.22% +8.27%/yr |
+31.89% +9.67%/yr |
+23.03% +4.23%/yr |
+99.56% +7.15%/yr |
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| Vanguard Equity Income Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||