All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
VHT real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VHT returned +15.90% over the past year and −1.13% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 2004, VHT is up +342.98% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.87%/yr, and is currently −4.18% below its real total-return high on Jan. 7, 2026.
Data ending Thu Jun. 25, 2026
| Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Thu 2026-06-25 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VHT × |
−1.13%
2026-06-25 |
+15.90%
2026-06-25 |
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| Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Thu 2026-06-25 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VHT × |
+342.98%
+6.87%/yr |
+9.17%/yr
(R2=0.914) |
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| Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Thu 2026-06-25 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VHT × |
$10,000.00
2004-01-30 |
$44,297.98
2026-06-25 |
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| Vanguard Health Care Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Year | VHT |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −1.13% |
| 2025 | +12.45% |
| 2024 | −0.21% |
| 2023 | −0.80% |
| 2022 | −11.34% |
| 2021 | +12.64% |
| 2020 | +16.70% |
| 2019 | +19.15% |
| 2018 | +3.61% |
| 2017 | +20.71% |
| 2016 | −5.18% |
| 2015 | +6.34% |
| 2014 | +24.56% |
| 2013 | +40.57% |
| 2012 | +16.99% |
| 2011 | +7.52% |
| 2010 | +4.04% |
| 2009 | +18.59% |
| 2008 | −23.41% |
| 2007 | +3.63% |
| 2006 | +3.93% |
| 2005 | +4.61% |
| 2004 | −1.98% |
| Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Thu 2026-06-25 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VHT × |
−4.18%
from 2026-01-07 peak |
−39.73%
2009-03-05 from 2007-12-10 peak |
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| Vanguard Health Care Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Thu 2026-06-25 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VHT × | +15.90% |
+5.70% +2.81%/yr |
+14.29% +4.55%/yr |
+3.06% +0.60%/yr |
+93.12% +6.80%/yr |
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