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

Total Real Returns

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

VLCAX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VLCAX returned +19.76% over the past year and +4.39% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 2004, VLCAX is up +469.45% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.11%/yr, and is currently āˆ’1.96% below its real total-return high on May 14, 2026.

Fri 2004-01-30? to Tue 2026-05-19 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VLCAX × 		+4.39%
2026-05-19 		+19.76%
2026-05-19
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Returns

Fri 2004-01-30? to Tue 2026-05-19 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VLCAX × 		+469.45%
+8.11%/yr 		+8.57%/yr
(R2=0.904)
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Growth of $10,000

Fri 2004-01-30? to Tue 2026-05-19 Start
Value 		End
Value
VLCAX × 		$10,000.00
2004-01-30 		$56,945.14
2026-05-19
Vanguard Large-Cap Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Annual Returns

Year VLCAX
2026 (YTD) +4.39%
2025 +15.02%
2024 +21.60%
2023 +23.14%
2022 āˆ’24.57%
2021 +18.67%
2020 +19.40%
2019 +28.45%
2018 āˆ’6.27%
2017 +19.50%
2016 +9.38%
2015 +0.33%
2014 +12.53%
2013 +30.69%
2012 +14.09%
2011 āˆ’1.34%
2010 +14.10%
2009 +24.40%
2008 āˆ’37.10%
2007 +2.24%
2006 +12.73%
2005 +2.67%
2004 +7.35%

Drawdowns

Fri 2004-01-30? to Tue 2026-05-19 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VLCAX × 		āˆ’1.96%
from 2026-05-14 peak 		āˆ’55.55%
2009-03-09
from 2007-10-09 peak
Vanguard Large-Cap Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-05-19 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VLCAX × 		+19.76% +33.79%
+15.63%/yr 		+67.14%
+18.67%/yr 		+51.75%
+8.70%/yr 		+205.62%
+11.82%/yr
Vanguard Large-Cap Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund