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

Total Real Returns

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

VNQ real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VNQ returned +6.46% over the past year and +5.40% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Sep. 29, 2004, VNQ is up +174.90% in real purchasing-power return, or +4.77%/yr, and is currently −19.06% below its real total-return high on Dec. 31, 2021.

Data ending Wed Jun. 17, 2026

Wed 2004-09-29💬 to Wed 2026-06-17 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VNQ × 		+5.40%
2026-06-17 		+6.46%
2026-06-17
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Returns

Wed 2004-09-29💬 to Wed 2026-06-17 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VNQ × 		+174.90%
+4.77%/yr 		+5.02%/yr
(R2=0.710)
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Growth of $10,000

Wed 2004-09-29💬 to Wed 2026-06-17 Start
Value 		End
Value
VNQ × 		$10,000.00
2004-09-29 		$27,489.94
2026-06-17
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Annual Returns

Year VNQ
2026 (YTD) +5.40%
2025 +0.56%
2024 +1.88%
2023 +8.23%
2022 −30.73%
2021 +31.30%
2020 −5.89%
2019 +26.03%
2018 −7.78%
2017 +2.73%
2016 +6.37%
2015 +1.69%
2014 +29.42%
2013 +0.79%
2012 +15.63%
2011 +5.50%
2010 +26.50%
2009 +26.68%
2008 −37.04%
2007 −19.80%
2006 +31.96%
2005 +8.23%
2004 +15.75%

Drawdowns

Wed 2004-09-29💬 to Wed 2026-06-17 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VNQ × 		−19.06%
from 2021-12-31 peak 		−74.28%
2009-03-06
from 2007-02-07 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-06-17 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VNQ × 		+6.46% +15.77%
+7.59%/yr 		+16.70%
+5.28%/yr 		−9.97%
−2.08%/yr 		+18.99%
+1.75%/yr
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