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

Total Real Returns

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

VPMAX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VPMAX returned +71.76% over the past year and +21.11% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 12, 2001, VPMAX is up +1,077.96% in real purchasing-power return, or +10.53%/yr, and is currently −3.73% below its real total-return high on Jun. 30, 2026.

Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026

Mon 2001-11-12💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VPMAX × 		+21.11%
2026-07-02 		+71.76%
2026-07-02
Vanguard Primecap Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Returns

Mon 2001-11-12💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VPMAX × 		+1,077.96%
+10.53%/yr 		+9.78%/yr
(R2=0.942)
Vanguard Primecap Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2001-11-12💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Start
Value 		End
Value
VPMAX × 		$10,000.00
2001-11-12 		$117,795.91
2026-07-02
Vanguard Primecap Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Annual Returns

Year VPMAX
2026 (YTD) +21.11%
2025 +50.10%
2024 +10.13%
2023 +24.10%
2022 −20.31%
2021 +13.72%
2020 +15.66%
2019 +25.02%
2018 −3.77%
2017 +26.98%
2016 +8.49%
2015 +1.99%
2014 +17.96%
2013 +37.76%
2012 +13.44%
2011 −4.58%
2010 +11.35%
2009 +31.03%
2008 −32.07%
2007 +7.25%
2006 +9.78%
2005 +5.09%
2004 +14.73%
2003 +35.42%
2002 −26.24%
2001 +8.25%

Drawdowns

Mon 2001-11-12💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VPMAX × 		−3.73%
from 2026-06-30 peak 		−49.15%
2009-03-09
from 2007-10-12 peak
Vanguard Primecap Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VPMAX × 		+71.76% +77.07%
+33.07%/yr 		+118.48%
+29.76%/yr 		+98.00%
+14.64%/yr 		+346.47%
+16.14%/yr
Vanguard Primecap Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund