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 +75.53% over the past year and +21.07% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 12, 2001, VPMAX is up +1,077.57% in real purchasing-power return, or +10.55%/yr, and is currently −0.35% below its real total-return high on Jun. 3, 2026.

Data ending Fri Jun. 12, 2026

Mon 2001-11-12💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
VPMAX
×
+21.07%
2026-06-12
+75.53%
2026-06-12
Vanguard Primecap Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Returns

Mon 2001-11-12💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VPMAX
×
+1,077.57%
+10.55%/yr
+9.76%/yr
(R2=0.942)
Vanguard Primecap Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2001-11-12💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 Start
Value
End
Value
VPMAX
×
$10,000.00
2001-11-12
$117,756.51
2026-06-12
Vanguard Primecap Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Annual Returns

Year VPMAX
2026 (YTD) +21.07%
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 Fri 2026-06-12 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VPMAX
×
−0.35%
from 2026-06-03 peak
−49.15%
2009-03-09
from 2007-10-12 peak
Vanguard Primecap Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-06-12 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
VPMAX
×
+75.53% +80.20%
+34.24%/yr
+122.17%
+30.49%/yr
+98.95%
+14.75%/yr
+342.93%
+16.05%/yr
Vanguard Primecap Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund