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

Total Real Returns

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

VPMCX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VPMCX returned +28.28% over the past year and +17.68% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Oct. 31, 1984, VPMCX is up +6,578.50% in real purchasing-power return, or +10.53%/yr, and is currently −7.05% below its real total-return high on Jun. 30, 2026.

Data ending Wed Oct. 14, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Wed 1984-10-31💬 to Wed 2026-10-14 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VPMCX × 		+6,578.50%
+10.53%/yr 		+9.36%/yr
R2=0.963
Vanguard Primecap Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Wed 1984-10-31💬 to Wed 2026-10-14 Start
Value 		End
Value
VPMCX × 		$10,000.00
1984-10-31 		$667,850.27
2026-10-14

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-14

  YTD YoY
VPMCX × 		+17.68% +28.28%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VPMCX × 		−7.05%
on 2026-10-14
from 2026-06-30 peak 		−54.77%
on 2002-10-09
from 2000-07-17 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-10-14 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VPMCX × 		+28.28% +42.50%
+19.37%/yr 		+77.64%
+21.11%/yr 		+66.55%
+10.74%/yr 		+237.96%
+12.95%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VPMCX
2026 (YTD) +17.68%
2025 +26.22%
2024 +10.06%
2023 +24.01%
2022 −20.36%
2021 +13.64%
2020 +15.58%
2019 +24.93%
2018 −3.83%
2017 +26.89%
2016 +8.41%
2015 +1.93%
2014 +17.85%
2013 +37.64%
2012 +13.33%
2011 −4.65%
2010 +11.27%
2009 +30.86%
2008 −32.15%
2007 +6.98%
2006 +9.56%
2005 +4.92%
2004 +14.58%
2003 +35.22%
2002 −26.31%
2001 −14.65%
2000 +1.43%
1999 +38.38%
1998 +23.56%
1997 +34.52%
1996 +14.55%
1995 +32.13%
1994 +8.53%
1993 +14.39%
1992 +3.19%
1991 +23.29%
1990 −9.30%
1989 +10.80%
1988 +7.43%
1987 −8.56%
1986 +20.08%
1985 +30.70%
1984 +4.28%