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Total Real Returns

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

VSMAX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VSMAX returned +24.68% over the past year and +11.40% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 13, 2000, VSMAX is up +463.93% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.99%/yr, and is currently −0.61% below its real total-return high on Jun. 15, 2026.

Data ending Thu Jun. 18, 2026

Mon 2000-11-13💬 to Thu 2026-06-18 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
VSMAX
×
+11.40%
2026-06-18
+24.68%
2026-06-18
Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Returns

Mon 2000-11-13💬 to Thu 2026-06-18 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VSMAX
×
+463.93%
+6.99%/yr
+7.41%/yr
(R2=0.917)
Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2000-11-13💬 to Thu 2026-06-18 Start
Value
End
Value
VSMAX
×
$10,000.00
2000-11-13
$56,393.17
2026-06-18
Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Annual Returns

Year VSMAX
2026 (YTD) +11.40%
2025 +6.00%
2024 +11.03%
2023 +14.34%
2022 −22.61%
2021 +10.00%
2020 +17.46%
2019 +24.52%
2018 −11.02%
2017 +13.83%
2016 +15.90%
2015 −4.34%
2014 +6.70%
2013 +35.79%
2012 +16.21%
2011 −5.49%
2010 +26.00%
2009 +32.73%
2008 −36.08%
2007 −2.74%
2006 +12.92%
2005 +3.93%
2004 +16.23%
2003 +43.07%
2002 −21.86%
2001 +1.65%
2000 +4.89%

Drawdowns

Mon 2000-11-13💬 to Thu 2026-06-18 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VSMAX
×
−0.61%
from 2026-06-15 peak
−60.44%
2009-03-09
from 2007-07-13 peak
Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-06-18 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
VSMAX
×
+24.68% +30.84%
+14.39%/yr
+42.67%
+12.58%/yr
+17.71%
+3.31%/yr
+114.61%
+7.94%/yr
Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund