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

Total Real Returns

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

VWENX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VWENX returned +12.99% over the past year and +1.87% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 14, 2001, VWENX is up +306.77% in real purchasing-power return, or +5.75%/yr, and is currently −1.66% below its real total-return high on Jun. 2, 2026.

Data ending Fri Jun. 12, 2026

Mon 2001-05-14💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
VWENX
×
+1.87%
2026-06-12
+12.99%
2026-06-12
Vanguard Wellington Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Returns

Mon 2001-05-14💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VWENX
×
+306.77%
+5.75%/yr
+6.07%/yr
(R2=0.958)
Vanguard Wellington Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2001-05-14💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 Start
Value
End
Value
VWENX
×
$10,000.00
2001-05-14
$40,676.92
2026-06-12
Vanguard Wellington Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Annual Returns

Year VWENX
2026 (YTD) +1.87%
2025 +13.60%
2024 +11.60%
2023 +10.69%
2022 −19.51%
2021 +11.26%
2020 +9.17%
2019 +19.87%
2018 −5.16%
2017 +12.44%
2016 +8.84%
2015 −0.60%
2014 +9.09%
2013 +18.01%
2012 +10.74%
2011 +0.97%
2010 +9.40%
2009 +19.15%
2008 −22.31%
2007 +4.18%
2006 +12.27%
2005 +3.44%
2004 +9.35%
2003 +18.64%
2002 −8.96%
2001 +1.04%

Drawdowns

Mon 2001-05-14💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VWENX
×
−1.66%
from 2026-06-02 peak
−37.14%
2009-03-09
from 2007-10-09 peak
Vanguard Wellington Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-06-12 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
VWENX
×
+12.99% +22.35%
+10.61%/yr
+37.65%
+11.24%/yr
+21.10%
+3.90%/yr
+89.22%
+6.59%/yr
Vanguard Wellington Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund