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

Total Real Returns

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

Thu 2006-11-16? to Tue 2026-01-20 YTD
Return
TRR
Price
VYM
×
+1.99%
2026-01-20
3.252 TRR
2026-01-20
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund

Returns

Thu 2006-11-16? to Tue 2026-01-20 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VYM
×
+225.21%
+6.34%/yr
+8.01%/yr
(R2=0.901)
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000

Thu 2006-11-16? to Tue 2026-01-20 Start
Value
End
Value
VYM
×
$10,000.00
2006-11-16
$32,520.52
2026-01-20
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund

Annual Returns

Year VYM
2026 (YTD) +1.99%
2025 +12.41%
2024 +14.31%
2023 +3.14%
2022 −6.49%
2021 +17.90%
2020 −0.21%
2019 +21.29%
2018 −7.68%
2017 +14.00%
2016 +14.67%
2015 −0.44%
2014 +12.68%
2013 +28.16%
2012 +10.76%
2011 +7.36%
2010 +12.54%
2009 +14.08%
2008 −31.97%
2007 −2.61%
2006 +2.75%

Drawdowns

Thu 2006-11-16? to Tue 2026-01-20 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VYM
×
−1.57% −57.73%
2009-03-05
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund