| EVSTX | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +284.25% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +14.41% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +15.30% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 0.94 |
| Deepest drawdown | -33.12% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2020-02-12 → 2020-03-23 |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 5.23% (as of 2026-10-02) |
Over the 10.0 years to 2026-10-02 the fund returned +284.25% in total (+14.41% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -33.12% from 2020-02-12 to 2020-03-23. Its worst calendar year was 2022 (-18.70%), its best 2019 (+30.98%).
| Year | EVSTX |
|---|---|
| 2026 | +13.26% |
| 2025 | +17.77% |
| 2024 | +28.29% |
| 2023 | +24.93% |
| 2022 | -18.70% |
| 2021 | +28.59% |
| 2020 | +15.21% |
| 2019 | +30.98% |
| 2018 | -9.04% |
| 2017 | +19.53% |
| 2016 | +4.79% |
+284.25% in total, which works out to +14.41% a year over the 10 years to 2026-10-02. Both figures assume dividends were reinvested and the fund's own fees were already deducted, so they are what an investor would have kept — before tax.
2022 — its calendar-year return was -18.70% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2019 (+30.98%).
-33.12%, from a peak on 2020-02-12 to a trough on 2020-03-23. From that trough it took 142 days (about 4.7 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.
Over the last 12 months it distributed 5.23% of its share price (as of 2026-10-02). That is a past distribution, not a promise of future income, and it is already counted in every return figure on this page.
It does not say EVSTX is a good or bad fund, and it is not a forecast. Returns above are history: they already include dividends and already exclude the fund's own fees. A drawdown of -33.12% means an investor who bought at the peak would have watched that much value disappear before it recovered — how long that takes is the part most tables leave out.