| VCSTX | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +528.33% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +20.18% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +22.34% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 0.90 |
| Deepest drawdown | -45.71% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2021-11-16 → 2022-11-03 |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 5.47% (as of 2026-10-02) |
Over the 10.0 years to 2026-10-02 the fund returned +528.33% in total (+20.18% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -45.71% from 2021-11-16 to 2022-11-03. Its worst calendar year was 2022 (-39.00%), its best 2020 (+56.82%).
| Year | VCSTX |
|---|---|
| 2026 | +36.26% |
| 2025 | +22.57% |
| 2024 | +32.60% |
| 2023 | +55.80% |
| 2022 | -39.00% |
| 2021 | +10.54% |
| 2020 | +56.82% |
| 2019 | +39.47% |
| 2018 | -9.29% |
| 2017 | +41.32% |
| 2016 | -3.68% |
+528.33% in total, which works out to +20.18% 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 -39.00% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2020 (+56.82%).
-45.71%, from a peak on 2021-11-16 to a trough on 2022-11-03. From that trough it took 483 days (about 15.9 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.
Over the last 12 months it distributed 5.47% 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 VCSTX 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 -45.71% 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.