| VGENX | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +124.11% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +8.41% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +19.97% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 0.42 |
| Deepest drawdown | -61.18% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2018-05-21 → 2020-03-18 |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 6.99% (as of 2026-10-02) |
Over the 10.0 years to 2026-10-02 the fund returned +124.11% in total (+8.41% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -61.18% from 2018-05-21 to 2020-03-18. Its worst calendar year was 2020 (-30.84%), its best 2021 (+27.71%).
| Year | VGENX |
|---|---|
| 2026 | +22.58% |
| 2025 | +20.62% |
| 2024 | +25.01% |
| 2023 | +8.78% |
| 2022 | +23.69% |
| 2021 | +27.71% |
| 2020 | -30.84% |
| 2019 | +13.20% |
| 2018 | -17.15% |
| 2017 | +3.17% |
| 2016 | +5.46% |
+124.11% in total, which works out to +8.41% 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.
2020 — its calendar-year return was -30.84% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2021 (+27.71%).
-61.18%, from a peak on 2018-05-21 to a trough on 2020-03-18. From that trough it took 1275 days (about 41.9 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.
Over the last 12 months it distributed 6.99% 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 VGENX 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 -61.18% 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.