| VGPMX | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +165.24% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +10.25% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +18.59% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 0.55 |
| Deepest drawdown | -50.16% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2017-09-07 → 2020-03-23 |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 3.37% (as of 2026-10-02) |
Over the 10.0 years to 2026-10-02 the fund returned +165.24% in total (+10.25% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -50.16% from 2017-09-07 to 2020-03-23. Its worst calendar year was 2018 (-32.27%), its best 2025 (+65.92%).
| Year | VGPMX |
|---|---|
| 2026 | +15.79% |
| 2025 | +65.92% |
| 2024 | +5.79% |
| 2023 | +10.03% |
| 2022 | +7.39% |
| 2021 | +19.49% |
| 2020 | +17.21% |
| 2019 | +20.66% |
| 2018 | -32.27% |
| 2017 | +13.75% |
| 2016 | -15.16% |
+165.24% in total, which works out to +10.25% 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.
2018 — its calendar-year return was -32.27% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2025 (+65.92%).
-50.16%, from a peak on 2017-09-07 to a trough on 2020-03-23. From that trough it took 388 days (about 12.7 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.
Over the last 12 months it distributed 3.37% 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 VGPMX 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 -50.16% 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.