| VHT | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +181.9% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +10.9% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +14.6% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 0.75 |
| Deepest drawdown | -28.9% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2020-02-19 → 2020-03-23 |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 1.44% (as of 2026-09-29) |
Over the 10.0 years to 2026-09-29 the fund returned +181.9% in total (+10.9% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -28.9% from 2020-02-19 to 2020-03-23. Its worst calendar year was 2022 (-5.6%), its best 2017 (+23.3%).
| Year | VHT |
|---|---|
| 2026 | +12.2% |
| 2025 | +15.5% |
| 2024 | +2.7% |
| 2023 | +2.5% |
| 2022 | -5.6% |
| 2021 | +20.6% |
| 2020 | +18.3% |
| 2019 | +21.9% |
| 2018 | +5.6% |
| 2017 | +23.3% |
| 2016 | -3.2% |
+181.9% in total, which works out to +10.9% a year over the 10 years to 2026-09-29. 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 -5.6% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2017 (+23.3%).
-28.9%, from a peak on 2020-02-19 to a trough on 2020-03-23. From that trough it took 77 days (about 2.5 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.
Over the last 12 months it distributed 1.44% of its share price (as of 2026-09-29). 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 VHT 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 -28.9% 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.