| VHYAX | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +137.46% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +11.97% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +15.11% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 0.79 |
| Deepest drawdown | -35.11% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2020-01-17 → 2020-03-23 |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 2.32% (as of 2026-10-02) |
Over the 7.7 years to 2026-10-02 the fund returned +137.46% in total (+11.97% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -35.11% from 2020-01-17 to 2020-03-23. Its worst calendar year was 2022 (-0.44%), its best 2021 (+26.13%).
| Year | VHYAX |
|---|---|
| 2026 | +10.90% |
| 2025 | +15.39% |
| 2024 | +17.38% |
| 2023 | +6.70% |
| 2022 | -0.44% |
| 2021 | +26.13% |
| 2020 | +1.12% |
| 2019 | +16.67% |
+137.46% in total, which works out to +11.97% a year over the 8 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 -0.44% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2021 (+26.13%).
-35.11%, from a peak on 2020-01-17 to a trough on 2020-03-23. From that trough it took 289 days (about 9.5 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.
Over the last 12 months it distributed 2.32% 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 VHYAX 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 -35.11% 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.