| VMGAX | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +477.83% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +19.18% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +18.66% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 1.03 |
| Deepest drawdown | -36.03% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2021-12-27 → 2022-11-03 |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 0.33% (as of 2026-10-02) |
Over the 10.0 years to 2026-10-02 the fund returned +477.83% in total (+19.18% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -36.03% from 2021-12-27 to 2022-11-03. Its worst calendar year was 2022 (-33.55%), its best 2023 (+51.58%).
| Year | VMGAX |
|---|---|
| 2026 | +13.76% |
| 2025 | +20.73% |
| 2024 | +32.98% |
| 2023 | +51.58% |
| 2022 | -33.55% |
| 2021 | +28.51% |
| 2020 | +41.03% |
| 2019 | +37.54% |
| 2018 | -2.85% |
| 2017 | +29.49% |
| 2016 | +0.17% |
+477.83% in total, which works out to +19.18% 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 -33.55% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2023 (+51.58%).
-36.03%, from a peak on 2021-12-27 to a trough on 2022-11-03. From that trough it took 435 days (about 14.3 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.
Over the last 12 months it distributed 0.33% 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 VMGAX 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 -36.03% 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.