| VNQ | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +54.2% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +4.4% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +17.6% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 0.25 |
| Deepest drawdown | -42.4% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2020-02-21 → 2020-03-23 |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 3.76% (as of 2026-09-29) |
Over the 10.0 years to 2026-09-29 the fund returned +54.2% in total (+4.4% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -42.4% from 2020-02-21 to 2020-03-23. Its worst calendar year was 2022 (-26.2%), its best 2021 (+40.5%).
| Year | VNQ |
|---|---|
| 2026 | +5.2% |
| 2025 | +3.3% |
| 2024 | +4.8% |
| 2023 | +11.8% |
| 2022 | -26.2% |
| 2021 | +40.5% |
| 2020 | -4.7% |
| 2019 | +28.9% |
| 2018 | -6.0% |
| 2017 | +4.9% |
| 2016 | -3.5% |
+54.2% in total, which works out to +4.4% 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 -26.2% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2021 (+40.5%).
-42.4%, from a peak on 2020-02-21 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 3.76% 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 VNQ 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 -42.4% 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.