Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG)
Top ETFs · US Dividend · data since 2006-05-02 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+0.59%
7d
+0.44%
30d
+2.30%
YTD
+9.47%
1y
+16.55%
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.9 | 1.6 | -5.2 | 6.3 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 3.3 | 0.5 | -4.0 | -1.5 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 2.6 | -0.9 |
| 2024 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 2.8 | -4.1 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 1.4 | -1.9 | 5.4 | -3.9 |
| 2023 | 2.9 | -2.7 | 1.9 | 2.3 | -2.7 | 6.5 | 2.4 | -1.9 | -4.3 | -1.5 | 7.5 | 4.1 |
| 2022 | -5.3 | -2.8 | 3.0 | -5.1 | -0.1 | -6.2 | 6.8 | -3.5 | -8.2 | 10.0 | 6.8 | -3.7 |
| 2021 | -2.9 | 1.6 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 1.8 | -0.1 | 3.2 | 1.7 | -5.0 | 6.9 | -1.4 | 6.5 |
| 2020 | 0.6 | -8.3 | -9.6 | 9.9 | 3.6 | 0.1 | 5.0 | 6.2 | -1.1 | -2.3 | 10.0 | 2.5 |
| 2019 | 6.3 | 4.6 | 1.1 | 3.7 | -4.6 | 6.6 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 2018 | 5.0 | -4.0 | -1.3 | -0.9 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 1.7 | -6.4 | 4.1 | -8.8 |
| 2017 | 1.8 | 4.3 | -0.1 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.7 | -0.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 4.5 | 1.4 |
| 2016 | -2.3 | 1.1 | 6.3 | -0.3 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 0.0 | -1.0 | -1.9 | 3.0 | 1.2 |
| 2015 | -3.4 | 5.6 | -2.3 | -0.2 | 1.0 | -2.5 | 2.2 | -5.9 | -1.8 | 6.7 | 0.3 | -0.9 |
| 2014 | -5.0 | 4.9 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.5 | -3.3 | 3.6 | -1.0 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 0.1 |
| 2013 | 5.9 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 1.1 | -1.5 | 5.4 | -3.6 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 2.0 |
| 2012 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.1 | -0.3 | -4.4 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | -1.3 | 1.4 | 0.5 |
| 2011 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 3.5 | -1.3 | -0.8 | -3.5 | -3.2 | -6.3 | 9.6 | 1.9 | 1.0 |
| 2010 | -2.3 | 2.4 | 4.6 | 2.2 | -7.2 | -4.3 | 6.4 | -3.4 | 8.3 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 5.3 |
| 2009 | -7.6 | -10.5 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 6.6 | 2.4 | 3.1 | -0.4 | 5.8 | 0.7 |
| 2008 | -5.3 | -1.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 0.3 | -7.9 | 1.1 | 2.1 | -6.7 | -14.1 | -2.5 | 0.9 |
| 2007 | 1.6 | -1.7 | 0.3 | 4.4 | 2.5 | -1.6 | -2.5 | 2.3 | 3.4 | -0.3 | -2.0 | -0.5 |
| 2006 | · | · | · | · | -1.5 | -0.2 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 1.6 |
| Avg | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 0.5 | -0.1 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 0.6 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +0.0% | +0.3% | +1.0% | +1.9% | +0.4% | +0.1% | +2.3% | +0.5% | -0.1% | +0.9% | +2.8% | +0.6% |
| Win rate | 60%/20 | 65%/20 | 70%/20 | 65%/20 | 67%/21 | 57%/21 | 85%/20 | 65%/20 | 55%/20 | 55%/20 | 85%/20 | 70%/20 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-46.8%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±3.8%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
67%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+10.04%
2020-11
Worst month
-14.11%
2008-10
Longest streaks
8▲ / 5▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF does respectable public-company things — with price receipts on this site going back to 2006. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (2006) would be about $717 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was November 2020 at +10.04%; its worst, October 2008 at -14.11%.
- It has closed July in the green 17 out of 20 times — calendar astrology, but the fun kind.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.