Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Top ETFs · US Large Cap · data since 2010-09-09 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+0.08%
7d
-0.59%
30d
+0.80%
YTD
+8.95%
1y
+17.81%
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.4 | -0.8 | -5.0 | 10.6 | 5.3 | -1.0 | -1.1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 2.7 | -1.3 | -5.6 | -0.8 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | 1.6 | 5.2 | 3.3 | -4.0 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 2.2 | -0.9 | 5.9 | -2.3 |
| 2023 | 6.3 | -2.5 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 6.5 | 3.3 | -1.6 | -4.7 | -2.2 | 9.2 | 4.6 |
| 2022 | -5.2 | -3.0 | 3.8 | -8.8 | 0.3 | -8.3 | 9.2 | -4.1 | -9.2 | 8.1 | 5.5 | -5.7 |
| 2021 | -1.0 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.0 | -4.7 | 7.0 | -0.7 | 4.6 |
| 2020 | -0.0 | -8.1 | -12.4 | 12.8 | 4.7 | 1.8 | 5.9 | 7.0 | -3.8 | -2.5 | 10.9 | 3.7 |
| 2019 | 7.9 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 4.0 | -6.3 | 7.0 | 1.5 | -1.6 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 3.0 |
| 2018 | 5.6 | -3.7 | -2.5 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 0.6 | -6.8 | 1.9 | -8.8 |
| 2017 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | -4.9 | -0.2 | 6.9 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -1.8 | 3.7 | 2.1 |
| 2015 | -2.9 | 5.6 | -1.6 | 1.0 | 1.3 | -1.9 | 2.2 | -6.1 | -2.5 | 8.4 | 0.4 | -1.7 |
| 2014 | -3.5 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 2.1 | -1.4 | 4.0 | -1.4 | 2.4 | 2.8 | -0.9 |
| 2013 | 5.2 | 1.3 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 2.3 | -1.5 | 5.3 | -3.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 2.6 |
| 2012 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.3 | -0.6 | -6.0 | 4.1 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | -2.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
| 2011 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 2.9 | -1.2 | -1.7 | -2.1 | -5.5 | -6.8 | 10.7 | -0.3 | 1.1 |
| 2010 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 3.6 | 3.8 | -0.1 | 6.9 |
| Avg | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 0.2 | -0.8 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 0.7 |
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 | +1.4% | +0.9% | +0.3% | +1.8% | +1.3% | +1.2% | +2.7% | +0.2% | -0.8% | +2.2% | +3.1% | +0.7% |
| Win rate | 62%/16 | 56%/16 | 69%/16 | 75%/16 | 81%/16 | 69%/16 | 87%/15 | 60%/15 | 56%/16 | 62%/16 | 81%/16 | 69%/16 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-34%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±4.1%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
69%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+12.79%
2020-04
Worst month
-12.44%
2020-03
Longest streaks
15▲ / 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 S&P 500 ETF
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF does respectable public-company things — with price receipts on this site going back to 2010. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (2010) would be about $869 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was April 2020 at +12.79%; its worst, March 2020 at -12.44%.
- It has closed July in the green 13 out of 15 times — past performance, future shrug.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.