Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG)
Top ETFs · US Large Cap Growth · data since 2004-01-30 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
-0.36%
7d
-2.10%
30d
-0.31%
YTD
+2.90%
1y
+11.23%
Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -1.3 | -4.3 | -5.1 | 14.3 | 7.7 | -3.8 | -3.1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 1.9 | -3.0 | -8.5 | 2.0 | 9.2 | 6.2 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 4.7 | 4.0 | -1.6 | -0.5 |
| 2024 | 2.2 | 7.1 | 1.4 | -4.2 | 6.3 | 6.8 | -1.8 | 2.3 | 2.4 | -0.3 | 6.8 | 0.5 |
| 2023 | 10.4 | -1.4 | 7.8 | 1.0 | 5.2 | 6.9 | 3.4 | -1.1 | -5.7 | -1.8 | 11.6 | 4.3 |
| 2022 | -9.4 | -4.6 | 3.8 | -12.9 | -2.7 | -8.5 | 13.0 | -5.0 | -10.4 | 4.1 | 4.6 | -8.4 |
| 2021 | -1.0 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 6.9 | -1.4 | 6.0 | 3.2 | 3.7 | -5.3 | 8.3 | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| 2020 | 3.1 | -6.5 | -10.6 | 15.1 | 7.1 | 4.9 | 7.6 | 10.1 | -4.7 | -3.0 | 10.4 | 4.2 |
| 2019 | 9.2 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.7 | -6.3 | 6.8 | 2.3 | -0.6 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| 2018 | 6.8 | -2.9 | -2.5 | 0.3 | 4.4 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 0.5 | -9.1 | 0.6 | -8.4 |
| 2017 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2.8 | -0.4 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 0.9 |
| 2016 | -6.0 | -0.4 | 7.2 | -0.8 | 2.5 | -0.7 | 4.8 | -0.3 | 0.6 | -2.6 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| 2015 | -1.5 | 6.3 | -3.9 | 2.8 | 1.5 | -1.6 | 3.3 | -6.3 | -2.9 | 9.0 | 0.1 | -2.4 |
| 2014 | -3.0 | 5.6 | -1.6 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 2.4 | -1.6 | 4.6 | -1.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 | -0.9 |
| 2013 | 4.4 | 0.8 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 | -2.1 | 5.6 | -1.9 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 3.4 |
| 2012 | 6.3 | 4.8 | 3.5 | -0.3 | -6.3 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 2.1 | -3.1 | 2.0 | 0.1 |
| 2011 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 3.1 | -0.7 | -1.4 | -0.7 | -5.7 | -7.4 | 11.6 | -0.2 | -0.5 |
| 2010 | -4.6 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 1.5 | -8.3 | -5.7 | 7.5 | -4.7 | 10.8 | 5.2 | 1.0 | 5.5 |
| 2009 | -4.9 | -7.5 | 7.9 | 10.0 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 7.1 | 2.0 | 4.3 | -1.3 | 6.0 | 3.3 |
| 2008 | -8.0 | -1.1 | -1.0 | 6.0 | 3.5 | -6.7 | -1.6 | 1.2 | -11.2 | -17.8 | -8.7 | 1.3 |
| 2007 | 2.6 | -1.9 | 0.5 | 4.4 | 3.5 | -1.0 | -2.1 | 1.9 | 4.5 | 3.0 | -3.2 | 0.1 |
| 2006 | 2.2 | -0.3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -3.4 | -0.4 | -2.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| 2005 | -3.1 | 1.4 | -1.9 | -2.5 | 5.4 | -0.3 | 4.4 | -1.4 | 0.5 | -0.8 | 4.2 | -0.5 |
| 2004 | 0.0 | 1.0 | -1.6 | -0.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | -5.7 | -0.9 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
| Avg | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 0.5 | -0.4 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 |
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 | +0.5% | +0.4% | +0.6% | +2.4% | +1.8% | +0.6% | +2.6% | +0.5% | -0.4% | +1.0% | +2.5% | +0.5% |
| Win rate | 52%/23 | 52%/23 | 61%/23 | 70%/23 | 70%/23 | 48%/23 | 68%/22 | 55%/22 | 64%/22 | 59%/22 | 82%/22 | 68%/22 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-50.7%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±4.8%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
62%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+15.08%
2020-04
Worst month
-17.81%
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 Growth ETF
Vanguard Growth ETF does respectable public-company things — with price receipts on this site going back to 2004. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (2004) would be about $1,314 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was April 2020 at +15.08%; its worst, October 2008 at -17.81%.
- It has closed November in the green 18 out of 22 times — past performance, future shrug.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.