Performance analysis of ESPO (VANECK VIDEO GAMING AND ESPORTS ETF)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, ESPO has had an average annual return of +18.31%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +19.31% annual.
Over the past 5 years, ESPO has had an average annual return of +7.16%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +12.78% annual.
Since Oct 17, 2018, ESPO has had an average annual return of +16.22%, outperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +15.09% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -11.58% | +25.79% | +47.62% | +33.63% | -34.70% | -2.08% | +83.92% | +42.35% | -12.57% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -3.30% | -6.39% | -3.50% | +1.86% | -3.30% | +0.69% | +2.07% | -11.58% | |||||
| 2025 | +4.54% | +3.72% | -4.57% | +9.56% | +7.13% | +8.17% | -1.83% | +6.19% | +6.16% | -6.22% | -2.68% | -5.20% | +25.79% |
| 2024 | +0.60% | +7.93% | +1.50% | -3.82% | +8.05% | +2.99% | +1.48% | +3.95% | +7.79% | -1.94% | +13.59% | -1.18% | +47.62% |
| 2023 | +13.95% | -4.73% | +13.65% | -3.65% | +2.97% | +6.27% | +5.24% | -7.64% | -4.85% | -2.70% | +10.10% | +3.69% | +33.63% |
| 2022 | -5.66% | -3.02% | -4.14% | -13.98% | +4.88% | -9.03% | +4.88% | -5.54% | -14.06% | -1.62% | +12.94% | -4.11% | -34.70% |
| 2021 | +3.73% | -0.61% | -5.31% | +3.60% | -0.13% | +2.63% | -6.75% | +1.88% | -5.73% | +6.22% | +5.68% | -6.04% | -2.08% |
| 2020 | +0.65% | -0.29% | +1.63% | +7.18% | +13.75% | +9.22% | +8.85% | +9.96% | -0.66% | -2.86% | +9.46% | +7.13% | +83.92% |
| 2019 | +11.07% | -2.55% | +9.30% | +3.62% | -3.43% | +4.98% | +0.69% | +0.78% | -0.12% | +1.68% | +4.87% | +6% | +42.35% |
| 2018 | -9.12% | +1.11% | -4.85% | -12.57% |
Drawdown analysis of ESPO (VANECK VIDEO GAMING AND ESPORTS ETF)
The maximum drawdown for the ESPO was -50.97%, occurring on Oct 14, 2022. Recovery took 496 trading sessions.
The current ESPO drawdown is -24.16%.
Since Oct 17, 2018 ESPO has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 50% or more: 1 time
- 40% or more: 1 time
- 30% or more: 1 time
- 20% or more: 3 times
- 10% or more: 5 times
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -50.97% | Feb 12, 2021 | 421 | Oct 14, 2022 | 496 | Oct 7, 2024 | 917 |
| -29.43% | Sep 17, 2025 | 193 | Jun 25, 2026 | Ongoing | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| -21.84% | Feb 19, 2020 | 18 | Mar 16, 2020 | 29 | Apr 27, 2020 | 47 |
| -17.07% | Feb 20, 2025 | 33 | Apr 8, 2025 | 17 | May 2, 2025 | 50 |
| -15.90% | Oct 17, 2018 | 46 | Dec 24, 2018 | 56 | Mar 18, 2019 | 102 |
| -8.63% | Sep 2, 2020 | 3 | Sep 8, 2020 | 42 | Nov 5, 2020 | 45 |
| -8.49% | Nov 6, 2020 | 2 | Nov 10, 2020 | 12 | Nov 27, 2020 | 14 |
| -8.11% | Dec 6, 2024 | 22 | Jan 10, 2025 | 16 | Feb 4, 2025 | 38 |
| -6.63% | Aug 6, 2020 | 3 | Aug 11, 2020 | 8 | Aug 21, 2020 | 11 |
| -6.34% | Jul 15, 2019 | 15 | Aug 5, 2019 | 21 | Sep 4, 2019 | 36 |
| -5.78% | May 3, 2019 | 11 | May 20, 2019 | 14 | Jun 10, 2019 | 25 |
| -5.64% | Oct 7, 2024 | 8 | Oct 17, 2024 | 15 | Nov 7, 2024 | 23 |
| -5.59% | Jan 25, 2021 | 4 | Jan 29, 2021 | 5 | Feb 5, 2021 | 9 |
| -5.55% | Sep 13, 2019 | 13 | Oct 2, 2019 | 22 | Nov 1, 2019 | 35 |
| -5.33% | Jul 9, 2020 | 5 | Jul 16, 2020 | 10 | Jul 30, 2020 | 15 |
| -4.91% | Jan 23, 2020 | 6 | Jan 31, 2020 | 4 | Feb 6, 2020 | 10 |
| -4.90% | Apr 27, 2020 | 4 | May 1, 2020 | 4 | May 7, 2020 | 8 |
| -4.62% | Jun 30, 2025 | 8 | Jul 11, 2025 | 17 | Aug 5, 2025 | 25 |
| -4.21% | Jun 10, 2019 | 5 | Jun 17, 2019 | 8 | Jun 27, 2019 | 13 |
| -3.39% | Nov 11, 2024 | 2 | Nov 13, 2024 | 4 | Nov 19, 2024 | 6 |
| -3.27% | Dec 18, 2020 | 5 | Dec 28, 2020 | 5 | Jan 5, 2021 | 10 |
| -3.15% | Jun 10, 2020 | 1 | Jun 11, 2020 | 3 | Jun 16, 2020 | 4 |
| -2.98% | Aug 13, 2025 | 6 | Aug 21, 2025 | 11 | Sep 8, 2025 | 17 |
| -2.75% | May 20, 2020 | 5 | May 28, 2020 | 1 | May 29, 2020 | 6 |
| -2.47% | Jun 2, 2020 | 2 | Jun 4, 2020 | 4 | Jun 10, 2020 | 6 |