Performance analysis of VFMV (VANGUARD U.S. MINIMUM VOLATILITY ETF ETF SHARES)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, VFMV has had an average annual return of +13.86%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +19.31% annual.
Over the past 5 years, VFMV has had an average annual return of +9.38%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +12.78% annual.
Since Feb 15, 2018, VFMV has had an average annual return of +9.84%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +14.36% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +9.62% | +10.53% | +16.91% | +8.87% | -5.72% | +20.73% | -0.18% | +27.26% | -1.09% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +3.50% | +3.71% | -4.47% | +5.40% | +0.44% | -0.90% | +1.89% | +9.62% | |||||
| 2025 | +3.60% | +2.57% | -0.64% | -2.24% | +2.33% | +1.63% | -1.08% | +3.09% | +0.84% | -1.73% | +2.60% | -0.71% | +10.53% |
| 2024 | +1.25% | +2.98% | +2.90% | -2.85% | +3.38% | +1.48% | +3.88% | +3.23% | +0.14% | -1.03% | +6.15% | -5.23% | +16.91% |
| 2023 | +1.97% | -1.82% | +0.65% | +0.31% | -2.10% | +3.84% | +1.62% | -1.47% | -3.33% | -0.15% | +5.72% | +3.70% | +8.87% |
| 2022 | -4.59% | -2.05% | +4.24% | -4.52% | +1.98% | -3.91% | +4.40% | -3.25% | -7.87% | +10.35% | +4.45% | -3.56% | -5.72% |
| 2021 | +0.06% | +0.56% | +3.93% | +2.31% | +1.27% | +1.72% | +3.03% | +1.69% | -4.61% | +4.34% | -1.58% | +6.74% | +20.73% |
| 2020 | +0.83% | -8.45% | -15.10% | +7.93% | +3.85% | -0.85% | +3.41% | +4.14% | -2.74% | -2.39% | +8.07% | +3.74% | -0.18% |
| 2019 | +7.65% | +3.58% | +0.59% | +2.61% | -2.15% | +4.89% | +2.56% | +0.03% | +1.12% | +1.20% | +0.90% | +1.70% | +27.26% |
| 2018 | -0.65% | +2.27% | +1.56% | +1.87% | +2.04% | +1.93% | +2.86% | -0.03% | -5.11% | +1.02% | -8.23% | -1.09% |
Drawdown analysis of VFMV (VANGUARD U.S. MINIMUM VOLATILITY ETF ETF SHARES)
The maximum drawdown for the VFMV was -33.62%, occurring on Mar 23, 2020. Recovery took 209 trading sessions.
The current VFMV drawdown is -0.51%.
Since Feb 15, 2018 VFMV has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 30% or more: 1 time
- 20% or more: 1 time
- 10% or more: 4 times
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -33.62% | Feb 20, 2020 | 22 | Mar 23, 2020 | 209 | Jan 20, 2021 | 231 |
| -16.10% | Sep 14, 2018 | 69 | Dec 24, 2018 | 82 | Apr 24, 2019 | 151 |
| -15.40% | Dec 29, 2021 | 190 | Sep 30, 2022 | 295 | Dec 4, 2023 | 485 |
| -10.35% | Feb 25, 2025 | 30 | Apr 8, 2025 | 43 | Jun 10, 2025 | 73 |
| -6.24% | Nov 26, 2024 | 29 | Jan 10, 2025 | 26 | Feb 19, 2025 | 55 |
| -6.09% | Feb 12, 2021 | 13 | Mar 4, 2021 | 20 | Apr 1, 2021 | 33 |
| -6.00% | Mar 2, 2026 | 19 | Mar 27, 2026 | 23 | Apr 30, 2026 | 42 |
| -5.35% | Sep 2, 2021 | 21 | Oct 4, 2021 | 22 | Nov 3, 2021 | 43 |
| -4.38% | Mar 28, 2024 | 14 | Apr 18, 2024 | 18 | May 14, 2024 | 32 |
| -3.92% | Nov 16, 2021 | 10 | Dec 1, 2021 | 10 | Dec 15, 2021 | 20 |
| -3.75% | Jan 25, 2021 | 4 | Jan 29, 2021 | 6 | Feb 8, 2021 | 10 |
| -3.65% | Jul 31, 2024 | 3 | Aug 5, 2024 | 8 | Aug 15, 2024 | 11 |
| -3.35% | Mar 12, 2018 | 9 | Mar 23, 2018 | 13 | Apr 12, 2018 | 22 |
| -3.25% | Jul 29, 2019 | 5 | Aug 5, 2019 | 21 | Sep 4, 2019 | 26 |
| -3.10% | Sep 11, 2025 | 21 | Oct 10, 2025 | 33 | Nov 26, 2025 | 54 |
| -3.06% | Aug 30, 2024 | 4 | Sep 6, 2024 | 16 | Sep 30, 2024 | 20 |
| -2.70% | Apr 21, 2021 | 15 | May 12, 2021 | 16 | Jun 4, 2021 | 31 |
| -2.68% | May 26, 2026 | 16 | Jun 17, 2026 | 19 | Jul 16, 2026 | 35 |
| -2.42% | Feb 26, 2018 | 3 | Mar 1, 2018 | 5 | Mar 8, 2018 | 8 |
| -2.41% | Oct 16, 2024 | 11 | Oct 31, 2024 | 4 | Nov 6, 2024 | 15 |
| -2.41% | Apr 17, 2018 | 11 | May 2, 2018 | 13 | May 21, 2018 | 24 |
| -2.39% | Jul 3, 2025 | 20 | Aug 1, 2025 | 8 | Aug 13, 2025 | 28 |
| -2.36% | Nov 11, 2024 | 4 | Nov 15, 2024 | 5 | Nov 22, 2024 | 9 |
| -2.26% | May 22, 2024 | 4 | May 29, 2024 | 13 | Jun 17, 2024 | 17 |
| -2.15% | Apr 30, 2019 | 22 | May 31, 2019 | 3 | Jun 5, 2019 | 25 |