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VBK · Vanguard Small-cap Growth ETF
Over the last 15 years (2011-09 to 2026-09), $10,000 invested in VBK with dividends reinvested grew to $50,080, 11.27% a year, with a worst peak-to-trough fall of -33.69%. Past performance doesn't predict future results.
Growth of $10,000 · 2011-09 to 2026-09 · dividends reinvested
How VBK held up in past market crashes
VBK has been through 4 of the market crashes since 2000 in our data. Its deepest price fall was 59.4% in the 2008 financial crisis, when the S&P 500 fell 56.5%. It took 21 months from the bottom to get back to its high. No fund is safe from losses; past falls do not predict future ones.
| Crash | VBK deepest fall | S&P 500 (SPY) | Peak to bottom | Back to peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 financial crisis | -59.4% | -56.5% | Oct 2007 to Mar 2009 | 21 months |
| 2018 fourth-quarter selloff | -25.6% | -20.2% | Sep 2018 to Dec 2018 | 6 months |
| 2020 COVID crash | -38.8% | -34.1% | Feb 2020 to Mar 2020 | 4 months |
| 2022 bear market | -33.5% | -25.4% | Jan 2022 to Jun 2022 | 2.4 years |
Price declines in the fund's listing currency, dividends not included, inside each crash's S&P 500 peak-to-bottom window. See how 50 popular ETFs compare in the crash study.
About VBK
Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF is an exchange-traded fund designed to provide broad exposure to U.S. small-cap growth stocks. The fund seeks to track the performance of the CRSP U.S. Small Cap Growth Index, which focuses on companies with smaller market capitalizations and growth-oriented characteristics such as faster earnings or sales expansion. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF gives investors access to a diversified basket of publicly traded U.S. companies across sectors including technology, healthcare, industrials, and consumer-related businesses. The portfolio is managed with a passive indexing approach and is built to mirror the structure of its underlying benchmark rather than select securities actively. It is used by market participants looking for a single-product way to follow the small-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity market while maintaining diversification across many holdings.
Put VBK to the test
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