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What If You Had Invested in VGT 10 Years Ago?
Vanguard Information Technology ETF (VGT) with real monthly prices, dividends reinvested, through November 2026.
VGT $107.06 ▼ -7.35% last close, Nov 05, 2026
If you had invested $1,000 in VGT in November 2016, today it would be worth
$7,763
Same $1,000 in the S&P 500 (SPY): $3,895
If you had put $500 a month into VGT since November 2016, your $60,500 would be worth today
$184,841
Same plan in the S&P 500 (SPY): $128,888
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VGT returns by period
| Period | Total return | Per year | $1,000 became | SPY per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | $0.1470 | +6.5% | ||
| Jun 24, 2026 | $0.1380 | +48.4% | ||
| Mar 24, 2026 | $0.0930 | -1.7% | ||
| Dec 17, 2025 | $0.0946 | -11.9% | ||
| Sep 24, 2025 | $0.1074 | +22.2% | ||
| Jun 26, 2025 | $0.0879 | -3.5% | ||
| Mar 25, 2025 | $0.0911 | -6.2% | ||
| Dec 18, 2024 | $0.0971 | -15.3% | ||
| Sep 27, 2024 | $0.1146 | +20.3% | ||
| Jun 28, 2024 | $0.0953 | -39.5% | ||
| Mar 22, 2024 | $0.1574 | +58.4% | ||
| Dec 19, 2023 | $0.0994 | — |
VGT year by year
Best full year: 2009 (+61.9%). Worst: 2008 (-42.8%).
| Year | VGT | SPY | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | +14.0% | +8.3% | |
| 2025 | +21.8% | +17.7% | |
| 2024 | +29.3% | +24.9% | |
| 2023 | +52.7% | +26.2% | |
| 2022 | -29.7% | -18.2% | Rising interest rates hit tech stocks hard. |
| 2021 | +30.5% | +28.7% | |
| 2020 | +46.0% | +18.3% | Technology companies benefited from the shift online during the pandemic. |
| 2019 | +48.6% | +31.2% | |
| 2018 | +2.5% | -4.6% | |
| 2017 | +37.1% | +21.7% | |
| 2016 | +13.8% | +12.0% | |
| 2015 | +5.0% | +1.2% | |
| 2014 | +16.7% | +13.5% | |
| 2013 | +31.0% | +32.3% | |
| 2012 | +14.0% | +16.0% | |
| 2011 | +0.5% | +1.9% | |
| 2010 | +12.8% | +15.1% | |
| 2009 | +61.9% | +26.4% | |
| 2008 | -42.8% | -36.8% | The global financial crisis. Bank failures and a deep recession made this one of the worst years for stocks since the 1930s. |
| 2007 | +14.8% | +5.1% |
VGT: all at once or every month?
Take $12,000: all of it on day one, or $1,000 a month for a year. Across every starting month since 2004 (263 of them), the lump sum was ahead after 12 months in 203 (77%). The lump sum usually won, but roughly one start in 4 favored spreading it out. The best case for monthly investing was a start in May 2008, when it finished the year 43% ahead.
Worst drop
VGT's worst fall in this history was -50.6%, a loss of more than half, from October 2007 to February 2009. Getting back to the old high took until January 2011: 23 months from the bottom and 3.2 years from the peak. $1,000 invested at that peak shrank to about $494 at the low.
VGT dividends
VGT paid $0.47 per share over the last 12 months, quarterly. At $107.06 that is 0.44%, a small yield; nearly all of the return has come from the price. From 2020 to 2025 the yearly payout grew +0.9% a year, slowly, about in line with inflation. The yearly total fell in 2025. Amounts are adjusted for splits.
| Year | Dividends / share | Change | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.38 | -18.0% | 0.40% |
| 2024 | $0.46 | +18.9% | 0.60% |
| 2023 | $0.39 | +7.4% | 0.65% |
| 2022 | $0.36 | -0.5% | 0.91% |
| 2021 | $0.37 | +0.3% | 0.64% |
| 2020 | $0.36 | +7.1% | 0.82% |
| 2019 | $0.34 | +26.2% | 1.11% |
| 2018 | $0.27 | +32.6% | 1.29% |
| 2017 | $0.20 | +2.1% | 0.99% |
| 2016 | $0.20 | +14.8% | 1.31% |
Yield = each year’s dividends divided by the price at the end of the year.
VGT dividend history: last 12 payments
| Ex-dividend date | Amount | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | $0.1470 | +6.5% |
| Jun 24, 2026 | $0.1380 | +48.4% |
| Mar 24, 2026 | $0.0930 | -1.7% |
| Dec 17, 2025 | $0.0946 | -11.9% |
| Sep 24, 2025 | $0.1074 | +22.2% |
| Jun 26, 2025 | $0.0879 | -3.5% |
| Mar 25, 2025 | $0.0911 | -6.2% |
| Dec 18, 2024 | $0.0971 | -15.3% |
| Sep 27, 2024 | $0.1146 | +20.3% |
| Jun 28, 2024 | $0.0953 | -39.5% |
| Mar 22, 2024 | $0.1574 | +58.4% |
| Dec 19, 2023 | $0.0994 | — |
Stock splits
- April 2026: 8-for-1
About VGT
| Issuer | Vanguard |
| Launched | January 2004 |
| Tracks | MSCI US IMI Information Technology 25/50 |
| Expense ratio | 0.09% |
| Holdings | About 320 U.S. technology companies |
Fund details as of 2025. Check the issuer for the current expense ratio and holdings.
VGT holds U.S. information technology companies of every size: software, semiconductors and hardware. It does not hold Alphabet, Amazon or Meta, which index providers classify outside the technology sector.
A few companies such as Apple, Microsoft and NVIDIA make up a very large share of the fund, so VGT behaves much like a concentrated bet on them.
VGT or XLK?
XLK holds only the technology companies inside the S&P 500, about 70 of them, and caps its biggest positions under the rules of its index. VGT holds more than 300, including small and mid-size tech companies, and its caps are applied differently. In practice that means XLK can be even more concentrated in Apple, Microsoft and NVIDIA in some years and less in others, while VGT carries a long tail of smaller names. Neither holds Alphabet, Amazon or Meta, which surprises a lot of first-time buyers.
Questions about VGT
How much would $10,000 invested in VGT 20 years ago be worth today?
About $190,160 with dividends reinvested, invested at the November 2006 close: 1801.6% in total, or 15.9% a year.
When does VGT pay dividends?
In the last 12 months the payments went out in March, June, September and December, $0.47 per share in total.
Did VGT beat the S&P 500?
Yes. Over the last 20 years it was ahead by 5.3 percentage points a year: +15.9% a year for VGT against +10.6% for SPY, dividends reinvested. Its worst fall was about the same as SPY's.