Vanguard ESG U.S. Stock ETF drawdown: at its all-time high
Vanguard ESG U.S. Stock ETF is trading at its all-time high (as of market close, Sep 21, 2026). The chart shows every day as a percentage of the highest level reached up to that point: 100% means a fresh record, everything below is a drawdown.
- Below all-time high
- at the high
- 99.8% of ATH
- All-time high
- $137.8
- Aug 13, 2026
- Time below the high
- 0 days
- since Aug 13, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −33.9%
- Mar 23, 2020
- Longest underwater
- 2.1 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Aug 13, 2026
- 39 days ago
% of all-time high since 2018#
The classic underwater chart (drawdown curve), drawn as % of the all-time high — 100% is a fresh record, everything below it is time spent underwater. Basis and range are in the URL, so a particular view is a link.
The deepest drawdowns on record#
Every decline of 15% or more from an all-time high (price basis), deepest first.
| Peak | Trough | Depth | Peak → trough | Recovered by | Underwater |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2020 | Mar 23, 2020 | −33.9% | 33 days | Aug 3, 2020 | 5 mo |
| Dec 27, 2021 | Oct 14, 2022 | −29.4% | 10 mo | Feb 7, 2024 | 2.1 yrs |
| Feb 19, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | −20.6% | 48 days | Jun 30, 2025 | 4 mo |
| Sep 20, 2018 | Dec 24, 2018 | −20.1% | 3 mo | Apr 12, 2019 | 7 mo |
Price basis (no dividends) — the convention crash histories use. With dividends reinvested, recoveries arrive years earlier; switch the basis on the chart above to see it.
Drawdown vs what came next#
One dot per month since 2018: how far Vanguard ESG U.S. Stock ETF stood below its all-time high, and the total return over the following 1, 5 and 10 years.
Read this with survivorship bias in mind: a single asset's history is one surviving sample, so past recoveries here say little about the odds ahead. Monthly windows also overlap heavily (they are not independent samples). Not investment advice.
FAQ#
- How far is Vanguard ESG U.S. Stock ETF from its all-time high?
- Vanguard ESG U.S. Stock ETF is currently at (or within half a percent of) its all-time high, set Aug 13, 2026.
- What was the biggest Vanguard ESG U.S. Stock ETF drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2018) took Vanguard ESG U.S. Stock ETF 33.9% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 23, 2020. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from ESGV; no free deep history exists for Vanguard ESG U.S. Stock ETF — for a 150-year drawdown record see the S&P 500 drawdown page. The price basis excludes dividends; the total-return basis reinvests them; the real basis additionally deflates by CPI. See also returns by year. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.