OriginaveCRSP US Large Cap Growth Index
What the CRSP US Large Cap Growth Index is, where it lives officially, and how its ride has looked over the years.
What does the CRSP US Large Cap Growth Index track?
Roughly 200 large US companies expected to grow faster than the rest — the shiny half of the market: tech, innovation, big ambitions and big price tags.
Growth is value's flashy sibling: you pay more today and hope tomorrow's profits justify it. Spectacular in good times (see the 2010s), first to fall when the mood turns (see 2022).
Maintained by
CRSP, part of Morningstar
CRSP, part of Morningstar
VUG since 2004
The chart shows the dividend-adjusted share price of VUG, the ETF tracking this index — not the raw index level. The shape of the ride is the same.
VUG returns by year (USD)
Last 5 years
+14.64%
average per year (CAGR)
Last 10 years
+17.45%
average per year (CAGR)
| Year | Total return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | +6.18% |
| 2025 | +19.40% |
| 2024 | +32.69% |
| 2023 | +46.83% |
| 2022 | -33.16% |
| 2021 | +27.35% |
| 2020 | +40.25% |
| 2019 | +37.03% |
| 2018 | -3.32% |
| 2017 | +27.72% |
| 2016 | +6.27% |
| 2015 | +3.24% |
| 2014 | +13.61% |
| 2013 | +32.48% |
| 2012 | +17.01% |
| 2011 | +1.82% |
| 2010 | +17.22% |
| 2009 | +36.14% |
| 2008 | -38.02% |
| 2007 | +12.52% |
| 2006 | +9.19% |
| 2005 | +5.02% |
| 2004 | +4.99% |
Calendar-year total returns of VUG in USD, dividends reinvested — the ETF tracking this index, not the raw index level.