All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)
COST total return snapshot: COST returned −0.81% over the past year and +9.41% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 27, 1985, COST is up +752.37% in nominal total return, or +5.41%/yr, and is currently −14.02% below its total-return high on May 19, 2026.
Data ending Fri Jul. 17, 2026
| Wed 1985-11-27💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COST × |
+9.41%
2026-07-17 |
−0.81%
2026-07-17 |
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| Wed 1985-11-27💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COST × |
+752.37%
+5.41%/yr |
+13.27%/yr
(R2=0.876) |
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| Wed 1985-11-27💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COST × |
$10,000.00
1985-11-27 |
$85,236.55
2026-07-17 |
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| Year | COST |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +9.41% |
| 2025 | −5.39% |
| 2024 | +39.62% |
| 2023 | +49.00% |
| 2022 | −19.05% |
| 2021 | +51.82% |
| 2020 | +32.67% |
| 2019 | +45.70% |
| 2018 | +10.60% |
| 2017 | +22.37% |
| 2016 | +0.28% |
| 2015 | +18.94% |
| 2014 | +20.46% |
| 2013 | +21.83% |
| 2012 | +28.40% |
| 2011 | +16.74% |
| 2010 | +23.68% |
| 2009 | +14.32% |
| 2008 | −23.99% |
| 2007 | +33.22% |
| 2006 | +7.91% |
| 2005 | +3.19% |
| 2004 | +31.14% |
| 2003 | +32.50% |
| 2002 | −36.77% |
| 2001 | +11.12% |
| 2000 | −12.47% |
| 1999 | +26.41% |
| 1998 | +61.76% |
| 1997 | +77.61% |
| 1996 | +64.75% |
| 1995 | +18.45% |
| 1994 | −33.12% |
| 1993 | +6.21% |
| 1992 | −27.86% |
| 1991 | +28.03% |
| 1990 | −15.14% |
| 1989 | +27.29% |
| 1988 | +14.50% |
| 1987 | +0.00% |
| 1986 | −95.67% |
| 1985 | +10.53% |
| Wed 1985-11-27💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COST × |
−14.02%
from 2026-05-19 peak |
−97.11%
1987-12-04 from 1986-01-24 peak |
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| Period ending Fri 2026-07-17 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COST × | −0.81% |
+12.38% +6.01%/yr |
+77.10% +20.99%/yr |
+142.00% +19.33%/yr |
+570.02% +20.95%/yr |
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