All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)

Total Real Returns

PRWCX: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

PRWCX total return snapshot: PRWCX returned +20.32% over the past year and +8.76% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jul. 16, 1986, PRWCX is up +6,789.95% in nominal total return, or +11.12%/yr, and is currently −0.72% below its total-return high on Sep. 3, 2026.

Data ending Wed Sep. 9, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Wed 1986-07-16💬 to Wed 2026-09-09 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
PRWCX
×
+6,789.95%
+11.12%/yr
+10.74%/yr
R2=0.993
T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Fund Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Wed 1986-07-16💬 to Wed 2026-09-09 Start
Value
End
Value
PRWCX
×
$10,000.00
1986-07-16
$688,995.22
2026-09-09

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-09

  YTD YoY
PRWCX
×
+8.76% +20.32%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
PRWCX
×
−0.72%
on 2026-09-09
from 2026-09-03 peak
−41.77%
on 2008-11-20
from 2007-07-13 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-09-09 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
PRWCX
×
+20.32% +35.48%
+16.40%/yr
+56.80%
+16.18%/yr
+59.95%
+9.85%/yr
+218.76%
+12.29%/yr

Annual Returns

Year PRWCX
2026 (YTD) +8.76%
2025 +20.92%
2024 +12.50%
2023 +18.86%
2022 −12.00%
2021 +18.45%
2020 +18.13%
2019 +24.62%
2018 +0.63%
2017 +15.34%
2016 +8.20%
2015 +5.42%
2014 +12.13%
2013 +22.42%
2012 +14.69%
2011 +3.18%
2010 +14.07%
2009 +33.06%
2008 −27.16%
2007 +4.61%
2006 +14.56%
2005 +6.87%
2004 +15.31%
2003 +25.47%
2002 +0.52%
2001 +10.26%
2000 +22.14%
1999 +7.13%
1998 +5.83%
1997 +16.29%
1996 +16.86%
1995 +22.59%
1994 +3.76%
1993 +15.66%
1992 +9.37%
1991 +21.67%
1990 −1.23%
1989 +21.58%
1988 +16.92%
1987 −10.30%
1986 +12.69%