All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

AAPL: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

AAPL real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, AAPL returned +55.01% over the past year and +20.60% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 12, 1980, AAPL is up +88,143.65% in real purchasing-power return, or +16.03%/yr, and is currently −0.57% below its real total-return high on Jul. 28, 2026.

Data ending Wed Jul. 29, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 1980-12-12💬 to Wed 2026-07-29 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
AAPL × 		+88,143.65%
+16.03%/yr 		+17.92%/yr
R2=0.870
Apple Inc. NASDAQ Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 1980-12-12💬 to Wed 2026-07-29 Start
Value 		End
Value
AAPL × 		$10,000.00
1980-12-12 		$8,824,364.55
2026-07-29

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-07-29

  YTD YoY
AAPL × 		+20.60% +55.01%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
AAPL × 		−0.57%
on 2026-07-29
from 2026-07-28 peak 		−84.31%
on 1997-12-23
from 1991-04-02 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-07-29 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
AAPL × 		+55.01% +46.80%
+21.16%/yr 		+59.82%
+16.92%/yr 		+94.14%
+14.19%/yr 		+924.43%
+26.20%/yr

Annual Returns

Year AAPL
2026 (YTD) +20.60%
2025 +6.21%
2024 +27.04%
2023 +44.18%
2022 −30.87%
2021 +25.80%
2020 +79.86%
2019 +84.74%
2018 −7.16%
2017 +45.39%
2016 +10.20%
2015 −3.72%
2014 +39.57%
2013 +6.47%
2012 +30.31%
2011 +21.94%
2010 +50.81%
2009 +140.36%
2008 −56.95%
2007 +124.30%
2006 +15.11%
2005 +115.87%
2004 +191.81%
2003 +46.39%
2002 −36.08%
2001 +45.01%
2000 −72.02%
1999 +144.58%
1998 +207.07%
1997 −38.18%
1996 −36.61%
1995 −19.41%
1994 +31.65%
1993 −51.76%
1992 +3.91%
1991 +28.39%
1990 +16.37%
1989 −15.51%
1988 −7.42%
1987 +99.53%
1986 +82.29%
1985 −27.28%
1984 +14.91%
1983 −21.39%
1982 +30.07%
1981 −40.47%
1980 +18.06%