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 +33.45% over the past year and +13.22% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 12, 1980, AAPL is up +82,756.58% in real purchasing-power return, or +15.85%/yr, and is currently −6.91% below its real total-return high on Jul. 28, 2026.

Data ending Wed Aug. 19, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 1980-12-12💬 to Wed 2026-08-19 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
AAPL × 		+82,756.58%
+15.85%/yr 		+17.93%/yr
R2=0.870
Apple Inc. NASDAQ Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 1980-12-12💬 to Wed 2026-08-19 Start
Value 		End
Value
AAPL × 		$10,000.00
1980-12-12 		$8,285,658.20
2026-08-19

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-19

  YTD YoY
AAPL × 		+13.22% +33.45%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
AAPL × 		−6.91%
on 2026-08-19
from 2026-07-28 peak 		−84.31%
on 1997-12-23
from 1991-04-02 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-08-19 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
AAPL × 		+33.45% +33.07%
+15.36%/yr 		+68.62%
+19.02%/yr 		+80.96%
+12.59%/yr 		+811.93%
+24.74%/yr

Annual Returns

Year AAPL
2026 (YTD) +13.22%
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 +115.86%
2004 +191.84%
2003 +46.39%
2002 −36.08%
2001 +45.01%
2000 −72.02%
1999 +144.59%
1998 +206.77%
1997 −38.14%
1996 −36.60%
1995 −19.39%
1994 +31.64%
1993 −51.76%
1992 +3.89%
1991 +28.42%
1990 +16.35%
1989 −15.49%
1988 −7.45%
1987 +99.68%
1986 +82.02%
1985 −27.21%
1984 +14.93%
1983 −21.41%
1982 +30.12%
1981 −40.45%
1980 +17.98%