All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
BBY real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, BBY returned +11.75% over the past year and +18.38% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 18, 1985, BBY is up +28,233.90% in real purchasing-power return, or +14.68%/yr, and is currently −40.24% below its real total-return high on Nov. 22, 2021.
Data ending Thu Jul. 9, 2026
| Thu 1985-04-18💬 to Thu 2026-07-09 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBY × |
+18.38%
2026-07-09 |
+11.75%
2026-07-09 |
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| Thu 1985-04-18💬 to Thu 2026-07-09 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBY × |
+28,233.90%
+14.68%/yr |
+14.26%/yr
(R2=0.793) |
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| Thu 1985-04-18💬 to Thu 2026-07-09 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBY × |
$10,000.00
1985-04-18 |
$2,833,389.52
2026-07-09 |
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| Year | BBY |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +18.38% |
| 2025 | −19.94% |
| 2024 | +11.16% |
| 2023 | −0.81% |
| 2022 | −22.50% |
| 2021 | −2.43% |
| 2020 | +15.15% |
| 2019 | +66.69% |
| 2018 | −22.12% |
| 2017 | +61.08% |
| 2016 | +43.58% |
| 2015 | −19.42% |
| 2014 | −0.68% |
| 2013 | +239.11% |
| 2012 | −48.19% |
| 2011 | −32.26% |
| 2010 | −13.06% |
| 2009 | +39.39% |
| 2008 | −45.96% |
| 2007 | +3.53% |
| 2006 | +11.11% |
| 2005 | +7.12% |
| 2004 | +11.03% |
| 2003 | +113.42% |
| 2002 | −52.49% |
| 2001 | +148.10% |
| 2000 | −43.10% |
| 1999 | +59.47% |
| 1998 | +227.60% |
| 1997 | +241.25% |
| 1996 | −36.72% |
| 1995 | −49.29% |
| 1994 | +30.91% |
| 1993 | +74.06% |
| 1992 | +129.72% |
| 1991 | +184.57% |
| 1990 | −11.61% |
| 1989 | −31.58% |
| 1988 | −2.77% |
| 1987 | −50.10% |
| 1986 | +62.04% |
| 1985 | +109.53% |
| Thu 1985-04-18💬 to Thu 2026-07-09 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBY × |
−40.24%
from 2021-11-22 peak |
−83.21%
1990-11-07 from 1987-02-25 peak |
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| Period ending Thu 2026-07-09 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBY × | +11.75% |
−4.39% −2.22%/yr |
+6.13% +2.00%/yr |
−26.62% −6.00%/yr |
+165.29% +10.25%/yr |
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