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

Total Real Returns

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

BNED real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, BNED returned +47.27% over the past year and +34.76% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jul. 23, 2015, BNED is down −99.38% in real purchasing-power return, or −36.71%/yr, and is currently −99.41% below its real total-return high on Nov. 27, 2015.

Data ending Fri Sep. 4, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Thu 2015-07-23💬 to Fri 2026-09-04 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
BNED × 		−99.38%
−36.71%/yr 		−38.96%/yr
R2=0.782
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Thu 2015-07-23💬 to Fri 2026-09-04 Start
Value 		End
Value
BNED × 		$10,000.00
2015-07-23 		$61.83
2026-09-04

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-04

  YTD YoY
BNED × 		+34.76% +47.27%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
BNED × 		−99.41%
on 2026-09-04
from 2015-11-27 peak 		−99.71%
on 2025-11-20
from 2015-11-27 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-09-04 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
BNED × 		+47.27% −3.42%
−1.73%/yr 		−90.46%
−54.31%/yr 		−98.95%
−59.81%/yr 		−99.19%
−38.19%/yr

Annual Returns

Year BNED
2026 (YTD) +34.76%
2025 −10.85%
2024 −93.45%
2023 −17.62%
2022 −75.86%
2021 +36.82%
2020 +7.44%
2019 +4.11%
2018 −52.25%
2017 −29.65%
2016 +12.94%
2015 −31.94%