All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
BP real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, BP returned +27.34% over the past year and +25.39% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 2, 1962, BP is up +6,433.14% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.67%/yr, and is currently −7.61% below its real total-return high on Apr. 16, 2026.
Data ending Tue Sep. 29, 2026
| Tue 1962-01-02💬 to Tue 2026-09-29 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BP × |
+6,433.14%
+6.67%/yr |
+6.38%/yr
R2=0.891 |
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| Bp Plc Adr NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Tue 1962-01-02💬 to Tue 2026-09-29 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| BP × |
$10,000.00
1962-01-02 |
$653,314.43
2026-09-29 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| BP × | +25.39% | +27.34% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| BP × |
−7.61%
on 2026-09-29 from 2026-04-16 peak |
−70.71%
on 1982-07-12 from 1980-11-20 peak |
| Period ending Tue 2026-09-29 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BP × | +27.34% |
+45.21% +20.50%/yr |
+21.03% +6.57%/yr |
+68.15% +10.95%/yr |
+56.64% +4.59%/yr |
| Year | BP |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +25.39% |
| 2025 | +21.28% |
| 2024 | −14.32% |
| 2023 | +2.57% |
| 2022 | +28.68% |
| 2021 | +27.41% |
| 2020 | −42.10% |
| 2019 | +3.43% |
| 2018 | −6.40% |
| 2017 | +17.53% |
| 2016 | +26.25% |
| 2015 | −13.46% |
| 2014 | −18.18% |
| 2013 | +20.91% |
| 2012 | +0.30% |
| 2011 | −2.39% |
| 2010 | −22.51% |
| 2009 | +29.32% |
| 2008 | −32.59% |
| 2007 | +8.69% |
| 2006 | +5.31% |
| 2005 | +9.81% |
| 2004 | +18.21% |
| 2003 | +23.66% |
| 2002 | −11.95% |
| 2001 | −1.87% |
| 2000 | −20.04% |
| 1999 | +30.25% |
| 1998 | +15.41% |
| 1997 | +14.30% |
| 1996 | +38.40% |
| 1995 | +28.84% |
| 1994 | +24.71% |
| 1993 | +40.17% |
| 1992 | −28.32% |
| 1991 | −12.03% |
| 1990 | +17.12% |
| 1989 | +25.74% |
| 1988 | −2.33% |
| 1987 | +15.40% |
| 1986 | +3.96% |
| 1985 | +21.40% |
| 1984 | −4.28% |
| 1983 | +28.00% |
| 1982 | −10.77% |
| 1981 | −44.67% |
| 1980 | +48.96% |
| 1979 | +87.18% |
| 1978 | +12.67% |
| 1977 | −11.99% |
| 1976 | +8.75% |
| 1975 | +9.23% |
| 1974 | −28.92% |
| 1973 | +57.01% |
| 1972 | +12.90% |
| 1971 | +6.08% |
| 1970 | −9.51% |
| 1969 | +8.79% |
| 1968 | −3.20% |
| 1967 | +10.86% |
| 1966 | −0.05% |
| 1965 | +32.21% |
| 1964 | +41.47% |
| 1963 | +41.23% |
| 1962 | −4.80% |
