All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
COST real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, COST returned −4.27% over the past year and +6.00% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 27, 1985, COST is up +177.68% in real purchasing-power return, or +2.55%/yr, and is currently −16.28% below its real total-return high on Feb. 13, 2025.
Data ending Fri Jul. 17, 2026
| Wed 1985-11-27💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COST × |
+6.00%
2026-07-17 |
−4.27%
2026-07-17 |
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| Wed 1985-11-27💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COST × |
+177.68%
+2.55%/yr |
+10.48%/yr
(R2=0.811) |
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| Wed 1985-11-27💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COST × |
$10,000.00
1985-11-27 |
$27,767.60
2026-07-17 |
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| Year | COST |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +6.00% |
| 2025 | −7.86% |
| 2024 | +35.71% |
| 2023 | +44.18% |
| 2022 | −23.97% |
| 2021 | +41.84% |
| 2020 | +30.88% |
| 2019 | +42.45% |
| 2018 | +8.53% |
| 2017 | +19.84% |
| 2016 | −1.76% |
| 2015 | +18.08% |
| 2014 | +19.56% |
| 2013 | +20.03% |
| 2012 | +26.21% |
| 2011 | +13.38% |
| 2010 | +21.86% |
| 2009 | +11.29% |
| 2008 | −24.06% |
| 2007 | +27.98% |
| 2006 | +5.26% |
| 2005 | −0.23% |
| 2004 | +27.01% |
| 2003 | +30.06% |
| 2002 | −38.24% |
| 2001 | +9.43% |
| 2000 | −15.34% |
| 1999 | +23.10% |
| 1998 | +59.20% |
| 1997 | +74.64% |
| 1996 | +59.46% |
| 1995 | +15.51% |
| 1994 | −34.86% |
| 1993 | +3.37% |
| 1992 | −29.89% |
| 1991 | +24.22% |
| 1990 | −20.03% |
| 1989 | +21.65% |
| 1988 | +9.66% |
| 1987 | −4.25% |
| 1986 | −95.72% |
| 1985 | +10.19% |
| Wed 1985-11-27💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COST × |
−16.28%
from 2025-02-13 peak |
−97.79%
1995-01-13 from 1986-01-24 peak |
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| Period ending Fri 2026-07-17 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COST × | −4.27% |
+5.62% +2.77%/yr |
+61.71% +17.38%/yr |
+97.05% +14.53%/yr |
+382.40% +17.04%/yr |
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