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

Total Real Returns

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

DOW real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, DOW returned +39.76% over the past year and +31.16% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 20, 2019, DOW is down −29.66% in real purchasing-power return, or −4.50%/yr, and is currently −53.59% below its real total-return high on Jun. 3, 2021.

Data ending Mon Nov. 9, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Wed 2019-03-20💬 to Mon 2026-11-09 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
DOW
×
−29.66%
−4.50%/yr
−5.79%/yr
R2=0.240
Dow Inc NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Wed 2019-03-20💬 to Mon 2026-11-09 Start
Value
End
Value
DOW
×
$10,000.00
2019-03-20
$7,033.67
2026-11-09

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-11-09

  YTD YoY
DOW
×
+31.16% +39.76%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
DOW
×
−53.59%
on 2026-11-09
from 2021-06-03 peak
−69.27%
on 2025-10-10
from 2021-06-03 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Mon 2026-11-09 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
DOW
×
+39.76% −29.85%
−16.25%/yr
−30.83%
−11.56%/yr
−43.31%
−10.73%/yr
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Annual Returns

Year DOW
2026 (YTD) +31.16%
2025 −39.02%
2024 −24.95%
2023 +10.99%
2022 −12.32%
2021 −0.21%
2020 +6.43%
2019 +13.36%