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

Total Real Returns

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

FCNTX real return snapshot: After CPI-U inflation, FCNTX returned +18.85% over the past year and +2.94% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 2, 1980, FCNTX is up +6,120.76% in real purchasing-power return, or +9.32%/yr, and is currently −1.80% below its real total-return high on May 14, 2026.

Wed 1980-01-02? to Mon 2026-05-18 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
FCNTX × 		+2.94%
2026-05-18 		+18.85%
2026-05-18
Fidelity Contrafund Mutual Fund

Returns

Wed 1980-01-02? to Mon 2026-05-18 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
FCNTX × 		+6,120.76%
+9.32%/yr 		+9.94%/yr
(R2=0.969)
Fidelity Contrafund Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000

Wed 1980-01-02? to Mon 2026-05-18 Start
Value 		End
Value
FCNTX × 		$10,000.00
1980-01-02 		$622,075.52
2026-05-18
Fidelity Contrafund Mutual Fund

Annual Returns

Year FCNTX
2026 (YTD) +2.94%
2025 +18.59%
2024 +32.19%
2023 +34.85%
2022 −31.88%
2021 +16.33%
2020 +30.70%
2019 +27.09%
2018 −4.15%
2017 +29.44%
2016 +1.24%
2015 +5.62%
2014 +9.20%
2013 +32.88%
2012 +14.28%
2011 −3.00%
2010 +15.21%
2009 +25.80%
2008 −37.21%
2007 +15.49%
2006 +9.64%
2005 +12.38%
2004 +11.44%
2003 +25.60%
2002 −6.79%
2001 −3.31%
2000 −18.73%
1999 +36.56%
1998 +19.78%
1997 +20.97%
1996 +18.60%
1995 +33.84%
1994 −3.69%
1993 +18.78%
1992 +12.96%
1991 +50.68%
1990 −2.04%
1989 +37.63%
1988 +16.00%
1987 −9.09%
1986 −6.21%
1985 +22.40%
1984 −23.92%
1983 +14.95%
1982 −0.31%
1981 −21.18%
1980 +11.78%

Drawdowns

Wed 1980-01-02? to Mon 2026-05-18 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
FCNTX × 		−1.80%
from 2026-05-14 peak 		−49.83%
2009-03-09
from 2007-10-31 peak
Fidelity Contrafund Mutual Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Mon 2026-05-18 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
FCNTX × 		+18.85% +37.82%
+17.38%/yr 		+89.74%
+23.79%/yr 		+66.45%
+10.73%/yr 		+272.15%
+14.05%/yr
Fidelity Contrafund Mutual Fund