All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
FCNTX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, FCNTX returned +8.70% over the past year and +6.97% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 5, 1984, FCNTX is up +608.44% in real purchasing-power return, or +4.78%/yr, and is currently −13.60% below its real total-return high on Dec. 24, 1999.
Data ending Mon Oct. 26, 2026
| Mon 1984-11-05💬 to Mon 2026-10-26 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCNTX × |
+608.44%
+4.78%/yr |
+8.29%/yr
R2=0.797 |
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| Fidelity Contrafund Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Mon 1984-11-05💬 to Mon 2026-10-26 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| FCNTX × |
$10,000.00
1984-11-05 |
$70,843.93
2026-10-26 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| FCNTX × | +6.97% | +8.70% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| FCNTX × |
−13.60%
on 2026-10-26 from 1999-12-24 peak |
−93.46%
on 1987-12-04 from 1987-09-07 peak |
| Period ending Mon 2026-10-26 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCNTX × | +8.70% |
+29.49% +13.79%/yr |
+92.66% +24.43%/yr |
+56.41% +9.36%/yr |
+271.35% +14.02%/yr |
| Year | FCNTX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +6.97% |
| 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 | +26.56% |
| 1998 | +28.83% |
| 1997 | +11.54% |
| 1996 | +18.58% |
| 1995 | +23.50% |
| 1994 | −3.69% |
| 1993 | +18.78% |
| 1992 | +11.21% |
| 1991 | +57.17% |
| 1990 | −0.51% |
| 1989 | +37.74% |
| 1988 | +15.96% |
| 1987 | −9.16% |
| 1986 | −90.89% |
| 1985 | +22.62% |
| 1984 | −2.20% |
