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

Total Real Returns

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

FKDNX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, FKDNX returned +24.74% over the past year and +6.98% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 2, 1980, FKDNX is up +8,930.45% in real purchasing-power return, or +10.14%/yr, and is currently −2.54% below its real total-return high on Jun. 2, 2026.

Data ending Fri Aug. 14, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Wed 1980-01-02💬 to Fri 2026-08-14 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
FKDNX × 		+8,930.45%
+10.14%/yr 		+9.27%/yr
R2=0.925
Franklin Dynatech Fund Class A Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Wed 1980-01-02💬 to Fri 2026-08-14 Start
Value 		End
Value
FKDNX × 		$10,000.00
1980-01-02 		$903,044.57
2026-08-14

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-14

  YTD YoY
FKDNX × 		+6.98% +24.74%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
FKDNX × 		−2.54%
on 2026-08-14
from 2026-06-02 peak 		−97.93%
on 1987-10-26
from 1987-09-07 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-08-14 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
FKDNX × 		+24.74% +52.61%
+23.54%/yr 		+93.36%
+24.58%/yr 		+34.23%
+6.06%/yr 		+344.43%
+16.09%/yr

Annual Returns

Year FKDNX
2026 (YTD) +6.98%
2025 +30.00%
2024 +26.91%
2023 +39.74%
2022 −43.93%
2021 +6.60%
2020 +55.56%
2019 +34.33%
2018 +3.72%
2017 +38.84%
2016 +2.78%
2015 +10.39%
2014 +10.12%
2013 +43.63%
2012 +13.46%
2011 −3.16%
2010 +16.76%
2009 +43.21%
2008 −35.50%
2007 +20.91%
2006 +0.12%
2005 +3.62%
2004 +4.46%
2003 +36.08%
2002 −21.18%
2001 −14.45%
2000 −15.11%
1999 +33.60%
1998 +25.35%
1997 +19.80%
1996 +28.04%
1995 +25.25%
1994 +3.89%
1993 +12.76%
1992 +2.57%
1991 +31.46%
1990 −2.26%
1989 +13.23%
1988 +2.56%
1987 +8.90%
1986 −4.50%
1985 +9.46%
1984 −18.37%
1983 +24.68%
1982 +31.24%
1981 −15.95%
1980 +27.19%