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 +17.38% over the past year and +3.83% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 2, 1980, FKDNX is up +8,664.34% in real purchasing-power return, or +10.03%/yr, and is currently −6.64% below its real total-return high on Oct. 6, 2026.

Data ending Thu Oct. 15, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Wed 1980-01-02💬 to Thu 2026-10-15 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
FKDNX × 		+8,664.34%
+10.03%/yr 		+9.29%/yr
R2=0.926
Franklin Dynatech Fund Class A Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Wed 1980-01-02💬 to Thu 2026-10-15 Start
Value 		End
Value
FKDNX × 		$10,000.00
1980-01-02 		$876,434.07
2026-10-15

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-15

  YTD YoY
FKDNX × 		+3.83% +17.38%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
FKDNX × 		−6.64%
on 2026-10-15
from 2026-10-06 peak 		−97.93%
on 1987-10-26
from 1987-09-07 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-10-15 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
FKDNX × 		+17.38% +40.66%
+18.60%/yr 		+95.08%
+24.95%/yr 		+29.96%
+5.38%/yr 		+334.65%
+15.83%/yr

Annual Returns

Year FKDNX
2026 (YTD) +3.83%
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%