All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
GOOG real return snapshot: After CPI-U inflation, GOOG returned +126.78% over the past year and +21.76% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Aug. 19, 2004, GOOG is up +8,906.12% in real purchasing-power return, or +23.00%/yr, and is currently ā1.54% below its real total-return high on May 13, 2026.
| Thu 2004-08-19? to Mon 2026-05-18 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOOG × |
+21.76%
2026-05-18 |
+126.78%
2026-05-18 |
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| Alphabet Inc Class C NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Thu 2004-08-19? to Mon 2026-05-18 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOOG × |
+8,906.12%
+23.00%/yr |
+15.89%/yr
(R2=0.948) |
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| Alphabet Inc Class C NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Thu 2004-08-19? to Mon 2026-05-18 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOOG × |
$10,000.00
2004-08-19 |
$900,612.16
2026-05-18 |
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| Alphabet Inc Class C NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Year | GOOG |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +21.76% |
| 2025 | +61.11% |
| 2024 | +31.82% |
| 2023 | +53.68% |
| 2022 | ā42.40% |
| 2021 | +54.31% |
| 2020 | +29.27% |
| 2019 | +26.22% |
| 2018 | ā2.88% |
| 2017 | +32.77% |
| 2016 | ā0.36% |
| 2015 | +43.51% |
| 2014 | ā6.67% |
| 2013 | +56.09% |
| 2012 | +7.65% |
| 2011 | +5.61% |
| 2010 | ā5.61% |
| 2009 | +96.18% |
| 2008 | ā55.55% |
| 2007 | +44.26% |
| 2006 | +8.27% |
| 2005 | +108.05% |
| 2004 | +91.30% |
| Thu 2004-08-19? to Mon 2026-05-18 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOOG × |
ā1.54%
from 2026-05-13 peak |
ā65.96%
2008-11-24 from 2007-11-06 peak |
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| Alphabet Inc Class C NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Period ending Mon 2026-05-18 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOOG × | +126.78% |
+110.29% +44.98%/yr |
+192.18% +42.95%/yr |
+176.73% +22.58%/yr |
+706.34% +23.22%/yr |
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| Alphabet Inc Class C NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||