All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
GOOGL real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, GOOGL returned +82.82% over the past year and +7.47% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Aug. 19, 2004, GOOGL is up +7,791.51% in real purchasing-power return, or +22.07%/yr, and is currently −13.97% below its real total-return high on May 13, 2026.
Data ending Fri Jul. 17, 2026
| Thu 2004-08-19💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOOGL × |
+7.47%
2026-07-17 |
+82.82%
2026-07-17 |
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| Alphabet Inc Class A NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Thu 2004-08-19💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOOGL × |
+7,791.51%
+22.07%/yr |
+15.93%/yr
(R2=0.949) |
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| Alphabet Inc Class A NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Thu 2004-08-19💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOOGL × |
$10,000.00
2004-08-19 |
$789,151.10
2026-07-17 |
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| Alphabet Inc Class A NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Year | GOOGL |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +7.47% |
| 2025 | +61.67% |
| 2024 | +32.20% |
| 2023 | +53.19% |
| 2022 | −42.79% |
| 2021 | +54.43% |
| 2020 | +29.10% |
| 2019 | +25.31% |
| 2018 | −2.66% |
| 2017 | +30.18% |
| 2016 | −0.21% |
| 2015 | +45.55% |
| 2014 | −6.10% |
| 2013 | +56.09% |
| 2012 | +7.65% |
| 2011 | +5.61% |
| 2010 | −5.61% |
| 2009 | +96.18% |
| 2008 | −55.55% |
| 2007 | +44.26% |
| 2006 | +8.27% |
| 2005 | +108.05% |
| 2004 | +91.29% |
| Thu 2004-08-19💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOOGL × |
−13.97%
from 2026-05-13 peak |
−65.96%
2008-11-24 from 2007-11-06 peak |
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| Alphabet Inc Class A NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Period ending Fri 2026-07-17 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOOGL × | +82.82% |
+81.43% +34.70%/yr |
+156.27% +36.85%/yr |
+124.36% +17.54%/yr |
+584.80% +21.22%/yr |
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| Alphabet Inc Class A NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
