All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
MSFT real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, MSFT returned −5.31% over the past year and −0.77% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 13, 1986, MSFT is up +272,002.58% in real purchasing-power return, or +21.55%/yr, and is currently −11.18% below its real total-return high on Oct. 28, 2025.
Data ending Fri Sep. 18, 2026
| Thu 1986-03-13💬 to Fri 2026-09-18 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSFT × |
+272,002.58%
+21.55%/yr |
+16.16%/yr
R2=0.861 |
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| Microsoft Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Thu 1986-03-13💬 to Fri 2026-09-18 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| MSFT × |
$10,000.00
1986-03-13 |
$27,210,257.69
2026-09-18 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| MSFT × | −0.77% | −5.31% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| MSFT × |
−11.18%
on 2026-09-18 from 2025-10-28 peak |
−75.74%
on 2009-03-09 from 1999-12-27 peak |
| Period ending Fri 2026-09-18 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSFT × | −5.31% |
+9.34% +4.56%/yr |
+40.74% +12.06%/yr |
+40.10% +6.98%/yr |
+598.12% +21.45%/yr |
| Year | MSFT |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −0.77% |
| 2025 | +12.57% |
| 2024 | +9.76% |
| 2023 | +53.07% |
| 2022 | −32.40% |
| 2021 | +42.45% |
| 2020 | +40.62% |
| 2019 | +54.04% |
| 2018 | +18.54% |
| 2017 | +37.82% |
| 2016 | +12.74% |
| 2015 | +21.80% |
| 2014 | +26.61% |
| 2013 | +42.16% |
| 2012 | +3.98% |
| 2011 | −7.27% |
| 2010 | −7.90% |
| 2009 | +56.22% |
| 2008 | −44.44% |
| 2007 | +16.09% |
| 2006 | +12.99% |
| 2005 | −4.22% |
| 2004 | +5.69% |
| 2003 | +4.85% |
| 2002 | −23.77% |
| 2001 | +50.41% |
| 2000 | −64.07% |
| 1999 | +63.96% |
| 1998 | +111.20% |
| 1997 | +53.81% |
| 1996 | +82.27% |
| 1995 | +40.00% |
| 1994 | +47.67% |
| 1993 | −8.09% |
| 1992 | +11.87% |
| 1991 | +115.17% |
| 1990 | +63.01% |
| 1989 | +56.14% |
| 1988 | −5.99% |
| 1987 | +115.33% |
| 1986 | +70.17% |
