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Total Real Returns

MSFT vs. GOOG vs. AAPL vs. IBM: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

Growth of $10,000

Thu 2004-08-19πŸ’¬ to Tue 2026-11-10 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
MSFT
×
+1,700.39%
+13.89%/yr
+16.94%/yr
R2=0.899
Microsoft Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock
GOOG
×
+6,354.14%
+20.62%/yr
+16.13%/yr
R2=0.950
Alphabet Inc Class C NASDAQ Common Stock
AAPL
×
+42,453.19%
+31.31%/yr
+25.65%/yr
R2=0.970
Apple Inc. NASDAQ Common Stock
IBM
×
+225.35%
+5.45%/yr
+4.22%/yr
R2=0.601
International Business Machines NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Thu 2004-08-19πŸ’¬ to Tue 2026-11-10 Start
Value
End
Value
MSFT
×
$10,000.00
2004-08-19
$180,039.01
2026-11-10
GOOG
×
$10,000.00
2004-08-19
$645,413.78
2026-11-10
AAPL
×
$10,000.00
2004-08-19
$4,255,318.93
2026-11-10
IBM
×
$10,000.00
2004-08-19
$32,535.40
2026-11-10

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-11-10

  YTD YoY
MSFT
×
+6.42% +1.99%
GOOG
×
βˆ’12.74% βˆ’5.62%
AAPL
×
+23.30% +24.52%
IBM
×
βˆ’18.64% βˆ’21.97%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
MSFT
×
βˆ’4.75%
on 2026-11-10
from 2025-10-28 peak
βˆ’58.61%
on 2009-03-09
from 2007-11-01 peak
GOOG
×
βˆ’29.34%
on 2026-11-10
from 2026-05-13 peak
βˆ’65.96%
on 2008-11-24
from 2007-11-06 peak
AAPL
×
βˆ’0.63%
on 2026-11-10
from 2026-11-09 peak
βˆ’61.01%
on 2009-01-20
from 2007-12-28 peak
IBM
×
βˆ’25.30%
on 2026-11-10
from 2026-06-02 peak
βˆ’49.35%
on 2020-03-23
from 2013-03-14 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-11-10 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
MSFT
×
+1.99% +19.74%
+9.43%/yr
+34.33%
+10.34%/yr
+37.72%
+6.61%/yr
+631.51%
+22.02%/yr
GOOG
×
βˆ’5.62% +49.03%
+22.08%/yr
+95.26%
+24.99%/yr
+60.86%
+9.97%/yr
+439.47%
+18.36%/yr
AAPL
×
+24.52% +44.50%
+20.21%/yr
+72.23%
+19.87%/yr
+97.80%
+14.62%/yr
+905.93%
+25.97%/yr
IBM
×
βˆ’21.97% +13.55%
+6.56%/yr
+63.09%
+17.71%/yr
+100.69%
+14.95%/yr
+72.77%
+5.62%/yr

Annual Returns

Year MSFT GOOG AAPL IBM
2026 (YTD) +6.42% βˆ’12.74% +23.30% βˆ’18.64%
2025 +12.57% +61.11% +6.21% +34.63%
2024 +9.76% +31.82% +27.04% +35.37%
2023 +53.07% +53.68% +44.18% +17.90%
2022 βˆ’32.40% βˆ’42.40% βˆ’30.87% +3.92%
2021 +42.45% +54.31% +25.80% +8.98%
2020 +40.62% +29.27% +79.86% βˆ’2.49%
2019 +54.04% +26.22% +84.74% +20.82%
2018 +18.54% βˆ’2.88% βˆ’7.16% βˆ’24.01%
2017 +37.82% +32.77% +45.39% βˆ’5.97%
2016 +12.74% βˆ’0.36% +10.20% +22.67%
2015 +21.80% +43.51% βˆ’3.72% βˆ’12.07%
2014 +26.61% βˆ’6.67% +39.57% βˆ’13.04%
2013 +42.16% +56.09% +6.47% βˆ’1.66%
2012 +4.00% +7.65% +30.31% +4.12%
2011 βˆ’7.27% +5.61% +21.94% +23.74%
2010 βˆ’7.90% βˆ’5.61% +50.81% +12.58%
2009 +56.22% +96.18% +140.36% +54.44%
2008 βˆ’44.44% βˆ’55.55% βˆ’56.95% βˆ’20.85%
2007 +16.09% +44.26% +124.30% +8.40%
2006 +12.99% +8.27% +15.11% +16.83%
2005 βˆ’4.22% +108.05% +115.86% βˆ’18.62%
2004 +5.69% +91.29% +191.84% +3.81%
2003 +4.85% — +46.39% +18.28%
2002 βˆ’23.77% — βˆ’36.08% βˆ’36.96%
2001 +50.41% — +45.01% +40.82%
2000 βˆ’64.07% — βˆ’72.02% βˆ’23.43%
1999 +63.96% — +144.59% +14.50%
1998 +111.20% — +206.77% +74.66%
1997 +53.81% — βˆ’38.14% +36.98%
1996 +82.27% — βˆ’36.60% +62.31%
1995 +40.00% — βˆ’19.39% +22.56%
1994 +47.68% — +31.64% +28.77%
1993 βˆ’8.10% — βˆ’51.76% +12.73%
1992 +11.89% — +3.89% βˆ’41.73%
1991 +115.13% — +28.42% βˆ’20.00%
1990 +63.12% — +16.35% +18.46%
1989 +56.15% — βˆ’15.49% βˆ’23.01%
1988 βˆ’5.99% — βˆ’7.45% +4.95%
1987 +115.35% — +99.68% βˆ’4.95%
1986 +70.01% — +82.02% βˆ’21.22%
1985 — — βˆ’27.21% +25.85%
1984 — — +14.93% +0.49%
1983 — — βˆ’21.41% +26.17%
1982 — — +30.12% +71.42%
1981 — — βˆ’40.50% βˆ’18.35%
1980 — — +17.96% βˆ’1.08%
1979 — — — βˆ’20.12%
1978 — — — +4.52%
1977 — — — βˆ’4.62%
1976 — — — +22.34%
1975 — — — +28.93%
1974 — — — βˆ’37.81%
1973 — — — βˆ’28.42%
1972 — — — +17.18%
1971 — — — +4.26%
1970 — — — βˆ’16.36%
1969 — — — +8.96%
1968 — — — βˆ’4.07%
1967 — — — +63.82%
1966 — — — +7.94%
1965 — — — +19.56%
1964 — — — βˆ’0.01%
1963 — — — +27.90%
1962 — — — βˆ’32.71%