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Total Real Returns

PRDGX: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

PRDGX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, PRDGX returned +13.92% over the past year and +6.87% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 29, 1993, PRDGX is up +947.36% in real purchasing-power return, or +7.31%/yr, and is currently −0.40% below its real total-return high on Jul. 6, 2026.

Data ending Wed Jul. 15, 2026

Mon 1993-03-29💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
PRDGX
×
+6.87%
2026-07-15
+13.92%
2026-07-15
T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth Fund Inc. Mutual Fund

Returns

Mon 1993-03-29💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
PRDGX
×
+947.36%
+7.31%/yr
+6.33%/yr
(R2=0.904)
T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth Fund Inc. Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000

Mon 1993-03-29💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 Start
Value
End
Value
PRDGX
×
$10,000.00
1993-03-29
$104,736.30
2026-07-15
T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth Fund Inc. Mutual Fund

Annual Returns

Year PRDGX
2026 (YTD) +6.87%
2025 +11.75%
2024 +10.30%
2023 +10.00%
2022 −15.67%
2021 +17.74%
2020 +12.39%
2019 +28.10%
2018 −2.91%
2017 +16.85%
2016 +9.38%
2015 +1.51%
2014 +11.52%
2013 +28.43%
2012 +12.89%
2011 +0.54%
2010 +11.59%
2009 +22.80%
2008 −33.33%
2007 +2.90%
2006 +13.61%
2005 −0.06%
2004 +8.37%
2003 +22.86%
2002 −20.36%
2001 −5.11%
2000 +6.45%
1999 −5.35%
1998 +13.22%
1997 +28.63%
1996 +19.82%
1995 +25.44%
1994 −2.72%
1993 +7.15%

Drawdowns

Mon 1993-03-29💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
PRDGX
×
−0.40%
from 2026-07-06 peak
−50.74%
2009-03-09
from 2007-07-13 peak
T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth Fund Inc. Mutual Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-07-15 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
PRDGX
×
+13.92% +20.02%
+9.55%/yr
+39.27%
+11.67%/yr
+31.03%
+5.55%/yr
+139.05%
+9.11%/yr
T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth Fund Inc. Mutual Fund