All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

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

PRDGX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, PRDGX returned +9.10% over the past year and +7.15% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 29, 1993, PRDGX is up +950.12% in real purchasing-power return, or +7.26%/yr, and is currently −2.45% below its real total-return high on Aug. 12, 2026.

Data ending Fri Oct. 23, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 1993-03-29💬 to Fri 2026-10-23 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
PRDGX
×
+950.12%
+7.26%/yr
+6.36%/yr
R2=0.906
T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth Fund Inc. Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 1993-03-29💬 to Fri 2026-10-23 Start
Value
End
Value
PRDGX
×
$10,000.00
1993-03-29
$105,012.24
2026-10-23

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-23

  YTD YoY
PRDGX
×
+7.15% +9.10%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
PRDGX
×
−2.45%
on 2026-10-23
from 2026-08-12 peak
−50.74%
on 2009-03-09
from 2007-07-13 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-10-23 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
PRDGX
×
+9.10% +16.71%
+8.03%/yr
+48.78%
+14.16%/yr
+27.15%
+4.92%/yr
+144.81%
+9.37%/yr

Annual Returns

Year PRDGX
2026 (YTD) +7.15%
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%