All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
PRWCX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, PRWCX returned +17.17% over the past year and +5.42% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jul. 16, 1986, PRWCX is up +2,156.68% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.09%/yr, and is currently at its real total-return high.
Data ending Fri Aug. 7, 2026
| Wed 1986-07-16💬 to Fri 2026-08-07 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRWCX × |
+2,156.68%
+8.09%/yr |
+8.03%/yr
R2=0.988 |
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| T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Fund Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Wed 1986-07-16💬 to Fri 2026-08-07 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| PRWCX × |
$10,000.00
1986-07-16 |
$225,668.45
2026-08-07 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| PRWCX × | +5.42% | +17.17% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| PRWCX × |
—
on 2026-08-07 |
−43.26%
on 2008-11-20 from 2007-07-13 peak |
| Period ending Fri 2026-08-07 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRWCX × | +17.17% |
+31.35% +14.61%/yr |
+42.57% +12.55%/yr |
+32.50% +5.79%/yr |
+125.99% +8.49%/yr |
| Year | PRWCX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +5.42% |
| 2025 | +17.77% |
| 2024 | +9.35% |
| 2023 | +15.01% |
| 2022 | −17.34% |
| 2021 | +10.67% |
| 2020 | +16.54% |
| 2019 | +21.83% |
| 2018 | −1.26% |
| 2017 | +12.96% |
| 2016 | +6.00% |
| 2015 | +4.66% |
| 2014 | +11.29% |
| 2013 | +20.61% |
| 2012 | +12.73% |
| 2011 | +0.21% |
| 2010 | +12.39% |
| 2009 | +29.54% |
| 2008 | −27.22% |
| 2007 | +0.49% |
| 2006 | +11.74% |
| 2005 | +3.32% |
| 2004 | +11.68% |
| 2003 | +23.16% |
| 2002 | −1.81% |
| 2001 | +8.58% |
| 2000 | +18.14% |
| 1999 | +4.33% |
| 1998 | +4.16% |
| 1997 | +14.35% |
| 1996 | +13.11% |
| 1995 | +19.55% |
| 1994 | +1.06% |
| 1993 | +12.57% |
| 1992 | +6.29% |
| 1991 | +18.05% |
| 1990 | −6.93% |
| 1989 | +16.18% |
| 1988 | +11.98% |
| 1987 | −14.11% |
| 1986 | +11.67% |
