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 +15.72% over the past year and +0.63% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jul. 16, 1986, PRWCX is up +2,054.18% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.00%/yr, and is currently −2.06% below its real total-return high on May 29, 2026.
Data ending Tue Jun. 9, 2026
| Wed 1986-07-16💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRWCX × |
+0.63%
2026-06-09 |
+15.72%
2026-06-09 |
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| T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Fund Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Wed 1986-07-16💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRWCX × |
+2,054.18%
+8.00%/yr |
+8.03%/yr
(R2=0.988) |
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| T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Fund Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Wed 1986-07-16💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRWCX × |
$10,000.00
1986-07-16 |
$215,418.01
2026-06-09 |
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| T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Fund Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Year | PRWCX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +0.63% |
| 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% |
| Wed 1986-07-16💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRWCX × |
−2.06%
from 2026-05-29 peak |
−43.26%
2008-11-20 from 2007-07-13 peak |
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| T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Fund Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Tue 2026-06-09 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRWCX × | +15.72% |
+25.75% +12.14%/yr |
+40.47% +11.99%/yr |
+30.21% +5.42%/yr |
+119.44% +8.18%/yr |
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| T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Fund Mutual Fund | ||||||