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

Total Real Returns

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

RY real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, RY returned +33.86% over the past year and +15.18% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Oct. 16, 1995, RY is up +4,614.73% in real purchasing-power return, or +13.26%/yr, and is currently −8.39% below its real total-return high on Jul. 15, 2026.

Data ending Wed Sep. 23, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 1995-10-16💬 to Wed 2026-09-23 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
RY
×
+4,614.73%
+13.26%/yr
+10.79%/yr
R2=0.939
Royal Bank of Canada NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 1995-10-16💬 to Wed 2026-09-23 Start
Value
End
Value
RY
×
$10,000.00
1995-10-16
$471,472.75
2026-09-23

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-23

  YTD YoY
RY
×
+15.18% +33.86%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
RY
×
−8.39%
on 2026-09-23
from 2026-07-15 peak
−63.57%
on 2009-02-23
from 2007-10-31 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-09-23 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
RY
×
+33.86% +61.68%
+27.15%/yr
+127.40%
+31.50%/yr
+92.74%
+14.02%/yr
+237.96%
+12.95%/yr

Annual Returns

Year RY
2026 (YTD) +15.18%
2025 +42.46%
2024 +20.33%
2023 +8.58%
2022 −13.54%
2021 +25.35%
2020 +6.93%
2019 +17.48%
2018 −14.50%
2017 +22.44%
2016 +29.15%
2015 −19.84%
2014 +5.84%
2013 +14.26%
2012 +21.25%
2011 −1.71%
2010 −0.14%
2009 +84.45%
2008 −39.39%
2007 +6.35%
2006 +22.94%
2005 +45.65%
2004 +12.09%
2003 +31.08%
2002 +13.40%
2001 −2.58%
2000 +53.22%
1999 −11.72%
1998 −5.04%
1997 +52.73%
1996 +52.94%
1995 −0.11%