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

Total Real Returns

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

SPGI real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, SPGI returned −1.27% over the past year and −5.98% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Feb. 21, 1973, SPGI is up +19,549.00% in real purchasing-power return, or +10.33%/yr, and is currently −12.74% below its real total-return high on Aug. 14, 2025.

Data ending Wed Nov. 4, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Wed 1973-02-21💬 to Wed 2026-11-04 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
SPGI × 		+19,549.00%
+10.33%/yr 		+11.23%/yr
R2=0.962
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Wed 1973-02-21💬 to Wed 2026-11-04 Start
Value 		End
Value
SPGI × 		$10,000.00
1973-02-21 		$1,964,900.34
2026-11-04

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-11-04

  YTD YoY
SPGI × 		−5.98% −1.27%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
SPGI × 		−12.74%
on 2026-11-04
from 2025-08-14 peak 		−75.18%
on 2009-03-09
from 2007-06-04 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-11-04 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
SPGI × 		−1.27% −0.58%
−0.29%/yr 		+23.94%
+7.42%/yr 		−6.04%
−1.24%/yr 		+225.28%
+12.52%/yr

Annual Returns

Year SPGI
2026 (YTD) −5.98%
2025 +2.95%
2024 +10.74%
2023 +28.49%
2022 −32.73%
2021 +35.17%
2020 +19.77%
2019 +58.64%
2018 −0.52%
2017 +56.02%
2016 +8.31%
2015 +11.43%
2014 +14.59%
2013 +43.74%
2012 +27.90%
2011 +22.94%
2010 +10.33%
2009 +45.38%
2008 −45.62%
2007 −37.23%
2006 +30.18%
2005 +10.62%
2004 +28.77%
2003 +15.59%
2002 −1.61%
2001 +4.08%
2000 −6.35%
1999 +19.70%
1998 +38.13%
1997 +61.69%
1996 +5.51%
1995 +31.08%
1994 −0.39%
1993 +11.16%
1992 +7.91%
1991 +10.01%
1990 −8.76%
1989 −10.24%
1988 +27.60%
1987 −13.19%
1986 +15.56%
1985 +9.85%
1984 −2.66%
1983 +8.20%
1982 +40.05%
1981 +2.73%
1980 +44.86%
1979 +2.72%
1978 +16.17%
1977 +6.93%
1976 +23.76%
1975 +102.67%
1974 −23.69%
1973 −49.61%