All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
T real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, T returned −8.93% over the past year and −2.25% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 21, 1983, T is up +3,115.57% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.43%/yr, and is currently −17.05% below its real total-return high on Sep. 15, 2025.
Data ending Fri Oct. 2, 2026
| Mon 1983-11-21💬 to Fri 2026-10-02 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T × |
+3,115.57%
+8.43%/yr |
+6.82%/yr
R2=0.825 |
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| AT&T Inc. NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Mon 1983-11-21💬 to Fri 2026-10-02 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| T × |
$10,000.00
1983-11-21 |
$321,556.68
2026-10-02 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| T × | −2.25% | −8.93% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| T × |
−17.05%
on 2026-10-02 from 2025-09-15 peak |
−66.45%
on 2003-03-11 from 1999-07-16 peak |
| Period ending Fri 2026-10-02 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T × | −8.93% |
+12.71% +6.17%/yr |
+77.81% +21.15%/yr |
+30.85% +5.53%/yr |
+14.41% +1.36%/yr |
| Year | T |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −2.25% |
| 2025 | +11.04% |
| 2024 | +40.06% |
| 2023 | −5.88% |
| 2022 | +0.00% |
| 2021 | −12.09% |
| 2020 | −20.73% |
| 2019 | +45.16% |
| 2018 | −22.25% |
| 2017 | −4.48% |
| 2016 | +29.32% |
| 2015 | +9.51% |
| 2014 | +1.63% |
| 2013 | +9.90% |
| 2012 | +17.49% |
| 2011 | +7.89% |
| 2010 | +12.24% |
| 2009 | +4.01% |
| 2008 | −26.98% |
| 2007 | +17.26% |
| 2006 | +51.76% |
| 2005 | −1.39% |
| 2004 | +2.12% |
| 2003 | +1.64% |
| 2002 | −29.17% |
| 2001 | −16.75% |
| 2000 | −2.53% |
| 1999 | −9.25% |
| 1998 | +48.41% |
| 1997 | +44.57% |
| 1996 | −6.16% |
| 1995 | +45.08% |
| 1994 | −0.34% |
| 1993 | +14.81% |
| 1992 | +18.27% |
| 1991 | +19.85% |
| 1990 | −11.99% |
| 1989 | +62.53% |
| 1988 | +22.80% |
| 1987 | +0.22% |
| 1986 | +41.55% |
| 1985 | +28.94% |
| 1984 | +26.92% |
| 1983 | −4.63% |
