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 −17.57% over the past year and −11.18% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 21, 1983, T is up +2,821.57% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.23%/yr, and is currently −24.64% below its real total-return high on Sep. 15, 2025.
Data ending Thu Jul. 16, 2026
| Mon 1983-11-21💬 to Thu 2026-07-16 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T × |
−11.18%
2026-07-16 |
−17.57%
2026-07-16 |
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| AT&T Inc. NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Mon 1983-11-21💬 to Thu 2026-07-16 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T × |
+2,821.57%
+8.23%/yr |
+6.84%/yr
(R2=0.825) |
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| AT&T Inc. NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Mon 1983-11-21💬 to Thu 2026-07-16 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T × |
$10,000.00
1983-11-21 |
$292,157.21
2026-07-16 |
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| AT&T Inc. NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Year | T |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −11.18% |
| 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% |
| Mon 1983-11-21💬 to Thu 2026-07-16 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T × |
−24.64%
from 2025-09-15 peak |
−66.45%
2003-03-11 from 1999-07-16 peak |
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| AT&T Inc. NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Period ending Thu 2026-07-16 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T × | −17.57% |
+20.19% +9.63%/yr |
+62.17% +17.49%/yr |
+13.10% +2.49%/yr |
−1.82% −0.18%/yr |
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| AT&T Inc. NYSE Common Stock | ||||||