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

Total Real Returns

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

UNH real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, UNH returned +49.61% over the past year and +25.06% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Oct. 17, 1984, UNH is up +120,290.53% in real purchasing-power return, or +18.51%/yr, and is currently −33.86% below its real total-return high on Nov. 11, 2024.

Data ending Fri Jul. 24, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Wed 1984-10-17💬 to Fri 2026-07-24 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
UNH × 		+120,290.53%
+18.51%/yr 		+18.66%/yr
R2=0.921
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Wed 1984-10-17💬 to Fri 2026-07-24 Start
Value 		End
Value
UNH × 		$10,000.00
1984-10-17 		$12,039,052.52
2026-07-24

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-07-24

  YTD YoY
UNH × 		+25.06% +49.61%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
UNH × 		−33.86%
on 2026-07-24
from 2024-11-11 peak 		−83.67%
on 1987-11-17
from 1986-04-08 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-07-24 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
UNH × 		+49.61% −26.12%
−14.05%/yr 		−19.78%
−7.08%/yr 		−10.43%
−2.18%/yr 		+148.37%
+9.52%/yr

Annual Returns

Year UNH
2026 (YTD) +25.06%
2025 −34.88%
2024 −5.14%
2023 −2.48%
2022 +0.44%
2021 +35.66%
2020 +19.62%
2019 +17.32%
2018 +12.38%
2017 +36.94%
2016 +35.60%
2015 +17.41%
2014 +35.43%
2013 +38.96%
2012 +6.75%
2011 +38.08%
2010 +18.14%
2009 +11.71%
2008 −54.30%
2007 +4.12%
2006 −15.61%
2005 +36.54%
2004 +46.61%
2003 +36.83%
2002 +15.29%
2001 +13.61%
2000 +123.61%
1999 +20.21%
1998 −14.67%
1997 +8.63%
1996 −33.34%
1995 +41.37%
1994 +15.92%
1993 +29.92%
1992 +48.44%
1991 +211.06%
1990 +81.07%
1989 +157.61%
1988 +18.80%
1987 −58.55%
1986 −19.17%
1985 +163.18%
1984 −18.96%