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 +2.29% over the past year and +12.95% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Oct. 17, 1984, UNH is up +108,657.37% in real purchasing-power return, or +18.12%/yr, and is currently −40.27% below its real total-return high on Nov. 11, 2024.

Data ending Fri Oct. 9, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Wed 1984-10-17💬 to Fri 2026-10-09 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
UNH × 		+108,657.37%
+18.12%/yr 		+18.58%/yr
R2=0.921
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Wed 1984-10-17💬 to Fri 2026-10-09 Start
Value 		End
Value
UNH × 		$10,000.00
1984-10-17 		$10,875,736.97
2026-10-09

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-09

  YTD YoY
UNH × 		+12.95% +2.29%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
UNH × 		−40.27%
on 2026-10-09
from 2024-11-11 peak 		−83.67%
on 1987-11-17
from 1986-04-08 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-10-09 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
UNH × 		+2.29% −36.87%
−20.54%/yr 		−29.77%
−11.11%/yr 		−16.89%
−3.63%/yr 		+135.50%
+8.94%/yr

Annual Returns

Year UNH
2026 (YTD) +12.95%
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 +15.30%
2001 +13.61%
2000 +123.61%
1999 +20.21%
1998 −14.67%
1997 +8.64%
1996 −33.34%
1995 +41.37%
1994 +15.92%
1993 +29.92%
1992 +48.45%
1991 +211.06%
1990 +81.03%
1989 +157.54%
1988 +18.82%
1987 −58.52%
1986 −19.20%
1985 +163.33%
1984 −18.99%