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

Total Real Returns

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

USO real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, USO returned +40.95% over the past year and +61.16% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 10, 2006, USO is down −87.34% in real purchasing-power return, or −9.73%/yr, and is currently −91.97% below its real total-return high on Jul. 14, 2008.

Data ending Tue Jun. 16, 2026

Mon 2006-04-10💬 to Tue 2026-06-16 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
USO × 		+61.16%
2026-06-16 		+40.95%
2026-06-16
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Returns

Mon 2006-04-10💬 to Tue 2026-06-16 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
USO × 		−87.34%
−9.73%/yr 		−13.63%/yr
(R2=0.832)
United States Oil Fund LP NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2006-04-10💬 to Tue 2026-06-16 Start
Value 		End
Value
USO × 		$10,000.00
2006-04-10 		$1,266.48
2026-06-16
United States Oil Fund LP NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund

Annual Returns

Year USO
2026 (YTD) +61.16%
2025 −10.84%
2024 +10.18%
2023 −8.02%
2022 +21.14%
2021 +53.85%
2020 −68.22%
2019 +29.65%
2018 −21.07%
2017 +0.35%
2016 +4.38%
2015 −46.37%
2014 −42.79%
2013 +4.28%
2012 −13.93%
2011 −5.10%
2010 −2.18%
2009 +15.53%
2008 −56.35%
2007 +41.05%
2006 −24.67%

Drawdowns

Mon 2006-04-10💬 to Tue 2026-06-16 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
USO × 		−91.97%
from 2008-07-14 peak 		−98.45%
2020-04-28
from 2008-07-14 peak
United States Oil Fund LP NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-06-16 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
USO × 		+40.95% +42.01%
+19.17%/yr 		+62.84%
+17.65%/yr 		+90.87%
+13.80%/yr 		−7.12%
−0.74%/yr
United States Oil Fund LP NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund