All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
WMT real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, WMT returned +10.98% over the past year and −4.60% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Aug. 25, 1972, WMT is up +118,129.60% in real purchasing-power return, or +14.03%/yr, and is currently −20.15% below its real total-return high on Feb. 13, 2026.
Data ending Wed Jul. 22, 2026
| Fri 1972-08-25💬 to Wed 2026-07-22 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WMT × |
+118,129.60%
+14.03%/yr |
+14.79%/yr
R2=0.869 |
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| Fri 1972-08-25💬 to Wed 2026-07-22 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| WMT × |
$10,000.00
1972-08-25 |
$11,822,959.61
2026-07-22 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| WMT × | −4.60% | +10.98% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| WMT × |
−20.15%
on 2026-07-22 from 2026-02-13 peak |
−81.31%
on 1974-12-11 from 1972-11-27 peak |
| Period ending Wed 2026-07-22 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WMT × | +10.98% |
+48.69% +21.94%/yr |
+95.34% +25.00%/yr |
+101.60% +15.05%/yr |
+280.81% +14.31%/yr |
| Year | WMT |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −4.60% |
| 2025 | +21.25% |
| 2024 | +69.12% |
| 2023 | +9.22% |
| 2022 | −6.51% |
| 2021 | −4.73% |
| 2020 | +21.67% |
| 2019 | +27.26% |
| 2018 | −5.23% |
| 2017 | +43.53% |
| 2016 | +13.68% |
| 2015 | −27.17% |
| 2014 | +11.03% |
| 2013 | +16.41% |
| 2012 | +15.00% |
| 2011 | +10.56% |
| 2010 | +1.70% |
| 2009 | −5.16% |
| 2008 | +19.90% |
| 2007 | +0.77% |
| 2006 | −2.33% |
| 2005 | −13.27% |
| 2004 | −2.66% |
| 2003 | +3.78% |
| 2002 | −13.81% |
| 2001 | +7.29% |
| 2000 | −25.32% |
| 1999 | +65.99% |
| 1998 | +104.27% |
| 1997 | +71.79% |
| 1996 | −0.21% |
| 1995 | +2.93% |
| 1994 | −16.65% |
| 1993 | −23.62% |
| 1992 | +6.03% |
| 1991 | +89.57% |
| 1990 | +27.70% |
| 1989 | +37.43% |
| 1988 | +16.20% |
| 1987 | +7.52% |
| 1986 | +44.83% |
| 1985 | +63.08% |
| 1984 | −6.12% |
| 1983 | +51.30% |
| 1982 | +127.29% |
| 1981 | +30.08% |
| 1980 | +63.60% |
| 1979 | +30.23% |
| 1978 | +4.31% |
| 1977 | +23.28% |
| 1976 | +13.82% |
| 1975 | +155.79% |
| 1974 | −35.60% |
| 1973 | −64.27% |
| 1972 | +3.05% |
