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Investment return calculator

Calculate a return from your own amounts, ending value and cash received.

Your numbers
A$AUD
A$AUD
A$AUD
years
Annualised return:
9.41%
56.80% in total
Total proceedsA$39,200
GainA$14,200
An estimate from the inputs you enter, not financial advice and not a forecast. Read the assumptions and exclusions on this page before relying on it.
All values are user inputs; no security price, market return or forecast is supplied. Total return equals ending value plus cash distributions, less the amount invested. Annualised return treats all proceeds as available at the end of the holding period. Additional contributions, withdrawals and the timing or reinvestment of distributions are not modelled. Tax, fees and inflation are included only if the user has already reflected them in the entered values. An estimate from the inputs you enter, not financial advice and not a forecast. Read the assumptions and exclusions on this page before relying on it.
Source: your own figures · user scenario, not a forecast or offerThe arithmetic is the same in every country

Total return against annualised

Doubling your money over ten years is not a 100% annual return. The annualised figure is the constant yearly rate that would have produced the same result, and it is the number worth comparing between investments held for different lengths of time.

annualised = (proceeds ÷ invested) ^ (1 ÷ years) − 1
1Proceeds = Value now + distributions retained as cash, not already included in Value now
2Years is the full holding period, including part years

Common questions

How do I enter reinvested distributions?
Cash received is distributions retained as cash outside the investment. Value now includes the value of any reinvested units. Do not enter those distributions again as cash: that would double-count them. If all distributions were reinvested, enter 0 for Cash received. This calculator does not model distribution timing or reinvestment separately, so it cannot tell you whether reinvesting improved your return.

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