CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) Calculator

About this calculator

This calculator finds the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) — the single steady annual percentage that would take a starting value to an ending value over a given number of years, smoothing out the ups and downs an investment actually went through along the way. It is the standard way to express multi-year investment performance as one comparable number.

Investors use it to compare the historical performance of stocks, funds or a business's revenue over different time periods on equal footing, since a simple total percentage gain does not account for the number of years it took to get there — a 50% gain over 3 years is very different from a 50% gain over 10.