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Total return CAGR (10Y): what it means and how to read it
Yearly growth over 10 years including dividends: price growth plus dividend yield.
What is Total return CAGR (10Y)?
Yearly growth over 10 years including dividends: price growth plus dividend yield.
A worked example
₹1 lakh that became ₹4 lakh in 10 years, dividends included, grew at about 15% a year. Compare it with what the Nifty 500 did over the same ten years.
Why does Total return CAGR (10Y) matter?
What an owner actually earned, not just the price change.
How do you read Total return CAGR (10Y)?
Compare with the Nifty 500 and with FD rates.
Higher is usually better.
What is a typical Total return CAGR (10Y) in India today?
The median across the 1089 listed companies that report it, as of 12 Oct 2026. Half sit above each figure and half below.
By company size
Median
Large Cap · 72 companies16.1%
Mid Cap · 89 companies15.0%
Small Cap · 928 companies8.5%
By industry
Median, largest industries first
Private Sector Bank · 169.1%
Computers - Software & Consulting · 2215.3%
Pharmaceuticals · 5610.7%
Public Sector Bank · 125.1%
Non Banking Financial Company (NBFC) · 1514.0%
Power Generation · 159.8%
Cement & Cement Products · 233.8%
Iron & Steel · 1024.7%
Civil Construction · 345.3%
Heavy Electrical Equipment · 1617.0%
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