What if you invested $1,000 in 3M in 2010? (Inflation-Adjusted)

MMM · Industrial · Adjusted to 2026 dollars using BLS CPI-U data

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3M turned $1,000 into $3,470 between 2010 and today. Impressive on paper, but inflation over that span came to 53% (BLS CPI-U). Adjusted for that erosion in purchasing power, your real gain in constant 2010 dollars is $2,268, which works out to a +5.2% annualized real growth rate over 16 years.

Nominal final value

$3,470

+247.0% total return

Real value (2010 dollars)

$2,268

+126.8% real total return

Real annualized return

+5.2%

vs. +8% nominal annualized

Cumulative CPI-U inflation since 2010: 53% (1 dollar in 2010 = $1.53 in 2026)

Year-by-Year (Inflation-Adjusted)

$1,000 in 3M since 2010, values in constant 2010 dollars

YearNominal ValueReal Value (2010 $)
2010$1,000$1,000
2011$1,120$1,076
2012$1,134$1,067
2013$1,350$1,244
2014$1,760$1,599
2015$2,282$2,073
2016$2,179$1,951
2017$2,590$2,269
2018$3,799$3,228
2019$3,118$2,588
2020$2,553$2,086
2021$2,932$2,280
2022$2,859$2,037
2023$2,066$1,418
2024$1,796$1,197
2025$3,585$2,343
2026$3,676$2,403

Inflation adjustment uses BLS CPI-U annual data, deflated to 2026 dollars. Nominal stock data from Yahoo Finance (split-adjusted closing prices). Real values are expressed in constant 2010 purchasing-power dollars. For informational and educational purposes only. Not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. See our methodology and full disclaimer.