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

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Adobe turned $1,000 into $7,529 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 $4,921, which works out to a +10.3% annualized real growth rate over 16 years.

Nominal final value

$7,529

+652.9% total return

Real value (2010 dollars)

$4,921

+392.1% real total return

Real annualized return

+10.3%

vs. +13.2% 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 Adobe since 2010, values in constant 2010 dollars

YearNominal ValueReal Value (2010 $)
2010$1,000$1,000
2011$1,023$983
2012$958$902
2013$1,171$1,079
2014$1,833$1,665
2015$2,171$1,973
2016$2,759$2,471
2017$3,510$3,074
2018$6,185$5,255
2019$7,672$6,369
2020$10,871$8,882
2021$14,203$11,047
2022$16,542$11,785
2023$11,466$7,869
2024$19,126$12,751
2025$13,543$8,852
2026$9,079$5,934

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.