What if you invested $1,000 in AeroVironment in 2007? (Inflation-Adjusted)

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

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Nominal returns can be misleading over long periods. $1,000 in AeroVironment in 2007 became $8,041 by 2026. Over those 19 years, cumulative CPI inflation reached 62% (BLS CPI-U). Restating the return in constant purchasing power, the real value of your gain in 2007 dollars is $4,963, a real annualized return of +8.7%.

Nominal final value

$8,041

+704.1% total return

Real value (2007 dollars)

$4,963

+396.3% real total return

Real annualized return

+8.7%

vs. +11.4% nominal annualized

Cumulative CPI-U inflation since 2007: 62% (1 dollar in 2007 = $1.62 in 2026)

Year-by-Year (Inflation-Adjusted)

$1,000 in AeroVironment since 2007, values in constant 2007 dollars

YearNominal ValueReal Value (2007 $)
2007$1,000$1,000
2008$1,006$969
2009$1,620$1,570
2010$1,490$1,407
2011$1,233$1,119
2012$1,219$1,083
2013$947$824
2014$1,304$1,119
2015$1,119$960
2016$1,115$943
2017$1,145$947
2018$2,246$1,802
2019$3,396$2,662
2020$2,913$2,247
2021$5,018$3,686
2022$2,489$1,675
2023$3,890$2,521
2024$5,275$3,321
2025$7,877$4,862
2026$12,173$7,514

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 2007 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.