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

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Amazon turned $1,000 into $33,260 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 $21,739, which works out to a +20.9% annualized real growth rate over 16 years.

Nominal final value

$33,260

+3226.0% total return

Real value (2010 dollars)

$21,739

+2073.9% real total return

Real annualized return

+20.9%

vs. +24.1% 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 Amazon since 2010, values in constant 2010 dollars

YearNominal ValueReal Value (2010 $)
2010$1,000$1,000
2011$1,353$1,300
2012$1,550$1,459
2013$2,117$1,951
2014$2,860$2,598
2015$2,827$2,568
2016$4,681$4,191
2017$6,566$5,751
2018$11,569$9,830
2019$13,705$11,376
2020$16,017$13,086
2021$25,566$19,884
2022$23,854$16,994
2023$16,447$11,287
2024$24,751$16,501
2025$37,904$24,774
2026$38,163$24,943

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.