What if you invested $1,000 in American Express in 2010? (Inflation-Adjusted)
AXP · Financial · Adjusted to 2026 dollars using BLS CPI-U data
View nominal (non-adjusted) versionAmerican Express turned $1,000 into $11,027 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 $7,207, which works out to a +12.5% annualized real growth rate over 17 years.
Nominal final value
$11,027
+1002.7% total return
Real value (2010 dollars)
$7,207
+620.7% real total return
Real annualized return
+12.5%
vs. +15.4% nominal annualized
Year-by-Year (Inflation-Adjusted)
$1,000 in American Express since 2010, values in constant 2010 dollars
| Year | Nominal Value | Real Value (2010 $) |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 2011 | $1,172 | $1,126 |
| 2012 | $1,376 | $1,295 |
| 2013 | $1,637 | $1,508 |
| 2014 | $2,394 | $2,175 |
| 2015 | $2,297 | $2,087 |
| 2016 | $1,547 | $1,385 |
| 2017 | $2,251 | $1,971 |
| 2018 | $2,974 | $2,527 |
| 2019 | $3,119 | $2,589 |
| 2020 | $4,000 | $3,268 |
| 2021 | $3,645 | $2,835 |
| 2022 | $5,697 | $4,059 |
| 2023 | $5,620 | $3,857 |
| 2024 | $6,543 | $4,362 |
| 2025 | $10,461 | $6,837 |
| 2026 | $11,729 | $7,666 |
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.