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

BRK-B · Financial · Adjusted to 2026 dollars using BLS CPI-U data

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Berkshire Hathaway turned $1,000 into $6,248 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 $4,083, which works out to a +9.1% annualized real growth rate over 16 years.

Nominal final value

$6,248

+524.8% total return

Real value (2010 dollars)

$4,083

+308.3% real total return

Real annualized return

+9.1%

vs. +11.9% 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 Berkshire Hathaway since 2010, values in constant 2010 dollars

YearNominal ValueReal Value (2010 $)
2010$1,000$1,000
2011$1,070$1,028
2012$1,025$965
2013$1,268$1,169
2014$1,460$1,327
2015$1,883$1,711
2016$1,698$1,520
2017$2,148$1,881
2018$2,805$2,383
2019$2,689$2,232
2020$2,936$2,399
2021$2,981$2,319
2022$4,096$2,918
2023$4,076$2,797
2024$5,021$3,347
2025$6,132$4,008
2026$6,287$4,109

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.