What if you invested $1,000 in Caterpillar in 2010? (Inflation-Adjusted)
CAT · Industrial · Adjusted to 2026 dollars using BLS CPI-U data
View nominal (non-adjusted) versionCaterpillar turned $1,000 into $20,087 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 $13,129, which works out to a +17.2% annualized real growth rate over 16 years.
Nominal final value
$20,087
+1908.7% total return
Real value (2010 dollars)
$13,129
+1212.9% real total return
Real annualized return
+17.2%
vs. +20.3% nominal annualized
Year-by-Year (Inflation-Adjusted)
$1,000 in Caterpillar since 2010, values in constant 2010 dollars
| Year | Nominal Value | Real Value (2010 $) |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 2011 | $1,904 | $1,830 |
| 2012 | $2,182 | $2,054 |
| 2013 | $2,021 | $1,863 |
| 2014 | $1,969 | $1,789 |
| 2015 | $1,721 | $1,564 |
| 2016 | $1,390 | $1,244 |
| 2017 | $2,224 | $1,948 |
| 2018 | $3,899 | $3,313 |
| 2019 | $3,261 | $2,706 |
| 2020 | $3,307 | $2,702 |
| 2021 | $4,743 | $3,689 |
| 2022 | $5,337 | $3,802 |
| 2023 | $6,838 | $4,693 |
| 2024 | $8,306 | $5,537 |
| 2025 | $10,438 | $6,822 |
| 2026 | $18,752 | $12,256 |
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.