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 $22,303 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 $14,577, which works out to a +17.3% annualized real growth rate over 17 years.
Nominal final value
$22,303
+2130.3% total return
Real value (2010 dollars)
$14,577
+1357.7% real total return
Real annualized return
+17.3%
vs. +20.4% 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 | $1,900 | $1,826 |
| 2012 | $2,177 | $2,049 |
| 2013 | $2,007 | $1,850 |
| 2014 | $1,968 | $1,788 |
| 2015 | $1,723 | $1,566 |
| 2016 | $1,397 | $1,251 |
| 2017 | $2,227 | $1,951 |
| 2018 | $3,890 | $3,305 |
| 2019 | $3,259 | $2,705 |
| 2020 | $3,308 | $2,703 |
| 2021 | $4,736 | $3,683 |
| 2022 | $5,327 | $3,795 |
| 2023 | $6,824 | $4,683 |
| 2024 | $8,288 | $5,525 |
| 2025 | $10,405 | $6,801 |
| 2026 | $18,668 | $12,201 |
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.