What if you invested $1,000 in Chipotle in 2006? (Inflation-Adjusted)

CMG · Consumer · Adjusted to 2026 dollars using BLS CPI-U data

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Chipotle turned $1,000 into $33,539 between 2006 and today. Impressive on paper, but inflation over that span came to 67% (BLS CPI-U). Adjusted for that erosion in purchasing power, your real gain in constant 2006 dollars is $20,083, which works out to a +16.0% annualized real growth rate over 20 years.

Nominal final value

$33,539

+3253.9% total return

Real value (2006 dollars)

$20,083

+1908.3% real total return

Real annualized return

+16.0%

vs. +18.9% nominal annualized

Cumulative CPI-U inflation since 2006: 67% (1 dollar in 2006 = $1.67 in 2026)

Year-by-Year (Inflation-Adjusted)

$1,000 in Chipotle since 2006, values in constant 2006 dollars

YearNominal ValueReal Value (2006 $)
2006$1,000$1,000
2007$1,250$1,213
2008$2,533$2,366
2009$1,005$945
2010$2,030$1,860
2011$4,607$4,055
2012$7,729$6,665
2013$6,461$5,455
2014$11,615$9,668
2015$14,938$12,433
2016$9,532$7,820
2017$8,869$7,116
2018$6,834$5,320
2019$11,145$8,476
2020$18,240$13,653
2021$31,145$22,193
2022$31,262$20,405
2023$34,646$21,783
2024$50,690$30,960
2025$61,395$36,764
2026$40,899$24,490

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 2006 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.