What if you invested $1,000 in Costco in 2010? (Inflation-Adjusted)
COST · Consumer · Adjusted to 2026 dollars using BLS CPI-U data
View nominal (non-adjusted) versionCostco turned $1,000 into $24,337 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 $15,906, which works out to a +18.6% annualized real growth rate over 16 years.
Nominal final value
$24,337
+2333.7% total return
Real value (2010 dollars)
$15,906
+1490.6% real total return
Real annualized return
+18.6%
vs. +21.7% nominal annualized
Year-by-Year (Inflation-Adjusted)
$1,000 in Costco since 2010, values in constant 2010 dollars
| Year | Nominal Value | Real Value (2010 $) |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 2011 | $1,268 | $1,218 |
| 2012 | $1,469 | $1,382 |
| 2013 | $1,980 | $1,825 |
| 2014 | $2,197 | $1,996 |
| 2015 | $2,828 | $2,569 |
| 2016 | $3,120 | $2,794 |
| 2017 | $3,424 | $2,999 |
| 2018 | $4,284 | $3,640 |
| 2019 | $4,768 | $3,958 |
| 2020 | $6,853 | $5,599 |
| 2021 | $8,182 | $6,364 |
| 2022 | $11,816 | $8,418 |
| 2023 | $12,037 | $8,261 |
| 2024 | $16,862 | $11,242 |
| 2025 | $23,917 | $15,632 |
| 2026 | $23,070 | $15,078 |
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.