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

CVS · Healthcare · Adjusted to 2026 dollars using BLS CPI-U data

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CVS Health turned $1,000 into $3,267 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 $2,135, which works out to a +4.8% annualized real growth rate over 16 years.

Nominal final value

$3,267

+226.7% total return

Real value (2010 dollars)

$2,135

+113.5% real total return

Real annualized return

+4.8%

vs. +7.6% 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 CVS Health since 2010, values in constant 2010 dollars

YearNominal ValueReal Value (2010 $)
2010$1,000$1,000
2011$1,068$1,026
2012$1,322$1,244
2013$1,645$1,516
2014$2,210$2,008
2015$3,251$2,954
2016$3,243$2,904
2017$2,694$2,359
2018$2,759$2,344
2019$2,364$1,963
2020$2,530$2,067
2021$2,758$2,145
2022$4,203$2,995
2023$3,560$2,443
2024$3,098$2,065
2025$2,451$1,602
2026$3,373$2,204

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.