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

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

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Eli Lilly turned $1,000 into $39,762 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 $25,988, which works out to a +22.3% annualized real growth rate over 16 years.

Nominal final value

$39,762

+3876.2% total return

Real value (2010 dollars)

$25,988

+2498.8% real total return

Real annualized return

+22.3%

vs. +25.4% 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 Eli Lilly since 2010, values in constant 2010 dollars

YearNominal ValueReal Value (2010 $)
2010$1,000$1,000
2011$1,043$1,003
2012$1,259$1,185
2013$1,780$1,641
2014$1,858$1,688
2015$2,559$2,325
2016$2,886$2,585
2017$2,886$2,528
2018$3,132$2,661
2019$4,724$3,922
2020$5,628$4,598
2021$8,551$6,650
2022$10,242$7,297
2023$14,560$9,992
2024$27,584$18,389
2025$34,880$22,797
2026$44,934$29,369

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.