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

F · Industrial · Adjusted to 2026 dollars using BLS CPI-U data

View nominal (non-adjusted) version

Ford turned $1,000 into $2,552 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 $1,668, which works out to a +3.1% annualized real growth rate over 17 years.

Nominal final value

$2,552

+155.2% total return

Real value (2010 dollars)

$1,668

+66.8% real total return

Download image

Real annualized return

+3.1%

vs. +5.8% 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 Ford since 2010, values in constant 2010 dollars

YearNominal ValueReal Value (2010 $)
2010$1,000$1,000
2011$1,471$1,414
2012$1,150$1,083
2013$1,226$1,130
2014$1,455$1,322
2015$1,480$1,344
2016$1,279$1,145
2017$1,392$1,219
2018$1,316$1,118
2019$1,123$933
2020$1,200$981
2021$1,433$1,115
2022$2,791$1,988
2023$1,908$1,309
2024$1,829$1,219
2025$1,683$1,100
2026$2,490$1,627

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.