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

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

General Motors turned $1,000 into $2,919 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 $1,908, which works out to a +4.1% annualized real growth rate over 16 years.

Nominal final value

$2,919

+191.9% total return

Real value (2010 dollars)

$1,908

+90.8% real total return

Real annualized return

+4.1%

vs. +6.8% 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 General Motors since 2010, values in constant 2010 dollars

Year	Nominal Value	Real Value (2010 $)
2010	$1,000	$1,000
2011	$1,067	$1,025
2012	$702	$661
2013	$821	$757
2014	$1,055	$958
2015	$988	$897
2016	$935	$837
2017	$1,211	$1,061
2018	$1,461	$1,242
2019	$1,400	$1,162
2020	$1,248	$1,020
2021	$1,917	$1,491
2022	$1,995	$1,421
2023	$1,494	$1,025
2024	$1,490	$994
2025	$1,919	$1,255
2026	$3,294	$2,153

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.