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

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

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Intuitive Surgical turned $1,000 into $12,654 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 $8,270, which works out to a +13.9% annualized real growth rate over 16 years.

Nominal final value

$12,654

+1165.4% total return

Real value (2010 dollars)

$8,270

+727.0% real total return

Real annualized return

+13.9%

vs. +16.9% 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 Intuitive Surgical since 2010, values in constant 2010 dollars

YearNominal ValueReal Value (2010 $)
2010$1,000$1,000
2011$984$946
2012$1,402$1,319
2013$1,751$1,614
2014$1,242$1,129
2015$1,507$1,369
2016$1,649$1,476
2017$2,111$1,849
2018$3,947$3,354
2019$4,789$3,975
2020$5,119$4,182
2021$6,837$5,318
2022$7,796$5,554
2023$6,740$4,626
2024$10,376$6,917
2025$15,689$10,254
2026$13,833$9,041

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.