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

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Lowe's turned $1,000 into $12,739 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 $8,326, which works out to a +13.4% annualized real growth rate over 17 years.

Nominal final value

$12,739

+1173.9% total return

Real value (2010 dollars)

$8,326

+732.6% real total return

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Real annualized return

+13.4%

vs. +16.4% 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 Lowe's since 2010, values in constant 2010 dollars

YearNominal ValueReal Value (2010 $)
2010$1,000$1,000
2011$1,167$1,121
2012$1,291$1,215
2013$1,874$1,727
2014$2,308$2,097
2015$3,435$3,121
2016$3,688$3,302
2017$3,829$3,353
2018$5,590$4,750
2019$5,234$4,345
2020$6,449$5,269
2021$9,412$7,320
2022$13,577$9,673
2023$12,156$8,343
2024$12,683$8,455
2025$15,780$10,314
2026$16,532$10,805

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.