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

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Micron turned $1,000 into $38,531 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 $25,184, which works out to a +22.0% annualized real growth rate over 16 years.

Nominal final value

$38,531

+3753.1% total return

Real value (2010 dollars)

$25,184

+2418.4% real total return

Real annualized return

+22.0%

vs. +25.2% 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 Micron since 2010, values in constant 2010 dollars

YearNominal ValueReal Value (2010 $)
2010$1,000$1,000
2011$1,209$1,161
2012$872$820
2013$867$799
2014$2,642$2,400
2015$3,357$3,050
2016$1,265$1,133
2017$2,765$2,422
2018$5,014$4,260
2019$4,383$3,638
2020$6,088$4,974
2021$8,976$6,981
2022$9,458$6,738
2023$6,986$4,794
2024$10,003$6,669
2025$10,689$6,986
2026$48,763$31,871

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.