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

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Novo Nordisk turned $1,000 into $7,651 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 $5,001, which works out to a +10.4% annualized real growth rate over 16 years.

Nominal final value

$7,651

+665.1% total return

Real value (2010 dollars)

$5,001

+400.1% real total return

Real annualized return

+10.4%

vs. +13.3% 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 Novo Nordisk since 2010, values in constant 2010 dollars

YearNominal ValueReal Value (2010 $)
2010$1,000$1,000
2011$1,708$1,641
2012$1,826$1,719
2013$2,874$2,649
2014$3,153$2,864
2015$3,608$3,278
2016$4,595$4,114
2017$3,056$2,677
2018$4,832$4,106
2019$4,191$3,479
2020$5,555$4,538
2021$6,495$5,052
2022$9,505$6,771
2023$13,406$9,200
2024$22,453$14,969
2025$16,707$10,920
2026$12,082$7,896

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.