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

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Qualcomm turned $1,000 into $4,852 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 $3,171, which works out to a +7.4% annualized real growth rate over 16 years.

Nominal final value

$4,852

+385.2% total return

Real value (2010 dollars)

$3,171

+217.1% real total return

Real annualized return

+7.4%

vs. +10.2% 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 Qualcomm since 2010, values in constant 2010 dollars

YearNominal ValueReal Value (2010 $)
2010$1,000$1,000
2011$1,407$1,352
2012$1,553$1,462
2013$1,771$1,632
2014$2,030$1,844
2015$1,745$1,585
2016$1,306$1,170
2017$1,594$1,396
2018$2,117$1,798
2019$1,597$1,325
2020$2,852$2,330
2021$5,358$4,168
2022$6,137$4,372
2023$4,752$3,261
2024$5,440$3,626
2025$6,459$4,222
2026$5,789$3,783

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.