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

SBUX · Consumer · Adjusted to 2026 dollars using BLS CPI-U data

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Starbucks turned $1,000 into $11,017 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 $7,201, which works out to a +13.0% annualized real growth rate over 16 years.

Nominal final value

$11,017

+1001.7% total return

Real value (2010 dollars)

$7,201

+620.1% real total return

Real annualized return

+13.0%

vs. +15.9% 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 Starbucks since 2010, values in constant 2010 dollars

YearNominal ValueReal Value (2010 $)
2010$1,000$1,000
2011$1,467$1,409
2012$2,263$2,130
2013$2,689$2,478
2014$3,453$3,137
2015$4,314$3,919
2016$6,068$5,433
2017$5,596$4,901
2018$5,864$4,982
2019$7,196$5,973
2020$9,127$7,457
2021$10,631$8,269
2022$10,975$7,819
2023$12,473$8,560
2024$10,855$7,237
2025$12,892$8,426
2026$11,301$7,386

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.