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

VZ · Technology · Adjusted to 2026 dollars using BLS CPI-U data

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Verizon turned $1,000 into $4,170 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 $2,725, which works out to a +6.4% annualized real growth rate over 16 years.

Nominal final value

$4,170

+317.0% total return

Real value (2010 dollars)

$2,725

+172.5% real total return

Real annualized return

+6.4%

vs. +9.2% 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 Verizon since 2010, values in constant 2010 dollars

YearNominal ValueReal Value (2010 $)
2010$1,000$1,000
2011$1,374$1,320
2012$1,531$1,441
2013$1,861$1,715
2014$2,140$1,944
2015$2,128$1,933
2016$2,439$2,184
2017$2,501$2,190
2018$2,893$2,458
2019$3,086$2,561
2020$3,472$2,837
2021$3,338$2,596
2022$3,392$2,417
2023$2,794$1,918
2024$3,056$2,037
2025$3,032$1,981
2026$3,662$2,394

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.