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

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Verizon turned $1,000 into $4,302 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 $2,812, which works out to a +6.3% annualized real growth rate over 17 years.

Nominal final value

$4,302

+330.2% total return

Real value (2010 dollars)

$2,812

+181.2% real total return

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Real annualized return

+6.3%

vs. +9.1% 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$1,372$1,318
2012$1,529$1,439
2013$1,856$1,710
2014$2,132$1,937
2015$2,122$1,928
2016$2,434$2,180
2017$2,491$2,182
2018$2,884$2,450
2019$3,073$2,551
2020$3,458$2,825
2021$3,326$2,587
2022$3,384$2,411
2023$2,798$1,920
2024$3,063$2,042
2025$3,041$1,988
2026$3,673$2,401

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.