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

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Wells Fargo turned $1,000 into $4,257 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 $2,782, which works out to a +6.5% annualized real growth rate over 16 years.

Nominal final value

$4,257

+325.7% total return

Real value (2010 dollars)

$2,782

+178.2% real total return

Real annualized return

+6.5%

vs. +9.3% 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 Wells Fargo since 2010, values in constant 2010 dollars

YearNominal ValueReal Value (2010 $)
2010$1,000$1,000
2011$1,148$1,103
2012$1,052$991
2013$1,289$1,188
2014$1,727$1,569
2015$2,032$1,846
2016$2,019$1,808
2017$2,337$2,047
2018$2,807$2,385
2019$2,148$1,783
2020$2,144$1,752
2021$1,420$1,104
2022$2,591$1,846
2023$2,310$1,585
2024$2,551$1,701
2025$4,111$2,687
2026$4,824$3,153

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.