What if you invested $1,000 in Berkshire Hathaway in 2015? (Inflation-Adjusted)

BRK-B · Financial · Adjusted to 2026 dollars using BLS CPI-U data

Nominal returns can be misleading over long periods. $1,000 in Berkshire Hathaway in 2015 became $3,318 by 2026. Over those 11 years, cumulative CPI inflation reached 39% (BLS CPI-U). Restating the return in constant purchasing power, the real value of your gain in 2015 dollars is $2,387, a real annualized return of +8.1%.

Nominal final value

$3,318

+231.8% total return

Real value (2015 dollars)

$2,387

+138.7% real total return

Real annualized return

+8.1%

vs. +11.3% nominal annualized

Cumulative CPI-U inflation since 2015: 39% (1 dollar in 2015 = $1.39 in 2026)

Year-by-Year (Inflation-Adjusted)

$1,000 in Berkshire Hathaway since 2015, values in constant 2015 dollars

Year	Nominal Value	Real Value (2015 $)
2015	$1,000	$1,000
2016	$902	$889
2017	$1,141	$1,100
2018	$1,490	$1,393
2019	$1,428	$1,305
2020	$1,560	$1,402
2021	$1,583	$1,356
2022	$2,175	$1,706
2023	$2,165	$1,635
2024	$2,667	$1,957
2025	$3,257	$2,343
2026	$3,339	$2,402

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 2015 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.