What if you invested $1,000 in Booking Holdings in 1999? (Inflation-Adjusted)

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

Nominal returns can be misleading over long periods. $1,000 in Booking Holdings in 1999 became $8,640 by 2026. Over those 27 years, cumulative CPI inflation reached 0% (BLS CPI-U). Restating the return in constant purchasing power, the real value of your gain in 1999 dollars is $8,640, a real annualized return of +8.3%.

Nominal final value

$8,640

+764.0% total return

Real value (1999 dollars)

$8,640

+764.0% real total return

Real annualized return

+8.3%

vs. +8.2% nominal annualized

Cumulative CPI-U inflation since 1999: 0% (1 dollar in 1999 = $1.00 in 2026)

Year-by-Year (Inflation-Adjusted)

$1,000 in Booking Holdings since 1999, values in constant 1999 dollars

Year	Nominal Value	Real Value (1999 $)
1999	$1,000	$1,000
2000	$700	$1,372
2001	$32	$61
2002	$76	$142
2003	$16	$29
2004	$38	$68
2005	$45	$78
2006	$44	$74
2007	$86	$139
2008	$218	$340
2009	$135	$212
2010	$393	$601
2011	$862	$1,267
2012	$1,065	$1,533
2013	$1,379	$1,944
2014	$2,302	$3,200
2015	$2,030	$2,822
2016	$2,142	$2,934
2017	$3,168	$4,245
2018	$3,845	$4,999
2019	$3,686	$4,681
2020	$3,681	$4,602
2021	$3,910	$4,653
2022	$4,939	$5,384
2023	$4,895	$5,140
2024	$7,054	$7,195
2025	$9,612	$9,612
2026	$10,224	$10,224

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 1999 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.