What if you invested $1,000 in Booking Holdings in 2015? (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 2015 became $4,256 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 $3,062, a real annualized return of +10.5%.

Nominal final value

$4,256

+325.6% total return

Real value (2015 dollars)

$3,062

+206.2% real total return

Real annualized return

+10.5%

vs. +13.7% 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 Booking Holdings since 2015, values in constant 2015 dollars

Year	Nominal Value	Real Value (2015 $)
2015	$1,000	$1,000
2016	$1,055	$1,040
2017	$1,560	$1,504
2018	$1,894	$1,771
2019	$1,816	$1,659
2020	$1,813	$1,631
2021	$1,926	$1,649
2022	$2,433	$1,908
2023	$2,411	$1,821
2024	$3,475	$2,550
2025	$4,735	$3,406
2026	$5,036	$3,623

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.