What if you invested $1,000 in Dell Technologies in 2018? (Inflation-Adjusted)

DELL · Technology · Adjusted to 2026 dollars using BLS CPI-U data

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Dell Technologies turned $1,000 into $8,708 between 2018 and today. Impressive on paper, but inflation over that span came to 30% (BLS CPI-U). Adjusted for that erosion in purchasing power, your real gain in constant 2018 dollars is $6,699, which works out to a +26.1% annualized real growth rate over 8 years.

Nominal final value

$8,708

+770.8% total return

Real value (2018 dollars)

$6,699

+569.9% real total return

Real annualized return

+26.1%

vs. +30% nominal annualized

Cumulative CPI-U inflation since 2018: 30% (1 dollar in 2018 = $1.30 in 2026)

Year-by-Year (Inflation-Adjusted)

$1,000 in Dell Technologies since 2018, values in constant 2018 dollars

YearNominal ValueReal Value (2018 $)
2018$1,000$1,000
2019$1,224$1,196
2020$1,228$1,181
2021$1,836$1,681
2022$2,823$2,367
2023$2,068$1,671
2024$4,346$3,410
2025$5,516$4,243
2026$6,204$4,772

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 2018 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.