What if you invested $1,000 in Delta Air Lines in 2007? (Inflation-Adjusted)

DAL · Industrial · Adjusted to 2026 dollars using BLS CPI-U data

Nominal returns can be misleading over long periods. $1,000 in Delta Air Lines in 2007 became $4,053 by 2026. Over those 19 years, cumulative CPI inflation reached 62% (BLS CPI-U). Restating the return in constant purchasing power, the real value of your gain in 2007 dollars is $2,502, a real annualized return of +4.9%.

Nominal final value

$4,053

+305.3% total return

Real value (2007 dollars)

$2,502

+150.2% real total return

Real annualized return

+4.9%

vs. +7.5% nominal annualized

Cumulative CPI-U inflation since 2007: 62% (1 dollar in 2007 = $1.62 in 2026)

Year-by-Year (Inflation-Adjusted)

$1,000 in Delta Air Lines since 2007, values in constant 2007 dollars

Year	Nominal Value	Real Value (2007 $)
2007	$1,000	$1,000
2008	$883	$850
2009	$362	$351
2010	$642	$606
2011	$613	$556
2012	$554	$492
2013	$729	$635
2014	$1,615	$1,386
2015	$2,517	$2,159
2016	$2,379	$2,012
2017	$2,579	$2,134
2018	$3,165	$2,539
2019	$2,824	$2,214
2020	$3,272	$2,524
2021	$2,243	$1,648
2022	$2,346	$1,578
2023	$2,311	$1,498
2024	$2,324	$1,464
2025	$4,038	$2,493
2026	$4,003	$2,471

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 2007 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.