What if you invested $1,000 in Delta Air Lines in 2010? (Inflation-Adjusted)
DAL · Industrial · Adjusted to 2026 dollars using BLS CPI-U data
View nominal (non-adjusted) versionDelta Air Lines turned $1,000 into $7,646 between 2010 and today. Impressive on paper, but inflation over that span came to 53% (BLS CPI-U). Adjusted for that erosion in purchasing power, your real gain in constant 2010 dollars is $4,997, which works out to a +10.2% annualized real growth rate over 17 years.
Nominal final value
$7,646
+664.6% total return
Real value (2010 dollars)
$4,997
+399.7% real total return
Real annualized return
+10.2%
vs. +13.1% nominal annualized
Year-by-Year (Inflation-Adjusted)
$1,000 in Delta Air Lines since 2010, values in constant 2010 dollars
| Year | Nominal Value | Real Value (2010 $) |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 2011 | $954 | $917 |
| 2012 | $863 | $812 |
| 2013 | $1,136 | $1,047 |
| 2014 | $2,516 | $2,285 |
| 2015 | $3,920 | $3,561 |
| 2016 | $3,705 | $3,318 |
| 2017 | $4,018 | $3,519 |
| 2018 | $4,929 | $4,188 |
| 2019 | $4,399 | $3,652 |
| 2020 | $5,096 | $4,163 |
| 2021 | $3,494 | $2,718 |
| 2022 | $3,654 | $2,603 |
| 2023 | $3,599 | $2,470 |
| 2024 | $3,621 | $2,414 |
| 2025 | $6,290 | $4,111 |
| 2026 | $6,235 | $4,075 |
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 2010 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.