What if you invested $1,000 in GE Aerospace in 2015? (Inflation-Adjusted)

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

Nominal returns can be misleading over long periods. $1,000 in GE Aerospace in 2015 became $2,911 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 $2,094, a real annualized return of +6.8%.

Nominal final value

$2,911

+191.1% total return

Real value (2015 dollars)

$2,094

+109.4% real total return

Real annualized return

+6.8%

vs. +10% 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 GE Aerospace since 2015, values in constant 2015 dollars

Year	Nominal Value	Real Value (2015 $)
2015	$1,000	$1,000
2016	$1,260	$1,242
2017	$1,326	$1,279
2018	$747	$698
2019	$482	$441
2020	$617	$555
2021	$532	$456
2022	$590	$463
2023	$647	$489
2024	$1,068	$783
2025	$2,070	$1,489
2026	$3,137	$2,257

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.