What if you invested $1,000 in General Mills in 2005? (Inflation-Adjusted)

GIS · Consumer · Adjusted to 2026 dollars using BLS CPI-U data

Using BLS CPI-U data, cumulative inflation from 2005 to 2026 totals 72%. Your $1,000 in General Mills grew to $2,760 in raw dollar terms, but in real purchasing power terms that gain is equivalent to $1,605 in constant 2005 dollars. That reflects a +2.3% per year real annualized return after accounting for price changes over 21 years.

Nominal final value

$2,760

+176.0% total return

Real value (2005 dollars)

$1,605

+60.5% real total return

Real annualized return

+2.3%

vs. +4.9% nominal annualized

Cumulative CPI-U inflation since 2005: 72% (1 dollar in 2005 = $1.72 in 2026)

Year-by-Year (Inflation-Adjusted)

$1,000 in General Mills since 2005, values in constant 2005 dollars

Year	Nominal Value	Real Value (2005 $)
2005	$1,000	$1,000
2006	$936	$909
2007	$1,132	$1,066
2008	$1,107	$1,004
2009	$1,233	$1,126
2010	$1,534	$1,364
2011	$1,540	$1,316
2012	$1,821	$1,524
2013	$1,979	$1,623
2014	$2,337	$1,888
2015	$2,635	$2,130
2016	$2,928	$2,332
2017	$3,333	$2,597
2018	$3,229	$2,441
2019	$2,557	$1,888
2020	$3,126	$2,272
2021	$3,599	$2,490
2022	$4,400	$2,788
2023	$5,168	$3,155
2024	$4,410	$2,615
2025	$4,234	$2,462
2026	$3,406	$1,980

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 2005 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.