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

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

Nominal returns can be misleading over long periods. $1,000 in General Mills in 2015 became $1,047 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 $754, a real annualized return of -2.5%.

Nominal final value

$1,047

+4.7% total return

Real value (2015 dollars)

$754

-24.6% real total return

Real annualized return

-2.5%

vs. +0.4% 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 General Mills since 2015, values in constant 2015 dollars

Year	Nominal Value	Real Value (2015 $)
2015	$1,000	$1,000
2016	$1,111	$1,095
2017	$1,265	$1,219
2018	$1,225	$1,146
2019	$970	$886
2020	$1,186	$1,067
2021	$1,366	$1,169
2022	$1,670	$1,309
2023	$1,961	$1,481
2024	$1,673	$1,228
2025	$1,607	$1,156
2026	$1,292	$930

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.