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

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

Nominal returns can be misleading over long periods. $1,000 in General Motors in 2015 became $2,956 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 $2,127, a real annualized return of +7.0%.

Nominal final value

$2,956

+195.6% total return

Real value (2015 dollars)

$2,127

+112.7% real total return

Real annualized return

+7.0%

vs. +10.1% 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 Motors since 2015, values in constant 2015 dollars

Year	Nominal Value	Real Value (2015 $)
2015	$1,000	$1,000
2016	$947	$933
2017	$1,227	$1,183
2018	$1,480	$1,384
2019	$1,417	$1,295
2020	$1,264	$1,136
2021	$1,942	$1,662
2022	$2,020	$1,584
2023	$1,513	$1,143
2024	$1,509	$1,107
2025	$1,944	$1,398
2026	$3,335	$2,400

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.