What if you invested $1,000 in Procter & Gamble in 2015? (Inflation-Adjusted)

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

Nominal returns can be misleading over long periods. $1,000 in Procter & Gamble in 2015 became $2,331 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 $1,677, a real annualized return of +4.7%.

Nominal final value

$2,331

+133.1% total return

Real value (2015 dollars)

$1,677

+67.7% real total return

Real annualized return

+4.7%

vs. +7.8% 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 Procter & Gamble since 2015, values in constant 2015 dollars

Year	Nominal Value	Real Value (2015 $)
2015	$1,000	$1,000
2016	$1,001	$986
2017	$1,109	$1,069
2018	$1,127	$1,054
2019	$1,303	$1,191
2020	$1,731	$1,557
2021	$1,825	$1,562
2022	$2,341	$1,836
2023	$2,129	$1,608
2024	$2,409	$1,768
2025	$2,609	$1,877
2026	$2,448	$1,761

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.