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

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

Nominal returns can be misleading over long periods. $1,000 in UPS in 2015 became $1,483 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 $1,067, a real annualized return of +0.6%.

Nominal final value

$1,483

+48.3% total return

Real value (2015 dollars)

$1,067

+6.7% real total return

Real annualized return

+0.6%

vs. +3.6% 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 UPS since 2015, values in constant 2015 dollars

Year	Nominal Value	Real Value (2015 $)
2015	$1,000	$1,000
2016	$970	$956
2017	$1,170	$1,128
2018	$1,408	$1,316
2019	$1,203	$1,099
2020	$1,223	$1,100
2021	$1,892	$1,620
2022	$2,522	$1,978
2023	$2,387	$1,803
2024	$1,901	$1,395
2025	$1,604	$1,154
2026	$1,594	$1,147

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.