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

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

Nominal returns can be misleading over long periods. $1,000 in Walmart in 2015 became $5,397 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 $3,883, a real annualized return of +12.9%.

Nominal final value

$5,397

+439.7% total return

Real value (2015 dollars)

$3,883

+288.3% real total return

Real annualized return

+12.9%

vs. +16.2% 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 Walmart since 2015, values in constant 2015 dollars

Year	Nominal Value	Real Value (2015 $)
2015	$1,000	$1,000
2016	$803	$791
2017	$831	$801
2018	$1,361	$1,273
2019	$1,253	$1,144
2020	$1,527	$1,373
2021	$1,905	$1,631
2022	$1,926	$1,510
2023	$2,013	$1,520
2024	$2,347	$1,722
2025	$4,233	$3,045
2026	$5,187	$3,731

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.