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

WFC · Financial · Adjusted to 2026 dollars using BLS CPI-U data

Nominal returns can be misleading over long periods. $1,000 in Wells Fargo in 2015 became $2,095 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 $1,507, a real annualized return of +3.7%.

Nominal final value

$2,095

+109.5% total return

Real value (2015 dollars)

$1,507

+50.7% real total return

Real annualized return

+3.7%

vs. +6.8% 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 Wells Fargo since 2015, values in constant 2015 dollars

Year	Nominal Value	Real Value (2015 $)
2015	$1,000	$1,000
2016	$994	$979
2017	$1,150	$1,109
2018	$1,381	$1,292
2019	$1,057	$966
2020	$1,055	$949
2021	$699	$598
2022	$1,275	$1,000
2023	$1,137	$859
2024	$1,255	$921
2025	$2,023	$1,456
2026	$2,374	$1,708

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.