All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)

Total Real Returns

XLP: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

XLP total return snapshot: XLP returned +8.05% over the past year and +12.23% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 22, 1998, XLP is up +519.85% in nominal total return, or +6.82%/yr, and is currently −3.14% below its total-return high on Feb. 27, 2026.

Data ending Fri Aug. 14, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Tue 1998-12-22💬 to Fri 2026-08-14 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
XLP
×
+519.85%
+6.82%/yr
+8.45%/yr
R2=0.946
Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Tue 1998-12-22💬 to Fri 2026-08-14 Start
Value
End
Value
XLP
×
$10,000.00
1998-12-22
$61,985.20
2026-08-14

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-14

  YTD YoY
XLP
×
+12.23% +8.05%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
XLP
×
−3.14%
on 2026-08-14
from 2026-02-27 peak
−35.89%
on 2003-03-10
from 2000-12-28 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-08-14 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
XLP
×
+8.05% +14.16%
+6.85%/yr
+25.50%
+7.86%/yr
+35.50%
+6.26%/yr
+104.40%
+7.41%/yr

Annual Returns

Year XLP
2026 (YTD) +12.23%
2025 +1.52%
2024 +12.20%
2023 −0.81%
2022 −0.82%
2021 +17.21%
2020 +10.11%
2019 +27.43%
2018 −8.07%
2017 +12.98%
2016 +4.98%
2015 +6.87%
2014 +15.72%
2013 +26.31%
2012 +10.73%
2011 +14.09%
2010 +13.78%
2009 +14.28%
2008 −15.02%
2007 +12.69%
2006 +14.49%
2005 +2.84%
2004 +7.65%
2003 +11.17%
2002 −20.09%
2001 −9.93%
2000 +25.54%
1999 −14.26%
1998 +2.48%