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

Total Real Returns

XLV: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

XLV total return snapshot: XLV returned +30.25% over the past year and +20.90% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 22, 1998, XLV is up +1,012.17% in nominal total return, or +9.03%/yr, and is currently at its total-return high.

Data ending Fri Oct. 30, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Tue 1998-12-22💬 to Fri 2026-10-30 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
XLV
×
+1,012.17%
+9.03%/yr
+9.52%/yr
R2=0.924
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Tue 1998-12-22💬 to Fri 2026-10-30 Start
Value
End
Value
XLV
×
$10,000.00
1998-12-22
$111,216.72
2026-10-30

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-30

  YTD YoY
XLV
×
+20.90% +30.25%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
XLV
×
—
on 2026-10-30
−39.17%
on 2009-03-09
from 2007-12-10 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-10-30 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
XLV
×
+30.25% +29.16%
+13.65%/yr
+56.94%
+16.21%/yr
+49.84%
+8.42%/yr
+222.41%
+12.42%/yr

Annual Returns

Year XLV
2026 (YTD) +20.90%
2025 +14.50%
2024 +2.47%
2023 +2.07%
2022 −2.09%
2021 +26.04%
2020 +13.30%
2019 +20.45%
2018 +6.28%
2017 +21.77%
2016 −2.76%
2015 +6.83%
2014 +25.14%
2013 +41.41%
2012 +17.37%
2011 +12.40%
2010 +3.30%
2009 +19.52%
2008 −23.31%
2007 +7.16%
2006 +7.05%
2005 +6.42%
2004 +1.27%
2003 +14.93%
2002 −0.74%
2001 −0.83%
2000 −11.60%
1999 +19.51%
1998 +3.87%