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 +15.97% over the past year and −3.67% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 22, 1998, XLV is up +786.13% in nominal total return, or +8.28%/yr, and is currently −6.92% below its total-return high on Feb. 27, 2026.

Tue 1998-12-22? to Tue 2026-05-26 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
XLV × 		−3.67%
2026-05-26 		+15.97%
2026-05-26
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund

Returns

Tue 1998-12-22? to Tue 2026-05-26 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
XLV × 		+786.13%
+8.28%/yr 		+9.48%/yr
(R2=0.920)
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000

Tue 1998-12-22? to Tue 2026-05-26 Start
Value 		End
Value
XLV × 		$10,000.00
1998-12-22 		$88,612.96
2026-05-26
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund

Annual Returns

Year XLV
2026 (YTD) −3.67%
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%

Drawdowns

Tue 1998-12-22? to Tue 2026-05-26 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
XLV × 		−6.92%
from 2026-02-27 peak 		−39.17%
2009-03-09
from 2007-12-10 peak
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-05-26 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
XLV × 		+15.97% +6.36%
+3.12%/yr 		+22.42%
+6.97%/yr 		+30.44%
+5.46%/yr 		+147.66%
+9.49%/yr
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund