All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
XLB real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, XLB returned +10.34% over the past year and +8.83% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 22, 1998, XLB is up +367.06% in real purchasing-power return, or +5.75%/yr, and is currently −7.44% below its real total-return high on Feb. 11, 2026.
Data ending Fri Jul. 17, 2026
| Tue 1998-12-22💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLB × |
+8.83%
2026-07-17 |
+10.34%
2026-07-17 |
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| Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Tue 1998-12-22💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLB × |
+367.06%
+5.75%/yr |
+5.99%/yr
(R2=0.924) |
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| Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Tue 1998-12-22💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLB × |
$10,000.00
1998-12-22 |
$46,705.83
2026-07-17 |
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| Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Year | XLB |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +8.83% |
| 2025 | +7.08% |
| 2024 | −2.65% |
| 2023 | +8.82% |
| 2022 | −17.63% |
| 2021 | +19.06% |
| 2020 | +18.84% |
| 2019 | +21.36% |
| 2018 | −16.47% |
| 2017 | +21.45% |
| 2016 | +14.43% |
| 2015 | −9.36% |
| 2014 | +6.38% |
| 2013 | +24.12% |
| 2012 | +12.74% |
| 2011 | −13.49% |
| 2010 | +18.78% |
| 2009 | +44.23% |
| 2008 | −44.10% |
| 2007 | +17.39% |
| 2006 | +16.10% |
| 2005 | +0.63% |
| 2004 | +9.91% |
| 2003 | +34.87% |
| 2002 | −7.53% |
| 2001 | +0.59% |
| 2000 | −14.09% |
| 1999 | +20.54% |
| 1998 | +5.27% |
| Tue 1998-12-22💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLB × |
−7.44%
from 2026-02-11 peak |
−59.11%
2009-03-02 from 2008-05-20 peak |
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| Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Fri 2026-07-17 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLB × | +10.34% |
+7.39% +3.63%/yr |
+17.30% +5.46%/yr |
+12.05% +2.30%/yr |
+82.14% +6.18%/yr |
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| Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||