All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

XLB: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

XLB real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, XLB returned +10.31% over the past year and +5.49% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 22, 1998, XLB is up +352.71% in real purchasing-power return, or +5.66%/yr, and is currently āˆ’10.29% below its real total-return high on Feb. 11, 2026.

Tue 1998-12-22? to Tue 2026-05-19 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
XLB × 		+5.49%
2026-05-19 		+10.31%
2026-05-19
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Returns

Tue 1998-12-22? to Tue 2026-05-19 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
XLB × 		+352.71%
+5.66%/yr 		+5.99%/yr
(R2=0.923)
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Growth of $10,000

Tue 1998-12-22? to Tue 2026-05-19 Start
Value 		End
Value
XLB × 		$10,000.00
1998-12-22 		$45,271.22
2026-05-19
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Annual Returns

Year XLB
2026 (YTD) +5.49%
2025 +7.08%
2024 āˆ’2.65%
2023 +8.82%
2022 āˆ’17.63%
2021 +19.06%
2020 +18.84%
2019 +21.36%
2018 āˆ’16.47%
2017 +21.45%
2016 +14.43%
2015 āˆ’9.36%
2014 +6.38%
2013 +24.12%
2012 +12.74%
2011 āˆ’13.49%
2010 +18.78%
2009 +44.23%
2008 āˆ’44.10%
2007 +17.39%
2006 +16.10%
2005 +0.63%
2004 +9.91%
2003 +34.87%
2002 āˆ’7.53%
2001 +0.58%
2000 āˆ’14.09%
1999 +20.54%
1998 +5.27%

Drawdowns

Tue 1998-12-22? to Tue 2026-05-19 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
XLB × 		āˆ’10.29%
from 2026-02-11 peak 		āˆ’59.11%
2009-03-02
from 2008-05-20 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-05-19 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
XLB × 		+10.31% +4.05%
+2.00%/yr 		+20.47%
+6.40%/yr 		+0.92%
+0.18%/yr 		+87.59%
+6.49%/yr
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