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

Total Real Returns

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

XLE real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, XLE returned +28.60% over the past year and +25.13% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 22, 1998, XLE is up +385.42% in real purchasing-power return, or +5.90%/yr, and is currently −9.59% below its real total-return high on Mar. 27, 2026.

Data ending Tue Jul. 14, 2026

Tue 1998-12-22💬 to Tue 2026-07-14 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
XLE × 		+25.13%
2026-07-14 		+28.60%
2026-07-14
Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund

Returns

Tue 1998-12-22💬 to Tue 2026-07-14 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
XLE × 		+385.42%
+5.90%/yr 		+4.32%/yr
(R2=0.625)
Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000

Tue 1998-12-22💬 to Tue 2026-07-14 Start
Value 		End
Value
XLE × 		$10,000.00
1998-12-22 		$48,541.70
2026-07-14
Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund

Annual Returns

Year XLE
2026 (YTD) +25.13%
2025 +5.07%
2024 +2.60%
2023 −3.82%
2022 +54.28%
2021 +43.20%
2020 −33.58%
2019 +8.19%
2018 −19.75%
2017 −2.94%
2016 +25.43%
2015 −22.07%
2014 −9.36%
2013 +24.38%
2012 +3.42%
2011 −0.13%
2010 +19.98%
2009 +18.54%
2008 −39.01%
2007 +31.50%
2006 +15.19%
2005 +35.53%
2004 +29.71%
2003 +23.49%
2002 −16.66%
2001 −19.38%
2000 +20.32%
1999 +14.87%
1998 +0.35%

Drawdowns

Tue 1998-12-22💬 to Tue 2026-07-14 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
XLE × 		−9.59%
from 2026-03-27 peak 		−73.76%
2020-03-18
from 2014-06-23 peak
Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-07-14 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
XLE × 		+28.60% +25.98%
+12.24%/yr 		+40.58%
+12.02%/yr 		+118.91%
+16.96%/yr 		+76.02%
+5.82%/yr
Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund