All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
XLP real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, XLP returned +1.91% over the past year and +6.76% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 22, 1998, XLP is up +198.28% in real purchasing-power return, or +4.05%/yr, and is currently −7.10% below its real total-return high on Feb. 27, 2026.
Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026
| Tue 1998-12-22💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLP × |
+6.76%
2026-07-02 |
+1.91%
2026-07-02 |
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| Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Tue 1998-12-22💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLP × |
+198.28%
+4.05%/yr |
+5.96%/yr
(R2=0.887) |
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| Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Tue 1998-12-22💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLP × |
$10,000.00
1998-12-22 |
$29,828.05
2026-07-02 |
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| Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Year | XLP |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +6.76% |
| 2025 | −1.13% |
| 2024 | +9.06% |
| 2023 | −4.02% |
| 2022 | −6.85% |
| 2021 | +9.50% |
| 2020 | +8.63% |
| 2019 | +24.59% |
| 2018 | −9.79% |
| 2017 | +10.64% |
| 2016 | +2.85% |
| 2015 | +6.10% |
| 2014 | +14.85% |
| 2013 | +24.44% |
| 2012 | +8.84% |
| 2011 | +10.80% |
| 2010 | +12.10% |
| 2009 | +11.25% |
| 2008 | −15.10% |
| 2007 | +8.25% |
| 2006 | +11.68% |
| 2005 | −0.57% |
| 2004 | +4.25% |
| 2003 | +9.12% |
| 2002 | −21.95% |
| 2001 | −11.30% |
| 2000 | +21.42% |
| 1999 | −16.50% |
| 1998 | +2.49% |
| Tue 1998-12-22💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLP × |
−7.10%
from 2026-02-27 peak |
−39.25%
2003-03-10 from 1999-03-16 peak |
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| Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLP × | +1.91% |
+9.28% +4.54%/yr |
+12.80% +4.10%/yr |
+12.09% +2.31%/yr |
+45.14% +3.80%/yr |
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| Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||