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 +3.17% over the past year and +6.58% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 22, 1998, XLP is up +197.78% in real purchasing-power return, or +4.06%/yr, and is currently ā7.26% below its real total-return high on Feb. 27, 2026.
| Tue 1998-12-22? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLP × |
+6.58%
2026-05-22 |
+3.17%
2026-05-22 |
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| Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Tue 1998-12-22? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLP × |
+197.78%
+4.06%/yr |
+5.97%/yr
(R2=0.886) |
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| Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Tue 1998-12-22? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLP × |
$10,000.00
1998-12-22 |
$29,777.73
2026-05-22 |
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| Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Year | XLP |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +6.58% |
| 2025 | ā1.13% |
| 2024 | +9.06% |
| 2023 | ā4.02% |
| 2022 | ā6.85% |
| 2021 | +9.50% |
| 2020 | +8.63% |
| 2019 | +24.59% |
| 2018 | ā9.79% |
| 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 | ā15.10% |
| 2007 | +8.26% |
| 2006 | +11.68% |
| 2005 | ā0.57% |
| 2004 | +4.25% |
| 2003 | +9.12% |
| 2002 | ā21.95% |
| 2001 | ā11.30% |
| 2000 | +21.43% |
| 1999 | ā16.50% |
| 1998 | +2.49% |
| Tue 1998-12-22? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLP × |
ā7.26%
from 2026-02-27 peak |
ā39.25%
2003-03-10 from 1999-03-16 peak |
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| Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Fri 2026-05-22 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLP × | +3.17% |
+8.06% +3.95%/yr |
+12.06% +3.87%/yr |
+9.56% +1.84%/yr |
+52.68% +4.32%/yr |
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| Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||