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

Total Real Returns

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

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 āˆ’7.26% below its real total-return high on Feb. 27, 2026.

Tue 1998-12-22? to Fri 2026-05-22 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
XLP
×
+6.58%
2026-05-22
+3.17%
2026-05-22
Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund

Returns

Tue 1998-12-22? to Fri 2026-05-22 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
XLP
×
+197.78%
+4.06%/yr
+5.97%/yr
(R2=0.886)
Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000

Tue 1998-12-22? to Fri 2026-05-22 Start
Value
End
Value
XLP
×
$10,000.00
1998-12-22
$29,777.73
2026-05-22
Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund

Annual Returns

Year XLP
2026 (YTD) +6.58%
2025 āˆ’1.13%
2024 +9.06%
2023 āˆ’4.02%
2022 āˆ’6.85%
2021 +9.50%
2020 +8.63%
2019 +24.59%
2018 āˆ’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 āˆ’15.10%
2007 +8.26%
2006 +11.68%
2005 āˆ’0.57%
2004 +4.25%
2003 +9.12%
2002 āˆ’21.95%
2001 āˆ’11.30%
2000 +21.43%
1999 āˆ’16.50%
1998 +2.49%

Drawdowns

Tue 1998-12-22? to Fri 2026-05-22 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
XLP
×
āˆ’7.26%
from 2026-02-27 peak
āˆ’39.25%
2003-03-10
from 1999-03-16 peak
Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund

Rolling Returns

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
Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund