All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
XLU real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, XLU returned +11.09% over the past year and +4.67% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 22, 1998, XLU is up +289.80% in real purchasing-power return, or +5.07%/yr, and is currently −5.61% 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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLU × |
+4.67%
2026-07-02 |
+11.09%
2026-07-02 |
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| Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Tue 1998-12-22💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLU × |
+289.80%
+5.07%/yr |
+5.97%/yr
(R2=0.900) |
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| Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Tue 1998-12-22💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLU × |
$10,000.00
1998-12-22 |
$38,980.26
2026-07-02 |
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| Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Year | XLU |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +4.67% |
| 2025 | +13.00% |
| 2024 | +19.86% |
| 2023 | −10.17% |
| 2022 | −4.73% |
| 2021 | +9.97% |
| 2020 | −0.84% |
| 2019 | +23.12% |
| 2018 | +1.99% |
| 2017 | +9.73% |
| 2016 | +13.72% |
| 2015 | −5.62% |
| 2014 | +27.78% |
| 2013 | +11.39% |
| 2012 | −0.68% |
| 2011 | +16.19% |
| 2010 | +3.76% |
| 2009 | +8.75% |
| 2008 | −28.97% |
| 2007 | +13.76% |
| 2006 | +17.92% |
| 2005 | +12.53% |
| 2004 | +19.69% |
| 2003 | +24.13% |
| 2002 | −30.43% |
| 2001 | −14.33% |
| 2000 | +18.46% |
| 1999 | −5.72% |
| 1998 | +1.38% |
| Tue 1998-12-22💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLU × |
−5.61%
from 2026-02-27 peak |
−54.13%
2002-10-09 from 2000-12-13 peak |
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| Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLU × | +11.09% |
+33.01% +15.33%/yr |
+38.86% +11.56%/yr |
+34.30% +6.08%/yr |
+71.50% +5.54%/yr |
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| Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
