All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
XLV real return snapshot: After CPI-U inflation, XLV returned +7.27% over the past year and −8.19% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 22, 1998, XLV is up +327.21% in real purchasing-power return, or +5.44%/yr, and is currently −10.91% below its real total-return high on Jan. 7, 2026.
| Tue 1998-12-22? to Mon 2026-05-18 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLV × |
−8.19%
2026-05-18 |
+7.27%
2026-05-18 |
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| Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Tue 1998-12-22? to Mon 2026-05-18 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLV × |
+327.21%
+5.44%/yr |
+6.98%/yr
(R2=0.855) |
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| Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Tue 1998-12-22? to Mon 2026-05-18 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLV × |
$10,000.00
1998-12-22 |
$42,721.23
2026-05-18 |
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| Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Year | XLV |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −8.19% |
| 2025 | +11.52% |
| 2024 | −0.40% |
| 2023 | −1.24% |
| 2022 | −8.04% |
| 2021 | +17.75% |
| 2020 | +11.77% |
| 2019 | +17.76% |
| 2018 | +4.29% |
| 2017 | +19.25% |
| 2016 | −4.73% |
| 2015 | +6.05% |
| 2014 | +24.20% |
| 2013 | +39.31% |
| 2012 | +15.37% |
| 2011 | +9.16% |
| 2010 | +1.78% |
| 2009 | +16.35% |
| 2008 | −23.38% |
| 2007 | +2.95% |
| 2006 | +4.42% |
| 2005 | +2.89% |
| 2004 | −1.92% |
| 2003 | +12.81% |
| 2002 | −3.04% |
| 2001 | −2.34% |
| 2000 | −14.50% |
| 1999 | +16.38% |
| 1998 | +3.89% |
| Tue 1998-12-22? to Mon 2026-05-18 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLV × |
−10.91%
from 2026-01-07 peak |
−41.69%
2009-03-09 from 2000-01-10 peak |
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| Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Mon 2026-05-18 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLV × | +7.27% |
−3.10% −1.56%/yr |
+6.73% +2.19%/yr |
+3.03% +0.60%/yr |
+77.74% +5.92%/yr |
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| Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||