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

Total Real Returns

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

XLV real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, XLV returned +12.59% over the past year and −3.78% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 22, 1998, XLV is up +347.76% in real purchasing-power return, or +5.61%/yr, and is currently −6.63% below its real total-return high on Jan. 7, 2026.

Tue 1998-12-22💬 to Fri 2026-06-05 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
XLV × 		−3.78%
2026-06-05 		+12.59%
2026-06-05
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund

Returns

Tue 1998-12-22💬 to Fri 2026-06-05 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
XLV × 		+347.76%
+5.61%/yr 		+6.98%/yr
(R2=0.856)
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000

Tue 1998-12-22💬 to Fri 2026-06-05 Start
Value 		End
Value
XLV × 		$10,000.00
1998-12-22 		$44,775.65
2026-06-05
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund

Annual Returns

Year XLV
2026 (YTD) −3.78%
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%

Drawdowns

Tue 1998-12-22💬 to Fri 2026-06-05 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
XLV × 		−6.63%
from 2026-01-07 peak 		−41.69%
2009-03-09
from 2000-01-10 peak
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-06-05 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
XLV × 		+12.59% +2.00%
+1.00%/yr 		+11.96%
+3.84%/yr 		+9.52%
+1.83%/yr 		+79.82%
+6.04%/yr
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund