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 +22.96% over the past year and +7.14% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 22, 1998, XLV is up +398.58% in real purchasing-power return, or +5.98%/yr, and is currently at its real total-return high.
Data ending Tue Aug. 18, 2026
| Tue 1998-12-22💬 to Tue 2026-08-18 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLV × |
+398.58%
+5.98%/yr |
+6.98%/yr
R2=0.859 |
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| Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Tue 1998-12-22💬 to Tue 2026-08-18 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| XLV × |
$10,000.00
1998-12-22 |
$49,858.07
2026-08-18 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| XLV × | +7.14% | +22.96% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| XLV × |
—
on 2026-08-18 |
−41.69%
on 2009-03-09 from 2000-01-10 peak |
| Period ending Tue 2026-08-18 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLV × | +22.96% |
+8.10% +3.97%/yr |
+22.48% +6.99%/yr |
+11.64% +2.23%/yr |
+94.08% +6.86%/yr |
| Year | XLV |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +7.14% |
| 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% |
