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 +7.42% over the past year and −7.20% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 22, 1998, XLV is up +331.86% in real purchasing-power return, or +5.48%/yr, and is currently −9.95% below its real total-return high on Jan. 7, 2026.

Tue 1998-12-22? to Tue 2026-05-19 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
XLV
×
−7.20%
2026-05-19
+7.42%
2026-05-19
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund

Returns

Tue 1998-12-22? to Tue 2026-05-19 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
XLV
×
+331.86%
+5.48%/yr
+6.98%/yr
(R2=0.855)
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000

Tue 1998-12-22? to Tue 2026-05-19 Start
Value
End
Value
XLV
×
$10,000.00
1998-12-22
$43,185.88
2026-05-19
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund

Annual Returns

Year XLV
2026 (YTD) −7.20%
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 Tue 2026-05-19 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
XLV
×
−9.95%
from 2026-01-07 peak
−41.69%
2009-03-09
from 2000-01-10 peak
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-05-19 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
XLV
×
+7.42% −2.05%
−1.03%/yr
+7.40%
+2.41%/yr
+4.36%
+0.86%/yr
+81.23%
+6.13%/yr
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund