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 +9.64% over the past year and −4.26% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 22, 1998, XLV is up +345.51% in real purchasing-power return, or +5.59%/yr, and is currently −7.10% below its real total-return high on Jan. 7, 2026.

Data ending Mon Jun. 15, 2026

Tue 1998-12-22💬 to Mon 2026-06-15 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
XLV × 		−4.26%
2026-06-15 		+9.64%
2026-06-15
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund

Returns

Tue 1998-12-22💬 to Mon 2026-06-15 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
XLV × 		+345.51%
+5.59%/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 Mon 2026-06-15 Start
Value 		End
Value
XLV × 		$10,000.00
1998-12-22 		$44,550.97
2026-06-15
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund

Annual Returns

Year XLV
2026 (YTD) −4.26%
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 Mon 2026-06-15 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
XLV × 		−7.10%
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 Mon 2026-06-15 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
XLV × 		+9.64% +1.44%
+0.72%/yr 		+10.31%
+3.33%/yr 		+7.05%
+1.37%/yr 		+82.84%
+6.22%/yr
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund