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

Total Real Returns

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

XRT real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, XRT returned +0.78% over the past year and −0.53% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jun. 22, 2006, XRT is up +269.94% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.71%/yr, and is currently −25.16% below its real total-return high on Nov. 16, 2021.

Data ending Tue Aug. 18, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Thu 2006-06-22💬 to Tue 2026-08-18 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
XRT
×
+269.94%
+6.71%/yr
+8.23%/yr
R2=0.798
SPDR S&P Retail ETF Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Thu 2006-06-22💬 to Tue 2026-08-18 Start
Value
End
Value
XRT
×
$10,000.00
2006-06-22
$36,994.35
2026-08-18

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-18

  YTD YoY
XRT
×
−0.53% +0.78%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
XRT
×
−25.16%
on 2026-08-18
from 2021-11-16 peak
−66.75%
on 2008-11-20
from 2007-06-01 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-08-18 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
XRT
×
+0.78% +8.70%
+4.26%/yr
+27.70%
+8.49%/yr
−16.82%
−3.62%/yr
+59.14%
+4.76%/yr

Annual Returns

Year XRT
2026 (YTD) −0.53%
2025 +5.26%
2024 +8.64%
2023 +17.60%
2022 −35.79%
2021 +33.22%
2020 +40.01%
2019 +11.57%
2018 −9.76%
2017 +2.06%
2016 +1.21%
2015 −9.53%
2014 +9.03%
2013 +40.08%
2012 +18.63%
2011 +6.58%
2010 +35.32%
2009 +72.74%
2008 −38.07%
2007 −20.29%
2006 +10.17%