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XBI · State Street SPDR S&P Biotech ETF

Over the last 15 years (2011-10 to 2026-10), $10,000 invested in XBI with dividends reinvested grew to $78,814, 14.67% a year, with a worst peak-to-trough fall of -56.67%. Past performance doesn't predict future results.

Growth of $10,000 · 2011-10 to 2026-10 · dividends reinvested

CAGR (annualized return)
14.67%
Volatility (annualized)
28.21%
Worst drawdown
-56.67%
Sharpe ratio
0.57

How XBI held up in past market crashes

XBI has been through 4 of the market crashes since 2000 in our data. Its deepest price fall was 45.6% in the 2022 bear market, when the S&P 500 fell 25.4%. It took 3.5 years from the bottom to get back to its high. No fund is safe from losses; past falls do not predict future ones.

Deepest price fall and recovery time of XBI in each market crash, next to the S&P 500
CrashXBI deepest fallS&P 500 (SPY)Peak to bottomBack to peak
2008 financial crisis-37.6%-56.5%Aug 2008 to Mar 20092.1 years
2018 fourth-quarter selloff-32.7%-20.2%Sep 2018 to Dec 201812 months
2020 COVID crash-32.9%-34.1%Feb 2020 to Mar 20202 months
2022 bear market-45.6%-25.4%Jan 2022 to May 20223.5 years

Price declines in the fund's listing currency, dividends not included, inside each crash's S&P 500 peak-to-bottom window. See how 50 popular ETFs compare in the crash study.

About XBI

State Street SPDR S&P Biotech ETF is an exchange-traded fund that provides targeted exposure to U.S. biotechnology companies. It seeks to track the S&P Biotechnology Select Industry Index, using an equal-weighted approach that gives relatively balanced representation across the portfolio rather than concentrating heavily in the largest firms.

Fund description from our market-data provider.

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