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XLP · State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF
Over the last 15 years (2011-10 to 2026-10), $10,000 invested in XLP with dividends reinvested grew to $44,025, 10.33% a year, with a worst peak-to-trough fall of -13.63%. Past performance doesn't predict future results.
Growth of $10,000 · 2011-10 to 2026-10 · dividends reinvested
How XLP held up in past market crashes
XLP has been through 5 of the market crashes since 2000 in our data. Its deepest price fall was 34.2% in the 2008 financial crisis, when the S&P 500 fell 56.5%. It took 21 months from the bottom to get back to its high. No fund is safe from losses; past falls do not predict future ones.
| Crash | XLP deepest fall | S&P 500 (SPY) | Peak to bottom | Back to peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dot-com bust | -34.1% | -49.1% | Dec 2000 to Jul 2002 | 5.3 years |
| 2008 financial crisis | -34.2% | -56.5% | Dec 2007 to Mar 2009 | 21 months |
| 2018 fourth-quarter selloff | -14.2% | -20.2% | Nov 2018 to Dec 2018 | 4 months |
| 2020 COVID crash | -24.8% | -34.1% | Feb 2020 to Mar 2020 | 5 months |
| 2022 bear market | -17.5% | -25.4% | Apr 2022 to Oct 2022 | 22 months |
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 XLP
State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF is an exchange-traded fund that provides targeted exposure to large U.S. consumer staples companies. It seeks to track the performance of the S&P Consumer Staples Select Sector Index by holding a diversified basket of businesses involved in food and staples retailing, beverages, tobacco, household products, and personal care.
Fund description from our market-data provider.
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