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XLV · State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF
Over the last 15 years (2011-10 to 2026-10), $10,000 invested in XLV with dividends reinvested grew to $72,255, 14.01% a year, with a worst peak-to-trough fall of -15.62%. Past performance doesn't predict future results.
Growth of $10,000 · 2011-10 to 2026-10 · dividends reinvested
How XLV held up in past market crashes
XLV has been through 5 of the market crashes since 2000 in our data. Its deepest price fall was 40.6% in the 2008 financial crisis, when the S&P 500 fell 56.5%. It took 3.0 years from the bottom to get back to its high. No fund is safe from losses; past falls do not predict future ones.
| Crash | XLV deepest fall | S&P 500 (SPY) | Peak to bottom | Back to peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dot-com bust | -29.8% | -49.1% | Mar 2000 to Sep 2001 | 2.3 years |
| 2008 financial crisis | -40.6% | -56.5% | Dec 2007 to Mar 2009 | 3.0 years |
| 2018 fourth-quarter selloff | -15.8% | -20.2% | Nov 2018 to Dec 2018 | 11 months |
| 2020 COVID crash | -28.3% | -34.1% | Feb 2020 to Mar 2020 | 4 months |
| 2022 bear market | -16.1% | -25.4% | Apr 2022 to Jun 2022 | 20 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 XLV
State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF is a sector-focused exchange-traded fund that provides broad exposure to U.S. health care companies. The fund is designed to track the Health Care Select Sector Index, giving investors access to a diversified mix of large-cap businesses across pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, health care equipment and supplies, health care providers and services, life sciences tools and services, and health care technology.
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