| XLP | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +103.2% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +7.4% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +13.1% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 0.56 |
| Deepest drawdown | -24.5% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2020-02-14 → 2020-03-23 |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 2.68% (as of 2026-09-29) |
Over the 10.0 years to 2026-09-29 the fund returned +103.2% in total (+7.4% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -24.5% from 2020-02-14 to 2020-03-23. Its worst calendar year was 2018 (-8.1%), its best 2019 (+27.4%).
| Year | XLP |
|---|---|
| 2026 | +7.4% |
| 2025 | +1.5% |
| 2024 | +12.2% |
| 2023 | -0.8% |
| 2022 | -0.8% |
| 2021 | +17.2% |
| 2020 | +10.1% |
| 2019 | +27.4% |
| 2018 | -8.1% |
| 2017 | +13.0% |
| 2016 | -1.1% |
+103.2% in total, which works out to +7.4% a year over the 10 years to 2026-09-29. Both figures assume dividends were reinvested and the fund's own fees were already deducted, so they are what an investor would have kept — before tax.
2018 — its calendar-year return was -8.1% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2019 (+27.4%).
-24.5%, from a peak on 2020-02-14 to a trough on 2020-03-23. From that trough it took 142 days (about 4.7 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.
Over the last 12 months it distributed 2.68% of its share price (as of 2026-09-29). That is a past distribution, not a promise of future income, and it is already counted in every return figure on this page.
It does not say XLP is a good or bad fund, and it is not a forecast. Returns above are history: they already include dividends and already exclude the fund's own fees. A drawdown of -24.5% means an investor who bought at the peak would have watched that much value disappear before it recovered — how long that takes is the part most tables leave out.