| XLU | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +120.5% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +8.2% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +15.3% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 0.54 |
| Deepest drawdown | -36.0% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2020-02-18 → 2020-03-23 |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 3.05% (as of 2026-09-29) |
Over the 10.0 years to 2026-09-29 the fund returned +120.5% in total (+8.2% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -36.0% from 2020-02-18 to 2020-03-23. Its worst calendar year was 2023 (-7.2%), its best 2019 (+25.9%).
| Year | XLU |
|---|---|
| 2026 | -5.0% |
| 2025 | +16.0% |
| 2024 | +23.3% |
| 2023 | -7.2% |
| 2022 | +1.4% |
| 2021 | +17.7% |
| 2020 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | +25.9% |
| 2018 | +3.9% |
| 2017 | +12.0% |
| 2016 | -0.6% |
+120.5% in total, which works out to +8.2% 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.
2023 — its calendar-year return was -7.2% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2019 (+25.9%).
-36.0%, from a peak on 2020-02-18 to a trough on 2020-03-23. From that trough it took 500 days (about 16.4 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.
Over the last 12 months it distributed 3.05% 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 XLU 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 -36.0% 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.