| XLV | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +182.8% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +11.0% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +14.5% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 0.76 |
| Deepest drawdown | -28.4% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2020-01-22 → 2020-03-23 |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 1.49% (as of 2026-09-29) |
Over the 10.0 years to 2026-09-29 the fund returned +182.8% in total (+11.0% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -28.4% from 2020-01-22 to 2020-03-23. Its worst calendar year was 2016 (-3.0%), its best 2021 (+26.0%).
| Year | XLV |
|---|---|
| 2026 | +11.7% |
| 2025 | +14.5% |
| 2024 | +2.5% |
| 2023 | +2.1% |
| 2022 | -2.1% |
| 2021 | +26.0% |
| 2020 | +13.3% |
| 2019 | +20.4% |
| 2018 | +6.3% |
| 2017 | +21.8% |
| 2016 | -3.0% |
+182.8% in total, which works out to +11.0% 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.
2016 — its calendar-year return was -3.0% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2021 (+26.0%).
-28.4%, from a peak on 2020-01-22 to a trough on 2020-03-23. From that trough it took 114 days (about 3.7 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.
Over the last 12 months it distributed 1.49% 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 XLV 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 -28.4% 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.