Last Update: 31 Aug 2021
In the last 10 years, the Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLU) ETF obtained a 11.15% compound annual return, with a 13.36% standard deviation.
In the last 20 years, a 8.05% compound annual return, with a 14.36% standard deviation.
In 2020, the portfolio granted a 3.09% dividend yield. If you are interested in getting periodic income, please refer to the Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLU): Dividend Yield page.
The ETF is related to the following investment themes:
- Asset Class: Equity
- Size: Large Cap
- Style: Blend
- Region: North America
- Country: U.S.
- Sector: Utilities
- Industry: Broad Utilities
Capital Growth and Historical Returns
Capital growth, returns, stats are calculated assuming a reinvestment of dividends.
If you are interested in getting periodic income, please refer to the Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLU): Dividend Yield page.
| Period | Returns Aug 2021 |
Standard Deviation * |
Max Drawdown |
Months Pos - Neg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1M
|
+3.90%
|
0.00%
|
1 - 0 | |
|
3M
|
+5.99%
|
-2.22%
Jun 2021 - Jun 2021
|
2 - 1 | |
|
6M
|
+19.23%
|
-4.51%
May 2021 - Jun 2021
|
4 - 2 | |
|
YTD
|
+10.98%
|
-6.93%
Jan 2021 - Feb 2021
|
4 - 4 | |
|
1Y
|
+19.47%
|
14.45%
|
-6.93%
Jan 2021 - Feb 2021
|
8 - 4 |
|
3Y
|
+12.27%
annualized
|
15.26%
|
-18.83%
Feb 2020 - Mar 2020
|
22 - 14 |
|
5Y
|
+10.45%
annualized
|
13.70%
|
-18.83%
Feb 2020 - Mar 2020
|
38 - 22 |
|
10Y
|
+11.15%
annualized
|
13.36%
|
-18.83%
Feb 2020 - Mar 2020
|
79 - 41 |
|
MAX
01 Jan 1999
|
+7.37%
annualized
|
14.83%
|
-43.50%
Nov 2000 - Feb 2003
|
172 - 100 |
* Annualized St.Dev. of monthly returns
Drawdowns
Rolling Returns ( more details)
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLU) ETF: annualized rolling and average returns
| Return (*) | Negative Periods |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling Period | Average | Best | Worst | |
| 1 Year |
+8.61% |
+42.26% Mar 2003 - Feb 2004 |
-33.74% Oct 2001 - Sep 2002 |
21.46% |
| 2 Years |
+8.15% |
+32.79% Mar 2003 - Feb 2005 |
-24.15% Nov 2000 - Oct 2002 |
20.08% |
| 3 Years |
+7.84% |
+26.85% Mar 2003 - Feb 2006 |
-12.24% Nov 1999 - Oct 2002 |
25.74% |
| 5 Years |
+8.39% |
+22.44% Nov 2002 - Oct 2007 |
-1.71% Jan 1999 - Dec 2003 |
2.82% |
| 7 Years |
+8.41% |
+14.33% Apr 2009 - Mar 2016 |
+2.11% Apr 2002 - Mar 2009 |
0.00% |
| 10 Years |
+7.90% |
+12.88% Feb 2010 - Jan 2020 |
+2.14% Mar 1999 - Feb 2009 |
0.00% |
| 15 Years |
+8.33% |
+11.63% Nov 2002 - Oct 2017 |
+5.26% Jan 1999 - Dec 2013 |
0.00% |
| 20 Years |
+7.43% |
+8.64% Mar 2000 - Feb 2020 |
+6.57% Jan 1999 - Dec 2018 |
0.00% |
* Annualized rolling and average returns over full calendar month periods
If you need a deeper detail about rolling returns, please refer to the Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLU) ETF: Rolling Returns page.
Seasonality and Yearly/Monthly Returns
In the table below, for the Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLU) ETF, the average monthly return is represented.
Below each return, it's also mentioned the probability of obtaining a positive monthly result (Win %).
Both the Average Return and the Gain Frequency are useful to get an idea of what happened in the past.
| Monthly Average Return (%) and Gain Frequency | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return (%) | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| Average Win % |
-0.08 48% |
-1.43 52% |
1.97 74% |
2.70 83% |
0.64 61% |
0.30 52% |
0.41 61% |
0.51 65% |
0.64 68% |
1.08 73% |
0.26 55% |
1.28 68% |
| Best Year |
6.8 2020 |
5.3 2007 |
10.9 2000 |
9.7 1999 |
10.1 2003 |
7.6 2016 |
7.8 2020 |
5.1 2019 |
13.2 2000 |
8.0 2014 |
4.8 2009 |
6.6 2003 |
| Worst Year |
-7.4 2008 |
-12.5 2009 |
-10.0 2020 |
-6.1 2002 |
-9.1 2013 |
-6.7 2002 |
-14.7 2002 |
-5.5 2016 |
-12.1 2002 |
-13.0 2008 |
-5.4 2016 |
-6.1 2017 |
For further information about the seasonality, check the Asset Class Seasonality page.
Investing in Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLU) ETF: detail of monthly returns
| Months | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Return | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2021 |
+10.98% | -0.9 | -6.1 | 10.6 | 4.2 | -2.3 | -2.2 | 4.3 | 3.9 | ||||
| 2020 |
+0.57% | 6.8 | -9.9 | -10.0 | 3.3 | 4.2 | -4.7 | 7.8 | -2.6 | 1.1 | 5.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| 2019 |
+25.91% | 3.5 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 0.9 | -0.8 | 3.2 | -0.1 | 5.1 | 4.3 | -0.8 | -1.9 | 3.3 |
| 2018 |
+3.92% | -3.1 | -3.9 | 3.8 | 2.0 | -1.1 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 | -0.7 | 2.0 | 3.5 | -4.0 |
| 2017 |
+12.03% | 1.3 | 5.3 | -0.1 | 0.8 | 4.1 | -2.7 | 2.4 | 3.3 | -2.8 | 3.9 | 2.7 | -6.1 |
| 2016 |
+16.06% | 4.9 | 1.9 | 8.0 | -2.4 | 1.5 | 7.6 | -0.7 | -5.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 | -5.4 | 4.9 |
| 2015 |
-4.91% | 2.3 | -6.4 | -1.0 | -0.5 | 0.6 | -6.0 | 6.1 | -3.5 | 2.9 | 1.1 | -2.1 | 2.1 |
| 2014 |
+28.73% | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | -1.1 | 4.5 | -6.8 | 4.9 | -1.9 | 8.0 | 1.2 | 3.6 |
| 2013 |
+13.05% | 4.8 | 2.3 | 5.4 | 6.0 | -9.1 | 0.9 | 4.3 | -5.0 | 1.2 | 3.8 | -1.9 | 0.9 |
| 2012 |
+1.04% | -3.6 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 4.1 | 2.5 | -4.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | -4.3 | 0.0 |
| 2011 |
+19.62% | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 4.1 | 2.1 | -0.2 | -0.9 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 3.3 |
| 2010 |
+5.30% | -4.8 | -1.3 | 2.7 | 2.6 | -5.5 | -0.7 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 1.1 | -3.0 | 3.1 |
| 2009 |
+11.71% | -0.2 | -12.5 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 1.4 | -3.2 | 4.8 | 5.5 |
| 2008 |
-28.93% | -7.4 | -4.1 | 1.6 | 5.1 | 3.6 | -0.7 | -6.4 | -1.1 | -11.0 | -13.0 | 4.2 | -2.4 |
| 2007 |
+18.41% | -0.4 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 0.5 | -4.8 | -4.0 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 6.7 | 0.7 | -0.2 |
| 2006 |
+20.90% | 2.4 | 1.3 | -4.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 4.8 | 2.8 | -1.5 | 5.3 | 2.7 | 0.9 |
| 2005 |
+16.37% | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 3.1 | -0.1 | 5.9 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 4.2 | -6.4 | -0.2 | 0.9 |
| 2004 |
+23.58% | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.1 | -4.3 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 4.1 | 0.6 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 2.5 |
| 2003 |
+26.44% | -2.4 | -5.4 | 5.1 | 8.6 | 10.1 | 1.4 | -6.7 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 6.6 |
| 2002 |
-28.77% | -3.6 | -0.2 | 5.3 | -6.1 | -0.8 | -6.7 | -14.7 | 4.0 | -12.1 | -2.3 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| 2001 |
-12.98% | -5.6 | 2.1 | -1.4 | 4.8 | 0.7 | -5.0 | -0.9 | -3.6 | -0.9 | -5.3 | -1.3 | 3.2 |
| 2000 |
+22.48% | -1.8 | -12.2 | 10.9 | 6.6 | -0.2 | -3.4 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 13.2 | 5.8 | -0.1 | -1.4 |
| 1999 |
-4.42% | -2.5 | -2.8 | -6.3 | 9.7 | 1.2 | 4.1 | 0.3 | -4.8 | 2.5 | 0.5 | -3.3 | -2.2 |