SPDR® Health Care Select Sector Fund
XLV NYSE Arca
The Health Care Select Sector SPDR® Fund seeks to provide investment results that, before expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Health Care Select Sector Index.The Fund seeks to provide precise exposure to companies in the pharmaceuticals; health care equipment a...
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- Fund size
- 18.7B as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.13% per year
- Dividend yield
- 1.38% Quarterly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 16.6% Average Risk
- Beta
- 0.44 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 141.68184.87
How XLV has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 30Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, XLV returned +31.9% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +1.8 pts to the price move.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±17% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −10.5% on Apr 29, 2026 — 61 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 27% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.44 means XLV has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average179.41 +3.0%
- 26-day average175.84 +5.1%
- 50-day average172.30 +7.3%
- 200-day average160.04 +15.5%
The price is above 4 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
OverboughtRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
by Sector · Health Care — tracking the Health Care Select Sector Index.
- Assets under management18.7BUSD
- Expense ratio0.13%per year
- Holdings61
- Risk score3.3Low
Launched December 1998. Listed options available. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 14 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 2.55
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Last paid
- Sep 21, 2026
Last 12 months
1.89 USD / shareWhere XLV shows up
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About SPDR® Health Care Select Sector Fund
The Health Care Select Sector SPDR® Fund seeks to provide investment results that, before expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Health Care Select Sector Index.The Fund seeks to provide precise exposure to companies in the pharmaceuticals; health care equipment and supplies; health care providers and services; biotechnology; life sciences tools and services; and health care technology industries
- Featured in 2 curated themes
- 61 holdings
- Ticker
- XLV
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US81369Y2090
- CUSIP
- 81369Y209
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- by Sector
- Industry
- Health Care
- Benchmark
- Health Care Select Sector Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 30, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.