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Performance analysis of PY (PRINCIPAL VALUE ETF)

Annual Return

Over the past 3 years, PY has had an average annual return of +13.44%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +22.77% annual.

Over the past 5 years, PY has had an average annual return of +7.44%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +14.05% annual.

Over the past 10 years, PY has had an average annual return of +10.79%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +15.53% annual.

Since Mar 22, 2016, PY has had an average annual return of +10.69%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +15.56% annual.

20262025202420232022202120202019201820172016
+4.65%+7.73%+16.81%+9.11%-5.13%+34.81%+2.72%+26.86%-13.34%+18.86%+14.28%

Monthly Return

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAnnually Total
2026+0.74%+2.15%-4.13%+4.77%+1.76%-0.50%+4.65%
2025+2.20%+0.70%-3.71%-5.26%+3.78%+3.09%+1.64%+4.16%+0.74%-1.14%+0.80%+0.91%+7.73%
2024-0.21%+3.25%+4.88%-5.01%+3.27%+0.61%+5.32%+2.03%+1.98%-1.66%+7.15%-5.15%+16.81%
2023+3.11%-2.56%-1.50%+1.35%-4.78%+7.03%+2.62%-3.03%-4.10%-3.47%+8.73%+6.56%+9.11%
2022-3.09%-0.98%+3.86%-5.70%+4.43%-10.84%+6.98%-1.76%-8.81%+12.12%+5.62%-4.47%-5.13%
2021+2.37%+8.29%+7.61%+3.87%+2.83%-1.72%+0.52%+2.97%-3.08%+3.93%-2.62%+6.03%+34.81%
2020-3.20%-4.71%-27.86%+15.01%+5.29%+1.49%+2.33%+6.40%-4.87%-1.08%+19.90%+2.25%+2.72%
2019+10.30%+4.26%-2.87%+5.89%-9.65%+8.63%+2.99%-6.32%+4.92%+1.69%+4.19%+1.89%+26.86%
2018+6.76%-4.20%-4.06%+0.70%+0.94%+1.08%+1.47%+2.78%-0.76%-9.27%+1.31%-9.63%-13.34%
2017-0.25%+4.77%-2.39%+2.47%-2.82%+3.91%+1.43%-2.62%+5.20%+0.53%+0%+7.80%+18.86%

Drawdown analysis of PY (PRINCIPAL VALUE ETF)

The maximum drawdown for the PY was -45.43%, occurring on Mar 23, 2020. Recovery took 179 trading sessions.

The current PY drawdown is -0.50%.

Since Mar 22, 2016 PY has experienced the following drawdowns:

  • 40% or more: 1 time
  • 30% or more: 1 time
  • 20% or more: 2 times
  • 10% or more: 4 times
DepthStartTo BottomBottomTo RecoverEndTotal
-45.43%Jan 17, 202044Mar 23, 2020179Dec 4, 2020223
-20.72%Jan 26, 2018231Dec 27, 2018216Nov 5, 2019447
-17.83%Nov 29, 202487Apr 8, 202594Aug 22, 2025181
-17.72%Jan 14, 2022178Sep 30, 2022303Dec 14, 2023481
-6.92%May 10, 202148Jul 19, 202129Aug 27, 202177
-6.46%Nov 12, 202112Dec 1, 202117Dec 27, 202129
-6.20%Feb 6, 202629Mar 20, 202628Apr 30, 202657
-6.10%Jul 16, 202414Aug 5, 202414Aug 23, 202428
-5.67%Mar 28, 202423May 1, 202448Jul 11, 202471
-5.34%Sep 2, 202112Sep 21, 202118Oct 15, 202130
-4.60%Mar 1, 201758May 23, 201728Jul 3, 201786
-4.47%Oct 27, 202518Nov 20, 202513Dec 10, 202531
-4.46%Feb 24, 20212Feb 26, 20216Mar 8, 20218
-4.32%Aug 23, 201651Nov 3, 20165Nov 10, 201656
-4.26%Apr 19, 201621May 18, 201612Jun 6, 201633
-4.21%Jan 14, 202110Jan 29, 20214Feb 4, 202114
-3.90%Oct 17, 202411Nov 1, 20243Nov 6, 202414
-3.82%Mar 17, 20215Mar 24, 20217Apr 5, 202112
-3.60%Aug 30, 20244Sep 6, 20249Sep 19, 202413
-3.58%Jul 31, 201715Aug 21, 201715Sep 12, 201730
-3.45%Oct 3, 20255Oct 10, 202511Oct 27, 202516
-3.30%Jun 6, 201619Jul 1, 20169Jul 15, 201628
-3.01%Nov 27, 20193Dec 3, 20198Dec 13, 201911
-2.93%Dec 16, 201621Jan 19, 201716Feb 10, 201737
-2.61%Jan 9, 20266Jan 20, 20269Feb 2, 202615