Performance analysis of XLC (THE COMMUNICATION SERVICES SELECT SECTOR SPDR FUND)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, XLC has had an average annual return of +22.98%, outperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +22.77% annual.
Over the past 5 years, XLC has had an average annual return of +8.88%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +14% annual.
Since Jun 19, 2018, XLC has had an average annual return of +11.93%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +15.31% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -3.22% | +23.07% | +34.70% | +52.82% | -37.63% | +15.96% | +26.90% | +31.05% | -16.87% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +2.01% | -1.69% | -5.79% | +5.09% | -0.70% | -1.83% | -3.22% | ||||||
| 2025 | +5.76% | -0.37% | -5.16% | -1.05% | +6.25% | +7.29% | -1.03% | +3.71% | +6.64% | -3.01% | +0.50% | +2.35% | +23.07% |
| 2024 | +4.44% | +4.59% | +3.17% | -4.66% | +6.94% | +3.16% | +0.15% | +1.79% | +3.84% | +1.82% | +6.91% | -1.36% | +34.70% |
| 2023 | +14.78% | -2.87% | +8.65% | +3.33% | +3.91% | +4.73% | +5.71% | -1.54% | -2.95% | -1.29% | +7.80% | +4.39% | +52.82% |
| 2022 | -4.80% | -7.44% | +0.74% | -14.13% | +1.90% | -9.60% | +3.87% | -3.53% | -11.75% | +0.66% | +6.85% | -6.60% | -37.63% |
| 2021 | -0.89% | +7.01% | +2.63% | +6.45% | +0.95% | +2.94% | +1.77% | +3.91% | -6.27% | +0.24% | -6.14% | +3.28% | +15.96% |
| 2020 | +0.52% | -5.84% | -12.60% | +13.65% | +7.44% | +0.24% | +7.57% | +8.82% | -5.90% | -0.34% | +10.47% | +3.35% | +26.90% |
| 2019 | +11.75% | -0.46% | +2.03% | +7.06% | -5.95% | +4.77% | +3.17% | -2.46% | +0.21% | +2.22% | +3.84% | +2.25% | +31.05% |
| 2018 | -0.86% | -2.16% | +1.48% | -0.10% | -6.04% | -2.23% | -7.98% | -16.87% |
Drawdown analysis of XLC (THE COMMUNICATION SERVICES SELECT SECTOR SPDR FUND)
The maximum drawdown for the XLC was -46.65%, occurring on Nov 3, 2022. Recovery took 396 trading sessions.
The current XLC drawdown is -5.12%.
Since Jun 19, 2018 XLC has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 40% or more: 1 time
- 30% or more: 2 times
- 20% or more: 3 times
- 10% or more: 6 times
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -46.65% | Sep 1, 2021 | 296 | Nov 3, 2022 | 396 | Jun 4, 2024 | 692 |
| -30.15% | Feb 19, 2020 | 22 | Mar 20, 2020 | 77 | Jul 10, 2020 | 99 |
| -24.32% | Jul 25, 2018 | 105 | Dec 24, 2018 | 147 | Jul 26, 2019 | 252 |
| -17.97% | Feb 14, 2025 | 36 | Apr 8, 2025 | 52 | Jun 24, 2025 | 88 |
| -11.33% | Sep 2, 2020 | 14 | Sep 23, 2020 | 44 | Nov 24, 2020 | 58 |
| -10.58% | Jan 30, 2026 | 39 | Mar 27, 2026 | Ongoing | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| -7.58% | Sep 19, 2025 | 44 | Nov 20, 2025 | 46 | Jan 29, 2026 | 90 |
| -7.39% | Jul 26, 2019 | 20 | Aug 23, 2019 | 59 | Nov 15, 2019 | 79 |
| -6.41% | Jul 10, 2024 | 11 | Jul 25, 2024 | 39 | Sep 19, 2024 | 50 |
| -6.25% | Dec 12, 2024 | 20 | Jan 14, 2025 | 11 | Jan 30, 2025 | 31 |
| -5.14% | Apr 29, 2021 | 9 | May 12, 2021 | 16 | Jun 4, 2021 | 25 |
| -4.89% | Jan 17, 2020 | 9 | Jan 31, 2020 | 8 | Feb 12, 2020 | 17 |
| -4.77% | Mar 22, 2021 | 4 | Mar 26, 2021 | 5 | Apr 5, 2021 | 9 |
| -4.70% | Jan 26, 2021 | 3 | Jan 29, 2021 | 4 | Feb 4, 2021 | 7 |
| -3.57% | Jan 8, 2021 | 4 | Jan 14, 2021 | 3 | Jan 20, 2021 | 7 |
| -3.15% | Jul 12, 2021 | 5 | Jul 19, 2021 | 4 | Jul 23, 2021 | 9 |
| -3.09% | Feb 17, 2021 | 6 | Feb 25, 2021 | 10 | Mar 11, 2021 | 16 |
| -2.92% | Jun 20, 2018 | 5 | Jun 27, 2018 | 6 | Jul 6, 2018 | 11 |
| -2.50% | Jul 20, 2020 | 6 | Jul 28, 2020 | 3 | Jul 31, 2020 | 9 |
| -2.49% | Jul 26, 2021 | 6 | Aug 3, 2021 | 15 | Aug 24, 2021 | 21 |
| -2.34% | Jun 30, 2025 | 10 | Jul 15, 2025 | 7 | Jul 24, 2025 | 17 |
| -2.31% | Jul 24, 2025 | 3 | Jul 29, 2025 | 10 | Aug 12, 2025 | 13 |
| -2.20% | Dec 7, 2020 | 11 | Dec 22, 2020 | 3 | Dec 28, 2020 | 14 |
| -2.20% | Jun 14, 2021 | 4 | Jun 18, 2021 | 4 | Jun 24, 2021 | 8 |
| -2.13% | Dec 6, 2024 | 1 | Dec 9, 2024 | 2 | Dec 11, 2024 | 3 |