Key facts, as of
As of November 2, 2026, Health Care Select Sector SPDR (XLV) trades at $184.53, up 27.9% over the past year. Its 52-week range runs from $141.97 to $187.99; the price is 1.8% below that high. It is 1.8% below its all-time high of $187.99, reached in October 2026. Over the 10 years to the end of October 2026, with dividends reinvested, it returned +224.4%, against +316.3% for the S&P 500 (SPY). It sits 16.2% above its 200-day average of $158.81, and its 50-day average is above the 200-day too: an uptrend on both averages. Its 30-day volatility is 17.8% annualized, which we rate medium risk. It has a trailing P/E of 32.9.
Cite: Portfolio Terminal, "Health Care Select Sector SPDR (XLV) stock analysis", 2026-11-02. https://portfolio-terminal.com/analyse/xlv
Where it trades today
trading 92% of the way up its 52-week range
How the price has moved
How far it is from its record
Health Care Select Sector SPDR (XLV) is 1.8% below its all-time high of $187.99, reached in October 2026. Over the 10 years to the end of October 2026, with dividends reinvested, it returned +224.4%, against +316.3% for the S&P 500 (SPY).
The read, from its own figures
What its numbers say
- XLV closes above its 50-day average ($172.41), and the 50-day sits above the 200-day ($158.81): on both averages the chart reads as an uptrend.
- At $184.52, XLV is 1.8% below its 1-year high of $187.99, set on October 30, 2026, and 30.0% above its 1-year low of $141.97 (April 29, 2026).
- Over the past month XLV rose 11.0%, from $166.18 to $184.52.
- XLV trades at 32.9x its last twelve months of earnings; Yahoo Finance has no forward estimate for it.
- XLV's 30-day volatility, 17.8% a year, works out to a typical daily move of about 1.1%.
What would change the read
- A close under the 50-day average, $172.41 (−6.6% from the last close), would turn the read to a pullback; under the 200-day, $158.81 (−13.9%), the longer rise is in question.
- A close above $187.99 (+1.9%) would be a new 1-year high; below $141.97 (−23.1%), a new 1-year low.
How it is computed
- Prices are Yahoo Finance's daily candles for XLV, the same ones the chart below draws; the P/E, forward P/E and beta are Yahoo Finance quote fields.
- The averages are simple means of the last 50 and 200 closes; the 1-year high and low are the highest high and lowest low of the last 252 sessions; the 30-day volatility is the standard deviation of the past month's daily returns, annualized with the square root of 252.
- Every sentence here is written by code from those figures, refreshed daily; nobody edits it for XLV by hand. It describes what the price and the multiples have done, not what they will do, and it is not advice.
Sources
What this fund is
In seeking to track the performance of the index, the fund employs a replication strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index includes companies from the following industries: pharmaceuticals; health care equipment & supplies; health care providers & services; biotechnology; life sciences tools & services; and health care technology. The fund is non-diversified.
At 0.08% a year, $10,000 left for 30 years at 7% before fees would end $1,806 lower than with no fee, counting what the fee would have earned. Compare it with other funds
What the fund owns
Top 10 Holdings
Sector Allocation
What the chart is saying
In an uptrend, 1.8% under its 1-year high with no resistance above.
uptrend- Price is 7.0% above its 50-day average and 16.2% above its 200-day.
- The 50-day crossed above the 200-day on 2026-07-08 (a “golden cross”).
- RSI at 71 is overbought: strong momentum, and stretched.
- Nothing above has stopped it this year; the nearest floor is $164.98 (-10.6%).
A description of the chart, not advice. Indicators describe what the price has done; none of them knows what it does next.
Questions people ask about it
How is XLV valued right now?
Health Care Select Sector SPDR trades at 32.9 times its last twelve months of earnings (Yahoo Finance, November 2, 2026). On the chart: in an uptrend, 1.8% under its 1-year high with no resistance above. Price is 7.0% above its 50-day average and 16.2% above its 200-day.
What is the risk level of XLV?
Based on 30-day volatility of 17.8%, XLV has MEDIUM risk.
How far is XLV from its all-time high?
Health Care Select Sector SPDR is 1.8% below its all-time high of $187.99, reached in October 2026. Over the 10 years to the end of October 2026, with dividends reinvested, it returned +224.4%, against +316.3% for the S&P 500 (SPY).
Compare XLV with anything
Five years side by side: what $10,000 became, how far each fell, whether they move together.
