If you're evaluating mutual funds for your investment portfolio or retirement account, this list highlights the best sector funds to consider now, based on each fund outperforming the S&P 500 over the last one-, three-, five- and 10-year periods.
Shaded cells indicate the five best-of-the-best funds based on 10-year performance. Of 273 sector funds at least 10 years old, just 10 of them, or 4%, won IBD Best Mutual Funds 2023 awards.
For more details, read the overview article on our 2023 mutual funds study, or see the list of all IBD Best Mutual Funds in every category, including bond funds, diversified stock funds, growth and value funds, international funds, and breakouts of large-cap, midcap and small-cap funds.
All returns are as of Dec. 31, 2022.
Best Sector Funds
| Mutual Fund | Symbol | 1-year total return | 3-year average total return | 5-year average total return | 10-year average total return | Morningstar category | Closed to new investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benchmark: S&P 500 | -18.11% | 7.66% | 9.42% | 12.56% | |||
| T. Rowe Price Health Sciences | PRHSX | -12.19 | 8.98 | 11.08 | 15.91 | Health | No |
| Fidelity Select Health Care Svcs Port | FSHCX | 0.84 | 12.82 | 13.72 | 15.78 | Health | No |
| Janus Henderson Global Life Sciences D | JNGLX | -2.7 | 9.28 | 11.96 | 15.73 | Health | Yes |
| BlackRock Health Sciences Opps Inv A | SHSAX | -5.92 | 7.91 | 11.19 | 15.18 | Health | No |
| Fidelity Select Insurance Port | FSPCX | 7.76 | 11.61 | 9.92 | 13.59 | Financial | No |
| Vanguard Health Care Inv | VGHCX | -1.05 | 8.4 | 9.63 | 13.58 | Health | No |
| Schwab Health Care | SWHFX | -4.67 | 9.88 | 10.16 | 13.15 | Health | No |
| Putnam Global Health Care A | PHSTX | -4.71 | 9.68 | 11.29 | 12.94 | Health | No |
| Virtus KAR Health Sciences A | RAGHX | -11.78 | 7.93 | 10.75 | 12.93 | Health | No |
| Eaton Vance Worldwide Health Sci A | ETHSX | -9.43 | 7.71 | 10.78 | 12.66 | Health | No |
Sources: IBD, Morningstar Direct
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