S&P 500 vs DAX in comparison
Find the best index: S&P 500 vs DAX - compare performance and key attributes
Comparison in detail
S&P 500 +24.58%
DAX +3.70%
The performance of the indices is based on the reference ETFs and is displayed in the selected currency.
Basics
| Index | |||
| Index | S&P 500® | DAX® | |
| Index description | |||
| Index description | The S&P 500® index tracks the 500 largest US stocks. | The DAX® index tracks the 40 largest and most traded German stocks listed on the Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. | |
| Investment focus | |||
| Investment focus | Equity, United States | Equity, Germany | |
| Investment approach | |||
| Investment approach | Long-only | Long-only | |
| Sustainability | |||
| Sustainability | No | No | |
| Volatility 1 year (in EUR) | |||
| Volatility 1 year (in EUR) | 12.43% | 15.81% | |
| Factsheet | |||
| Factsheet | |||
| Index Methodology | |||
| Index Methodology | - | ||
Holdings
| Holdings in ETF | |||
| Holdings in ETF | 503 | 40 | |
| Holdings in Index | |||
| Holdings in Index | 500 | 40 | |
| Weight of top 10 holdings | |||
| Weight of top 10 holdings | 37.76% | 64.88% | |
| Top 10 Holdings | |||
| Top 10 Holdings | NVIDIA Corp. 8.07% | Siemens AG 11.69% | |
| Apple 7.03% | SAP SE 10.77% | ||
| Microsoft Corp 5.69% | Allianz SE 9.57% | ||
| Amazon.com, Inc. 3.84% | Airbus SE 6.47% | ||
| Alphabet, Inc. A 3.00% | Siemens Energy AG 6.45% | ||
| Broadcom Inc. 2.65% | Deutsche Telekom AG 5.48% | ||
| Alphabet, Inc. C 2.39% | Infineon Technologies AG 4.10% | ||
| Meta Platforms 1.90% | Deutsche Bank AG 3.69% | ||
| Micron Technology 1.63% | |||
| Tesla 1.56% | Deutsche Börse AG 2.99% | ||
| United States 97.48% | Germany 92.01% | ||
| Ireland 1.15% | Netherlands 6.90% | ||
| Other 1.37% | Other 1.09% | ||
| Technology 45.23% | Industrials 34.67% | ||
| Finance 13.62% | Finance 22.58% | ||
| Healthcare 9.09% | Technology 15.20% | ||
| Consumer Non-Cyclicals 8.88% | Consumer Cyclicals 5.79% | ||
| Other 23.18% | Other 21.76% | ||
Performance
| YTD | |||
| YTD | +20.52% | +1.80% | |
| 1 month | |||
| 1 month | +6.45% | -1.92% | |
| 3 months | |||
| 3 months | +5.90% | -0.16% | |
| 6 months | |||
| 6 months | +19.89% | +4.97% | |
| 1 year | |||
| 1 year | +21.30% | +1.41% | |
| 3 years | |||
| 3 years | +74.73% | +63.21% | |
| 5 years | |||
| 5 years | +94.59% | +60.32% | |
| Since inception (MAX) | |||
| Since inception (MAX) | +876.42% | +228.12% | |
| 2025 | |||
| 2025 | +3.96% | +22.67% | |
| 2024 | |||
| 2024 | +32.62% | +18.07% | |
| 2023 | |||
| 2023 | +21.54% | +19.54% | |
| 2022 | |||
| 2022 | -13.30% | -12.88% | |
Risk
| Volatility 1 year | |||
| Volatility 1 year | 12.43% | 15.81% | |
| Volatility 3 years | |||
| Volatility 3 years | 15.47% | 15.11% | |
| Volatility 5 years | |||
| Volatility 5 years | 17.48% | 16.82% | |
| Return per risk 1 year | |||
| Return per risk 1 year | 1.71 | 0.09 | |
| Return per risk 3 years | |||
| Return per risk 3 years | 1.32 | 1.17 | |
| Return per risk 5 years | |||
| Return per risk 5 years | 0.81 | 0.59 | |
| Maximum drawdown 1 year | |||
| Maximum drawdown 1 year | -7.49% | -12.34% | |
| Maximum drawdown 3 years | |||
| Maximum drawdown 3 years | -22.60% | -16.02% | |
| Maximum drawdown 5 years | |||
| Maximum drawdown 5 years | -22.60% | -26.77% | |
| Maximum drawdown since inception | |||
| Maximum drawdown since inception | -33.71% | -67.49% | |
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