iShares Physical Gold ETC vs Vanguard S&P 500 Acc in comparison

Find the best ETF: iShares Physical Gold ETC vs Vanguard S&P 500 Acc - compare performance and key attributes, like TER, fund size etc.

Comparison in detail

iShares Physical Gold ETC
ISIN IE00B4ND3602 | WKN A1KWPQ
Vanguard S&P 500 UCITS ETF (USD) Accumulating
ISIN IE00BFMXXD54 | WKN A2PFN2

Chart comparison

iShares Physical Gold ETC +44.66%
Vanguard S&P 500 UCITS ETF (USD) Accumulating +3.47%
 

Quote

Last quote
Last quote
EUR 70.09
EUR 113.18
Since previous day
Since previous day
-0.64 | -0.90%
-0.09 | -0.08%
52 weeks low/high
52 weeks low/high
48.47
71.54
85.49
114.11
Date
Date
08.12.25 (XETRA)
08.12.25 (LSE)

Basics

Data

Fund size
Fund size
EUR 27,860 m
EUR 25,555 m
Total expense ratio
Total expense ratio
0.12% p.a.
0.07% p.a.
Index
Index
Gold
S&P 500®
Index description
Index description
The product tracks the spot price of gold in US Dollar.
The S&P 500® index tracks the 500 largest US stocks.
Investment focus
Investment focus
Precious Metals, Gold, USD
Equity, USD, United States
Replication
Replication
Physical
Physical
Legal structure
Legal structure
ETC
ETF
Strategy risk
Strategy risk
Long-only
Long-only
Sustainability
Sustainability
No
No
Fund currency
Fund currency
USD
USD
Currency risk
Currency risk
Currency unhedged
Currency unhedged
Volatility 1 year (in EUR)
Volatility 1 year (in EUR)
17.06%
20.14%
Inception/ Listing Date
Inception/ Listing Date
8 April 2011
14 May 2019
Distribution policy
Distribution policy
Accumulating
Accumulating
Distribution frequency
Distribution frequency
-
-
Fund domicile
Fund domicile
Ireland
Ireland
Fund Provider
Fund Provider
iShares
Vanguard

Documents

Factsheet
Factsheet
-
Index Methodology
Index Methodology
-
Other documents
Other documents
-

Legal structure

Fund Structure
Fund Structure
-
Open-ended Investment Company (OEIC)
UCITS compliance
UCITS compliance
No
Yes
Administrator
Administrator
Blackrock Advisor (UK) Limited
Brown Brother Harriman Fund Administration Services (Ireland) Limited
Investment Advisor
Investment Advisor
-
Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC
Custodian Bank
Custodian Bank
J.P.Morgan Chase bank N.A.
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Revision Company
Revision Company
Pricewaterhouse Coopers
KPMG
Fiscal Year End
Fiscal Year End
30 April
30 June
Swiss representative
Swiss representative
-
BNP Paribas, Paris, succursale de Zurich
Swiss paying agent
Swiss paying agent
-
BNP Paribas, Paris, succursale de Zurich

Tax status

Tax data
Tax data
Germany
Germany
No tax rebate
30% tax rebate
Switzerland
Switzerland
No ESTV Reporting
ESTV Reporting
Austria
Austria
Non-Tax Reporting Fund
Tax Reporting Fund
UK
UK
UK Reporting
UK Reporting

Replication details

Indextype
Indextype
-
Total return index
Swap counterparty
Swap counterparty
-
-
Collateral manager
Collateral manager
-
Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC
Securities lending
Securities lending
No
No
Securities lending counterparty
Securities lending counterparty
-
J.P. Morgan Bank Luxembourg, S.A.
 

Holdings

Overview

Holdings in ETF
Holdings in ETF
-
502
Holdings in Index
Holdings in Index
-
500
Weight of top 10 holdings
Weight of top 10 holdings
-
40.05%
Top 10 Holdings
Top 10 Holdings
-
NVIDIA Corp.
8.45%
-
Apple
6.86%
-
Microsoft
6.58%
-
-
Broadcom
2.97%
-
-
-
-
Tesla
2.19%
-

Countries

-
United States
95.80%
-
Ireland
1.30%
-
Other
2.90%

Sectors

-
Technology
37.73%
-
Consumer Discretionary
10.62%
-
Financials
10.40%
-
Telecommunication
9.99%
-
Other
31.26%

Performance

Returns overview

YTD
YTD
+44.06%
+5.22%
1 month
1 month
+4.95%
-0.11%
3 months
3 months
+17.92%
+6.73%
6 months
6 months
+22.62%
+14.05%
1 year
1 year
+44.54%
+3.42%
3 years
3 years
+115.17%
+61.77%
5 years
5 years
+139.08%
+105.91%
Since inception (MAX)
Since inception (MAX)
+245.80%
+151.82%
2024
2024
+34.47%
+32.61%
2023
2023
+9.69%
+21.55%
2022
2022
+5.65%
-13.30%
2021
2021
+3.95%
+39.09%

Dividends

Current dividend yield

Current dividend yield
Current dividend yield
-
-
Dividends (last 12 months)
Dividends (last 12 months)
-
-

Historic dividend yields

Risk

Risk overview

Volatility 1 year
Volatility 1 year
17.06%
20.14%
Volatility 3 years
Volatility 3 years
14.96%
16.50%
Volatility 5 years
Volatility 5 years
14.94%
17.81%
Return per risk 1 year
Return per risk 1 year
2.61
0.17
Return per risk 3 years
Return per risk 3 years
1.94
1.05
Return per risk 5 years
Return per risk 5 years
1.27
0.87
Maximum drawdown 1 year
Maximum drawdown 1 year
-7.86%
-23.74%
Maximum drawdown 3 years
Maximum drawdown 3 years
-7.86%
-23.74%
Maximum drawdown 5 years
Maximum drawdown 5 years
-11.73%
-23.74%
Maximum drawdown since inception
Maximum drawdown since inception
-37.20%
-33.70%

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Stock exchange

Listings and tickers

London Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange
SGLN, EGLN, IGLN
VUAA, VUAG
XETRA
XETRA
PPFB
VUAA
gettex
gettex
PPFB
VUAA
Stuttgart Stock Exchange
Stuttgart Stock Exchange
PPFB
-
Borsa Italiana
Borsa Italiana
-
VUAA
 
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