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S&P 500 vs DAX in comparison
Find the best index: S&P 500 vs DAX - compare performance and key attributes
Comparison in detail
Chart comparison
S&P 500 +21.62%
DAX +0.52%
The performance of the indices is based on the reference ETFs and is displayed in the selected currency.
Basics
Data
| 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) | 11.66% | 15.65% | |
Documents
| Factsheet | |||
| Factsheet | |||
| Index Methodology | |||
| Index Methodology | - | ||
Holdings
Overview
| 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 | 36.46% | 62.34% | |
| Top 10 Holdings | |||
| Top 10 Holdings | NVIDIA Corp. 7.57% | Siemens AG 9.51% | |
| Apple 6.66% | SAP SE 9.43% | ||
| Microsoft 4.91% | Allianz SE 8.61% | ||
| Amazon.com, Inc. 3.63% | Deutsche Telekom AG 7.08% | ||
| Alphabet, Inc. A 2.99% | Siemens Energy AG 6.93% | ||
| Broadcom Inc. 2.62% | Airbus SE 5.96% | ||
| Alphabet, Inc. C 2.40% | |||
| Meta Platforms 2.24% | Rheinmetall AG 4.23% | ||
| Tesla 1.87% | Infineon Technologies AG 3.13% | ||
| Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. 1.57% | Deutsche Bank AG 3.02% | ||
Countries
| United States 95.16% | Germany 93.48% | ||
| Ireland 1.44% | Netherlands 5.96% | ||
| Other 3.40% | Other 0.56% | ||
Sectors
| Technology 33.90% | Industrials 32.73% | ||
| Financials 10.38% | Financials 21.37% | ||
| Telecommunication 10.22% | Technology 12.56% | ||
| Consumer Discretionary 10.01% | Consumer Discretionary 7.43% | ||
| Other 35.49% | Other 25.91% | ||
Performance
Returns overview
| YTD | |||
| YTD | +9.74% | -2.71% | |
| 1 month | |||
| 1 month | +6.94% | -0.76% | |
| 3 months | |||
| 3 months | +10.82% | -4.17% | |
| 6 months | |||
| 6 months | +10.74% | -0.08% | |
| 1 year | |||
| 1 year | +21.62% | +0.52% | |
| 3 years | |||
| 3 years | +73.18% | +48.05% | |
| 5 years | |||
| 5 years | +96.26% | +50.98% | |
| Since inception (MAX) | |||
| Since inception (MAX) | +789.15% | +213.59% | |
| 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
Risk overview
| Volatility 1 year | |||
| Volatility 1 year | 11.66% | 15.65% | |
| Volatility 3 years | |||
| Volatility 3 years | 15.48% | 14.96% | |
| Volatility 5 years | |||
| Volatility 5 years | 17.44% | 16.81% | |
| Return per risk 1 year | |||
| Return per risk 1 year | 1.85 | 0.03 | |
| Return per risk 3 years | |||
| Return per risk 3 years | 1.30 | 0.93 | |
| Return per risk 5 years | |||
| Return per risk 5 years | 0.83 | 0.51 | |
| 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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