S&P 500 vs CAC 40 in comparison

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Comparison in detail

S&P 500
ISIN US78378X1072 | Ticker A0AET0
CAC 40
ISIN FR0003500008 | Ticker 969400

S&P 500 +17.53%
CAC 40 +6.93%
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Basics

Index
Index
S&P 500®
CAC 40®
Index description
Index description
The S&P 500® index tracks the 500 largest US stocks.
The CAC 40® index tracks the largest and most traded French stocks listed on Euronext in Paris.
Investment focus
Investment focus
Equity, United States
Equity, France
Investment approach
Investment approach
Long-only
Long-only
Sustainability
Sustainability
No
No
Volatility 1 year (in EUR)
Volatility 1 year (in EUR)
12.28%
13.75%

Factsheet
Factsheet
Index Methodology
Index Methodology
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Holdings

Holdings in ETF
Holdings in ETF
503
47
Holdings in Index
Holdings in Index
500
40
Weight of top 10 holdings
Weight of top 10 holdings
37.11%
59.11%
Top 10 Holdings
Top 10 Holdings
Apple
7.65%
NVIDIA Corp.
7.38%
Airbus SE
6.56%
Safran SA
5.61%
Sanofi
4.75%
AXA SA
4.43%
L'Oréal SA
3.91%

United States
96.34%
France
88.93%
Ireland
1.16%
Netherlands
7.71%
Other
2.50%
Luxembourg
1.77%
-
Switzerland
1.60%

Technology
44.76%
Industrials
27.81%
Finance
14.01%
Finance
15.64%
Healthcare
8.99%
Consumer Cyclicals
14.89%
Consumer Non-Cyclicals
8.94%
Non-Energy Materials
9.15%
Other
23.30%
Other
32.51%

Performance

YTD
YTD
+12.38%
+1.24%
1 month
1 month
-0.75%
-5.71%
3 months
3 months
+2.81%
-0.66%
6 months
6 months
+12.84%
+3.70%
1 year
1 year
+17.53%
+6.93%
3 years
3 years
+63.48%
+22.95%
5 years
5 years
+87.37%
+42.84%
Since inception (MAX)
Since inception (MAX)
+825.90%
+294.92%
2025
2025
+9.41%
+19.94%
2024
2024
+26.54%
-3.94%
2023
2023
+19.09%
+17.47%
2022
2022
-8.48%
-1.74%

Risk

Volatility 1 year
Volatility 1 year
12.28%
13.75%
Volatility 3 years
Volatility 3 years
15.44%
14.04%
Volatility 5 years
Volatility 5 years
17.67%
17.30%
Return per risk 1 year
Return per risk 1 year
1.43
0.50
Return per risk 3 years
Return per risk 3 years
1.15
0.51
Return per risk 5 years
Return per risk 5 years
0.76
0.43
Maximum drawdown 1 year
Maximum drawdown 1 year
-7.80%
-11.89%
Maximum drawdown 3 years
Maximum drawdown 3 years
-21.36%
-14.93%
Maximum drawdown 5 years
Maximum drawdown 5 years
-21.36%
-19.80%
Maximum drawdown since inception
Maximum drawdown since inception
-26.28%
-54.95%

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