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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
S&P 500 +17.53%
DAX +6.49%
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) | 12.28% | 15.46% | |
| 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 | 37.11% | 64.09% | |
| Top 10 Holdings | |||
| Top 10 Holdings | Apple 7.65% | Siemens AG 11.80% | |
| NVIDIA Corp. 7.38% | Allianz SE 9.39% | ||
| Microsoft Corp 5.23% | SAP SE 9.02% | ||
| Amazon.com, Inc. 3.60% | Airbus SE 6.86% | ||
| Alphabet, Inc. A 3.06% | Siemens Energy AG 6.80% | ||
| Broadcom Inc. 2.87% | Deutsche Telekom AG 5.37% | ||
| Alphabet, Inc. C 2.46% | Infineon Technologies AG 4.44% | ||
| Meta Platforms 1.85% | |||
| Micron Technology 1.54% | Deutsche Bank AG 3.48% | ||
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.47% | Deutsche Post AG 3.13% | ||
| United States 96.34% | Germany 92.65% | ||
| Ireland 1.16% | Netherlands 7.29% | ||
| Other 2.50% | Other 0.06% | ||
| Technology 44.76% | Industrials 36.00% | ||
| Finance 14.01% | Finance 22.18% | ||
| Healthcare 8.99% | Technology 13.78% | ||
| Consumer Non-Cyclicals 8.94% | Healthcare 6.54% | ||
| Other 23.30% | Other 21.50% | ||
Performance
| YTD | |||
| YTD | +12.38% | +1.97% | |
| 1 month | |||
| 1 month | -0.75% | -2.76% | |
| 3 months | |||
| 3 months | +2.81% | +4.92% | |
| 6 months | |||
| 6 months | +12.84% | +7.04% | |
| 1 year | |||
| 1 year | +17.53% | +6.49% | |
| 3 years | |||
| 3 years | +63.48% | +59.55% | |
| 5 years | |||
| 5 years | +87.37% | +60.20% | |
| Since inception (MAX) | |||
| Since inception (MAX) | +825.90% | +358.84% | |
| 2025 | |||
| 2025 | +9.41% | +29.16% | |
| 2024 | |||
| 2024 | +26.54% | +12.65% | |
| 2023 | |||
| 2023 | +19.09% | +17.13% | |
| 2022 | |||
| 2022 | -8.48% | -7.93% | |
Risk
| Volatility 1 year | |||
| Volatility 1 year | 12.28% | 15.46% | |
| Volatility 3 years | |||
| Volatility 3 years | 15.44% | 14.77% | |
| Volatility 5 years | |||
| Volatility 5 years | 17.67% | 17.05% | |
| Return per risk 1 year | |||
| Return per risk 1 year | 1.43 | 0.42 | |
| Return per risk 3 years | |||
| Return per risk 3 years | 1.15 | 1.14 | |
| Return per risk 5 years | |||
| Return per risk 5 years | 0.76 | 0.58 | |
| Maximum drawdown 1 year | |||
| Maximum drawdown 1 year | -7.80% | -12.73% | |
| Maximum drawdown 3 years | |||
| Maximum drawdown 3 years | -21.36% | -13.95% | |
| Maximum drawdown 5 years | |||
| Maximum drawdown 5 years | -21.36% | -23.46% | |
| Maximum drawdown since inception | |||
| Maximum drawdown since inception | -26.28% | -65.07% | |
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