State Street® SPDR® S&P® 500 vs VUAA

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State Street® SPDR® S&P® 500 (State Street® SPDR® S&P® 500 UCITS ETF (Acc), IE000XZSV718) and VUAA (Vanguard S&P 500 UCITS ETF (USD) Accumulating, IE00BFMXXD54) both track the S&P 500® index. State Street® SPDR® S&P® 500 has the lower total expense ratio (TER): 0.03% a year against 0.07% for VUAA, 0.04 percentage points less, or about 4 a year on 10,000 invested. VUAA is the larger fund, with USD 89.0bn in assets against USD 44.5bn for State Street® SPDR® S&P® 500, about 2 times the size. State Street® SPDR® S&P® 500 reports 505 holdings and VUAA 513. 8 of the largest holdings of State Street® SPDR® S&P® 500 (top 10) and VUAA (top 10) appear in both lists; measured on those positions only, the overlap is at least 35.9%. Shared holdings include NVIDIA Corporation, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Alphabet Inc. Class A and Amazon.com Inc.. In 2025, State Street® SPDR® S&P® 500 and VUAA both returned +17.6%. Over the past year, State Street® SPDR® S&P® 500 returned +15.5% and VUAA +15.5%. State Street® SPDR® S&P® 500 and VUAA both reinvest their income (accumulating share classes). State Street® SPDR® S&P® 500 and VUAA both hold the index securities directly (physical replication). Both are domiciled in Ireland. State Street® SPDR® S&P® 500 and VUAA both carry a risk indicator (SRRI) of 4 on the 1–7 scale. This is a factual comparison from the fund houses' documents, not investment advice.