SPYL vs DEGC: which ETF won each year?

Yearly returns side by side, one winner per year — dividends included, priced as you'd actually buy them.

Every figure here is in euros — what you'd actually pocket buying on Xetra. Fund fact sheets usually headline returns in US dollars, which can look very different: in 2025 a world tracker rose about 23% in dollars but only about 9% in euros, because the euro gained roughly 13% against the dollar. Here's the full story, year by year.

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SPYL tracks the S&P 500 Index

SPYL vs DEGC, year by year

Calendar-year total returns (dividends included) side by side, and who took the crown each year. A dash means the fund did not exist yet.

Years compared
2
where both funds were trading
SPYL won
1
years
DEGC won
1
years
YearSPYLDEGCWinner
2026 (so far)+12.05%+12.65%DEGC
2025+4.71%+1.95%SPYL
2024+32.33%
2023+8.23%

SPYL vs DEGC in plain words

SPYL tracks the S&P 500 Index while DEGC follows the Dimensional Global Core Equity strategy, so they own different slices of the market and their years can look very different. SPYL charges 0.03% a year in running costs and DEGC charges 0.26% — SPYL is the cheaper fund to hold.

Both are accumulating funds: dividends are reinvested inside the fund and show up as a higher share price, never as a payout. Across the 2 calendar years both funds were trading, SPYL finished the year ahead 1 times and DEGC 1 times.

SPYL also trades in USD on the London Stock Exchange, where SPXL is its GBP line, ISIN IE000XZSV718 — this page follows its EUR line on Xetra.

Actively managed: it weights developed-market companies towards low valuations, high profitability and smaller size rather than following an index, and measures itself against the MSCI World.

Fund facts: SPYL vs DEGC

FactSPYLDEGC
FundSPDR S&P 500 UCITS ETF (Acc)Dimensional Global Core Equity UCITS ETF USD (Acc)
TracksS&P 500 IndexDimensional Global Core Equity strategy
Yearly cost (TER)0.03%0.26%
DividendsAccumulating — dividends reinvestedAccumulating — dividends reinvested
Launched31 Oct 202312 Nov 2025
ISINIE000XZSV718IE000EGGFVG6
WKNA3EUC1A41E9T

Frequently asked

Is SPYL or DEGC better?

Across the 2 calendar years both funds were trading, SPYL finished the year ahead 1 times and DEGC 1 times. Past returns don't promise future ones — but this is what actually happened.

What is the difference between SPYL and DEGC?

SPYL tracks the S&P 500 Index while DEGC follows the Dimensional Global Core Equity strategy, so they own different slices of the market and their years can look very different. SPYL charges 0.03% a year in running costs and DEGC charges 0.26% — SPYL is the cheaper fund to hold. Both are accumulating funds: dividends are reinvested inside the fund and show up as a higher share price, never as a payout.

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