SPYL vs IUSQ (ISAC): 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.

SPYL tracks the S&P 500 IndexIUSQ tracks the MSCI ACWI Index

What did the last 2 years do to €10,000?

You invest €10,000 at the start of the window and touch nothing — dividends reinvested, the running year not counted. Both funds are measured over the same 2 full years (2024–2025) — the longest stretch both were trading.

SPYL turned it into
€13,856
+17.71% per year on average · 20242025
IUSQ turned it into
€13,575
+16.51% per year on average · 20242025
Difference
+€281
SPYL made more of the same money

SPYL vs IUSQ, 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
4
where both funds were trading
SPYL won
1
years
IUSQ won
3
years
YearSPYLIUSQWinner
2026 (so far)+12.05%+13.66%IUSQ
2025+4.71%+9.02%IUSQ
2024+32.33%+24.53%SPYL
2023+8.23%+18.57%IUSQ
2022-13.58%
2021+29.13%
2020+4.94%
2019+30.14%
2018-5.97%
2017+9.14%
2016+10.88%
2015+8.31%
2014+19.02%
2013+17.43%
2012+3.09%
20110.00%

SPYL vs IUSQ in plain words

SPYL tracks the S&P 500 Index while IUSQ follows the MSCI ACWI Index, 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 IUSQ charges 0.20% — 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 4 calendar years both funds were trading, SPYL finished the year ahead 1 times and IUSQ 3 times. €10,000 invested at the start of 2024 was worth €13,856 in SPYL versus €13,575 in IUSQ by the end of 2025, dividends reinvested.

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.

ISAC is the London (USD) listing and SSAC the London (GBP) line of the same fund, ISIN IE00B6R52259 — IUSQ is its EUR line on Xetra.

Fund facts: SPYL vs IUSQ

FactSPYLIUSQ
FundSPDR S&P 500 UCITS ETF (Acc)iShares MSCI ACWI UCITS ETF USD (Acc)
TracksS&P 500 IndexMSCI ACWI Index
Yearly cost (TER)0.03%0.20%
DividendsAccumulating — dividends reinvestedAccumulating — dividends reinvested
Launched31 Oct 202321 Oct 2011
ISINIE000XZSV718IE00B6R52259
WKNA3EUC1A1JMDF
Also trades asISAC

Frequently asked

Is SPYL or IUSQ better?

Across the 4 calendar years both funds were trading, SPYL finished the year ahead 1 times and IUSQ 3 times. €10,000 invested at the start of 2024 was worth €13,856 in SPYL versus €13,575 in IUSQ by the end of 2025, dividends reinvested. Past returns don't promise future ones — but this is what actually happened.

What is the difference between SPYL and IUSQ?

SPYL tracks the S&P 500 Index while IUSQ follows the MSCI ACWI Index, 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 IUSQ charges 0.20% — 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.

What would €10,000 in SPYL have become?

€10,000 invested in SPYL at the start of 2024 grew to €13,856 by the end of 2025, with dividends reinvested — an average of 17.7% per year.

Is ISAC the same as IUSQ?

ISAC is the London (USD) listing and SSAC the London (GBP) line of the same fund, ISIN IE00B6R52259 — IUSQ is its EUR line on Xetra.

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