SXRV (CNDX) vs VGWD: 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.

SXRV tracks the Nasdaq-100 IndexVGWD tracks the FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield Index

What did the last 8 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 8 full years (2018–2025) — the longest stretch both were trading.

SXRV turned it into
€41,607
+19.51% per year on average · 20182025
VGWD turned it into
€18,700
+8.14% per year on average · 20182025
Difference
+€22,907
SXRV made more of the same money

SXRV vs VGWD, 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
10
where both funds were trading
SXRV won
8
years
VGWD won
2
years
YearSXRVVGWDWinner
2026 (so far)+21.95%+14.44%SXRV
2025+6.79%+13.16%VGWD
2024+33.55%+15.75%SXRV
2023+51.19%+7.29%SXRV
2022-30.05%+0.08%VGWD
2021+39.34%+27.90%SXRV
2020+34.48%-9.60%SXRV
2019+42.90%+25.03%SXRV
2018+3.03%-8.03%SXRV
2017+15.81%+0.41%SXRV
2016+9.96%
2015+21.87%
2014+37.26%
2013+32.30%
2012+13.01%
2011+5.73%
2010-9.35%

SXRV vs VGWD in plain words

SXRV tracks the Nasdaq-100 Index while VGWD follows the FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield Index, so they own different slices of the market and their years can look very different. SXRV charges 0.30% a year in running costs and VGWD charges 0.29% — VGWD is the cheaper fund to hold.

SXRV reinvests its dividends automatically (accumulating), while VGWD pays them out as cash (distributing). Across the 10 calendar years both funds were trading, SXRV finished the year ahead 8 times and VGWD 2 times. €10,000 invested at the start of 2018 was worth €41,607 in SXRV versus €18,700 in VGWD by the end of 2025, dividends reinvested.

CNDX is the London/Amsterdam listing of the same fund, ISIN IE00B53SZB19 — SXRV is its EUR line on Xetra.

VHYL is the London (GBP) listing of the same fund, ISIN IE00B8GKDB10 — VGWD is its EUR line on Xetra.

Fund facts: SXRV vs VGWD

FactSXRVVGWD
FundiShares Nasdaq 100 UCITS ETF (Acc)Vanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield UCITS ETF (Dist)
TracksNasdaq-100 IndexFTSE All-World High Dividend Yield Index
Yearly cost (TER)0.30%0.29%
DividendsAccumulating — dividends reinvestedDistributing — dividends paid out
Launched26 Jan 201021 May 2013
ISINIE00B53SZB19IE00B8GKDB10
WKNA0YEDLA1T8FV
Also trades asCNDX

Frequently asked

Is SXRV or VGWD better?

Across the 10 calendar years both funds were trading, SXRV finished the year ahead 8 times and VGWD 2 times. €10,000 invested at the start of 2018 was worth €41,607 in SXRV versus €18,700 in VGWD 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 SXRV and VGWD?

SXRV tracks the Nasdaq-100 Index while VGWD follows the FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield Index, so they own different slices of the market and their years can look very different. SXRV charges 0.30% a year in running costs and VGWD charges 0.29% — VGWD is the cheaper fund to hold. SXRV reinvests its dividends automatically (accumulating), while VGWD pays them out as cash (distributing).

What would €10,000 in SXRV have become?

€10,000 invested in SXRV at the start of 2018 grew to €41,607 by the end of 2025, with dividends reinvested — an average of 19.5% per year.

Is CNDX the same as SXRV?

CNDX is the London/Amsterdam listing of the same fund, ISIN IE00B53SZB19 — SXRV is its EUR line on Xetra.

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