What is the difference between VUAA and VUSA?
The portfolio is the same. VUAA reinvests dividends and VUSA pays them out.
VUAA: Vanguard S&P 500 UCITS ETF (Accumulating)
VUAA is the accumulating share class of Vanguard's S&P 500 ETF, launched in 2019. It physically tracks the 500 largest US companies with a 0.07% TER and reinvests dividends. A distributing sister class, VUSA, also exists.
Fund data
- ISIN
- IE00BFMXXD54
- Issuer
- Vanguard
- Index
- S&P 500
- Dividends
- Accumulating (reinvests)
- Ongoing charges (TER)
- 0.07%
- Replication
- Physical, full
- Number of holdings
- 503
- Domicile
- Ireland
- Launch date
- 14 May 2019
- Fund base currency
- USD
- Listing used on this page
- VUAA.MI (EUR)
Market data
1-year return19.1%
2-year return29.5%
Annualised volatility15.4%
Maximum drawdown (2 years)-23.3%
Daily closes from Yahoo Finance in euros (VUAA.MI), data as of 23 October 2026. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Two-year performance (base 100, in euros)
Drawdown from highs (2 years, in euros)
How far the ETF was below its previous high at each point: the depth and length of the falls a holder would have lived through.
It tracks the same index as CSPX and SPYL. Against CSPX it has the same TER and a smaller fund; against SPYL, a higher TER. Return differences among the three are small and come mostly from costs and from how dividends and securities lending are handled.
Comparisons
Frequently asked questions
VUAA or CSPX?
They track the same index with the same TER. The issuer, fund size and trading liquidity differ.
Is VUAA in the LearnAImarkets model?
No. The model's S&P 500 exposure is SXR8.