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iShares STOXX Europe 600 Health Care UCITS ETF (DE)

iShares · DE000A0Q4R36

iShares STOXX Europe 600 Health Care UCITS ETF (DE) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from iShares, traded under the ticker SXDPEX (ISIN DE000A0Q4R36). One trade buys a whole basket of holdings, so your money is spread out instead of riding on a single company. At its core it is a focused, thematic fund: it concentrates on the health care part…

· Tracks the STOXX Europe 600 index ?

Equity ?Distributing ?Physical ?Germany ?

Mid-range feePays cash dividendsOwns the shares directlyEuropeConcentrated in a few names

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Fund size (AUM) ?

€720.7M

Risk level (SRI) ?

6 / 7 · High

1-year return ?

+12.6%

Price Return · to 2026-07-28

Dividend yield

1.60%

Trailing 12 months

Yearly fee (TER) ?

0.46%

All-in cost ≈ 0.46%

About this fund

What you own

The STOXX Europe 600 index is the benchmark this fund aims to copy. By holding it, this fund gives you a stake in around 55 companies across Europe in a single purchase.

Dividends

The fund pays dividends out to you as cash, usually a few times a year.

You get the dividends as cash you can spend or move elsewhere, which some people like for a sense of income. If you would rather it compounded, you buy more units yourself — it will not reinvest on its own the way an accumulating version does. The same fund is often sold in both versions; what it holds underneath is identical.

How it works

The fund actually buys every share in the index it tracks (full replication).

Owning every holding keeps things transparent — what is in the index is what the fund actually owns. It can be a touch costlier to run for indexes with thousands of tiny positions, since the fund has to buy and maintain them all. There is no swap bank involved, so there is no extra “what if the partner fails” question to weigh.

Cost

0.46%Yearly fee (TER)

0.46%All-in cost

The yearly running cost of the fund, shown as a % of your money. Lower is cheaper.

For example, a 0.20% fee works out at €0.20 a year for every €100 invested — that’s a generic illustration of the mechanic, not this fund’s own fee. It is skimmed quietly from inside the fund a little each day, so you never get a bill — but it drags on your return every year you hold. On a broad index ETF it is usually a small fraction of a percent; the gap between a cheap and a pricey fund looks tiny on day one but compounds over decades, which is why it is worth a glance.

Fund facts

Index tracked ?

STOXX Europe 600

Replication ?

Physical

Full — buys every share

Regulation ?

UCITS

Yes

Launched

Apr 2001

25-year track record

Recommended holding period

medium to long term

Performance

Growth of €100 invested — the line starts at €100.

iShares STOXX Europe 600 Health Care UCITS ETF (DE)

End-of-day prices, rebased to a common start so the shapes are comparable. Past performance does not predict future results.

YTD+3.2%

1 year+12.6%

3 years+3.7%

5 years+3.4%

Return, year by year

-7.7

+5.8

+2.5

+5.4

'22'23'24'25

3 of 4 up yearsBest: 2023 +5.8%Worst: 2022 -7.7%Calendar-year total returns, in EUR

How bumpy has it been?

16.9%

Volatility (1y) ?

How much the price swings year to year — lower is calmer.

-26.8%

Worst drop (3y) ?

The biggest fall from a peak over the last three years.

0.23

Return for the risk (3y) ?

Reward earned per unit of bumpiness.

The bigger picture

+18.5%

Since inception

Total growth since launch — about +3.4% a year.

+21.3%

Best 12 months

The strongest one-year stretch on record.

-20.2%

Worst 12 months

The weakest one-year stretch on record.

-26.8%

Worst fall on record ?

It has not fully recovered yet.

What's inside

By sector ?

Health Care98.3%

Materials1.1%

Other0.6%

The 10 biggest holdings make up 74.4% of the fund — the rest is spread across roughly 45 more companies.

Top 10 holdings

#	Company	Weight
1	NOVARTIS AG	15.1%
2	ASTRAZENECA PLC	14.8%
3	ROCHE PS PAR AG	14.4%
4	NOVO NORDISK CLASS B	8.0%
5	GLAXOSMITHKLINE	5.5%
6	SANOFI SA	4.9%
7	ESSILORLUXOTTICA SA	3.2%
8	ARGENX	3.0%
9	BAYER AG	2.9%
10	LONZA GROUP AG	2.6%

Where to buy this fund

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Where it trades

Exchange	Ticker	Currency
SIX	SXDPEX	CHF	★ Primary
CHF listings
SIX	EXV4	CHF
EUR listings
AV	EX31	EUR
B2	SXDPEX	EUR
B3	EX31V	EUR
B3	SXDPEZ	EUR
B3	EXV4D	EUR
B4	SXDPEXEU	EUR
BW	EXV4	EUR
E1	SXDPEGBX	EUR
E1	SXDPEUSD	EUR
E1	SXDPE	EUR
EB	EXV4D	EUR
EO	SXDPE	EUR
EP	SXDPEXEU	EUR
EP	SXDPEUSD	EUR
EU	SXDPEGBX	EUR
EU	SXDPEXEU	EUR
EU	SXDPEUSD	EUR
EZ	SXDPEUSD	EUR
EZ	SXDPEXEU	EUR
Frankfurt	SXDPEX	EUR
GD	SXDPEX	EUR
GF	SXDPEX	EUR
GH	SXDPEX	EUR
GM	SXDPEX	EUR
GS	SXDPEX	EUR
GT	SXDPEX	EUR
GZ	EXV4	EUR
I2	EXV4D	EUR
IX	EXV4D	EUR
L1	SXDPEZ	EUR
L1	EX31V	EUR
L1	EXV4D	EUR
L3	EX31V	EUR
L3	EXV4D	EUR
L3	SXDPEZ	EUR
LA	SXDPEX	EUR
LO	0MP1	EUR
London Stock Exchange	EXV4	EUR
LU	SXDPEX	EUR
PO	EX31V	EUR
PO	EXV4D	EUR
PO	SXDPEZ	EUR
QE	EXV4D	EUR
QT	EXV4	EUR
QX	EXV4D	EUR
S1	EXV4D	EUR
S2	SXDPEZ	EUR
S4	EXV4D	EUR
SE	SXDPEX	EUR
T2	SXDPEX	EUR
TH	EXV4	EUR
WT	SXDPEX	EUR
X2	SXDPE	EUR
X9	SXDPEXEU	EUR
XA	SXDPEGBX	EUR
XA	SXDPEUSD	EUR
XE	SXDPEUSD	EUR
XE	SXDPEGBX	EUR
XETRA	SXDPEX	EUR
XF	SXDPEGBX	EUR
XF	SXDPEUSD	EUR
XG	SXDPEUSD	EUR
XG	SXDPEGBX	EUR
XH	SXDPEGBX	EUR
XH	SXDPEUSD	EUR
XJ	SXDPEGBX	EUR
XJ	SXDPEUSD	EUR
XL	SXDPEUSD	EUR
XL	SXDPEGBX	EUR
XL	SXDPE	EUR
XO	SXDPEGBX	EUR
XO	SXDPEUSD	EUR
XQ	SXDPEGBX	EUR
XQ	SXDPEUSD	EUR
XS	SXDPEUSD	EUR
XS	SXDPEGBX	EUR
XT	SXDPE	EUR
XT	SXDPEGBX	EUR
XU	SXDPEGBX	EUR
XU	SXDPEUSD	EUR
XV	SXDPEUSD	EUR
XV	SXDPEGBX	EUR
XV	SXDPE	EUR
XW	SXDPE	EUR
XW	SXDPEGBX	EUR
XW	SXDPEUSD	EUR
XX	SXDPE	EUR
XX	SXDPEGBX	EUR
XX	SXDPEUSD	EUR
XZ	SXDPEGBX	EUR
XZ	SXDPEUSD	EUR

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Full holdings

As of 2026-07-28 · the fund's own published holdings.

#	Company	Weight
1	NOVARTIS AG	15.1%
2	ASTRAZENECA PLC	14.8%
3	ROCHE PS PAR AG	14.4%
4	NOVO NORDISK CLASS B	8.0%
5	GLAXOSMITHKLINE	5.5%
6	SANOFI SA	4.9%
7	ESSILORLUXOTTICA SA	3.2%
8	ARGENX	3.0%
9	BAYER AG	2.9%
10	LONZA GROUP AG	2.6%
11	HALEON PLC	2.2%
12	GALDERMA GROUP N AG	2.2%
13	SANDOZ GROUP AG	2.0%
14	UCB SA	1.8%
15	ALCON AG	1.7%
16	NOVOZYMES B	1.1%
17	KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV	1.1%
18	MERCK	1.1%
19	FRESENIUS SE AND CO KGAA	1.0%
20	GENMAB	0.9%
21	STRAUMANN HOLDING AG	0.8%
22	SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG	0.8%
23	SMITH AND NEPHEW PLC	0.7%
24	SONOVA HOLDING AG	0.7%
25	SWEDISH ORPHAN BIOVITRUM	0.6%
26	ABIVAX SA	0.5%
27	EUR CASH	0.5%
28	COLOPLAST B	0.5%
29	FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE AG	0.5%
30	ORION CLASS B	0.5%
31	EUROFINS SCIENTIFIC	0.5%
32	QIAGEN NV	0.4%
33	IPSEN SA	0.4%
34	SARTORIUS PREF AG	0.3%
35	RECORDATI INDUSTRIA CHIMICA E FARM	0.3%
36	CONVATEC GROUP PLC	0.3%
37	SARTORIUS STEDIM BIOTECH SA	0.3%
38	FINANCIERE DE TUBIZE SA	0.3%
39	ALK-ABELLO CLASS B	0.3%
40	GETINGE B	0.2%
41	SECTRA CLASS B	0.2%
42	BIOMERIEUX SA	0.2%
43	DEMANT	0.2%
44	SIEGFRIED HOLDING AG	0.2%
45	HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC	0.2%
46	GRIFOLS SA CLASS A	0.2%
47	ZEALAND PHARMA	0.2%
48	GBP CASH	0.1%
49	CASH COLLATERAL EUR MSIFT	0.0%
50	CHF CASH	0.0%
51	USD CASH	0.0%
52	DKK CASH	0.0%
53	SEK CASH	0.0%
54	ETD EUR BALANCE WITH R84910	0.0%
55	STOXX 600 HEALTH SEP 26	0.0%

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How it ranks vs peers

🪙 Cheaper than 1% of similar ETFs💰 All-in cost cheaper than 2%📈 Higher 1-yr return than 27%📈 Higher 3-yr return than 16%📈 Higher 5-yr return than 15%📊 Behind its category by 5.1% (1-yr) (category average +17.7%)📊 Behind its category by 8.9% (3-yr) (category average +12.6%)📊 Behind its category by 4.2% (5-yr) (category average +7.6%)

Versus the Equity (stocks) · Europe · EUR ETFs we track.

Advanced risk

0.31

Sortino (3y) ?

0.14

Calmar (3y) ?

11.1%

Downside deviation ?

75%

Up months (hit rate) ?

€122.88

52-week high ?

€97.18

52-week low ?

Concentration depth

~12 ?

Effective number of holdings

Roughly 55 companies are held, but the largest names carry most of the weight — so it behaves like ~12 equal-sized positions.

Tilt vs a world tracker

Health Care+88.9

United States-72.1

Switzerland+37.4

Technology-29.2

United Kingdom+20.2

Financials-16.3

Percentage points over / under a broad world-equity tracker (not a licensed benchmark).

Estimated fund flows

+€23.7M

Estimated net flow, last month

Estimated from fund-size changes.

Documents

📄 KID (PDF)

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Index tracked	STOXX Europe 600	S&P 500 Daily Hedged Euro Net Total Return Index	S&P 500 Daily Hedged Euro Index Net TR	S&P 500 Daily Hedged Euro Index Net TR	STOXX Europe 600 (Net Return) EUR	STOXX Europe 600 (Net Return) EUR	STOXX Europe 600 (Net Return) EUR
Yearly fee (TER)	0.46%	0.05%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.09%	0.15%
All-in cost	0.46%	0.45%	0.00%	0.07%	0.07%	0.09%	0.15%
Fund size	€720.7M	€50.6B	€28.7B	€28.6B	€21.7B	€21.6B	€21.4B
Domicile	Germany	Ireland	LU	LU	LU	LU	LU
Replication	Physical (full)	Synthetic (swap)	Synthetic (swap)	Synthetic (swap)	Physical (full)	Physical (full)	Physical (full)
3-yr return p.a.	+3.7%	+20.0%		+18.2%
5-yr return p.a.	+3.4%	+10.5%		+9.4%
# holdings	55	294	10	10	613	613	613

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Data as of 2026-07-28 · Source: issuer data, compiled by Finance Hamster

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