Fundology

ETF · Xtrackers

XDEQ Xtrackers MSCI World Quality UCITS ETF

ISIN IE00BL25JL35London Stock Exchange: XDEQDeutsche Bank AG

Latest close

LSE

£69.09

on

Ongoing charge
0.25% a year
Fund size
£2.4bn

As of , at least 15 min delayed

At a glance

As of 13/11/2026, XDEQ (Xtrackers MSCI World Quality UCITS ETF, ISIN IE00BL25JL35) closed at £69.09 on the London Stock Exchange. Its ongoing charge is 0.25% a year (about £25 on £10,000). Over the five years to 13/11/2026 its total return was +58.2%, or +23.5% after UK CPIH inflation.

Past returns

Total return: the change in the fund’s value with any income reinvested, after its ongoing charges. Periods to .
1 year to 13/11/2026
+14.3%
+10.2% after inflation
3 years to 13/11/2026
+52.9%
+38.2% after inflation
5 years to 13/11/2026
+58.2%
+23.5% after inflation

£1,000 put in five years ago would have been worth about £1,582 on 13/11/2026 — about £1,235 in today’s spending power, once price rises are taken out. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.

Returns: as reported (delayed data). Inflation: UK CPIH, latest month published.

How we work it out:ReturnsReturns after inflationTotal returnReal returnCPIH

Calendar-year and 12-month returns

Calendar-year returns of Xtrackers MSCI World Quality UCITS ETF in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund): 2022 −9.4%, 2023 +19.2%, 2024 +19.7%, 2025 +6.1%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 +14.6%. Returns of Xtrackers MSCI World Quality UCITS ETF in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund) over the 12 months to 30/09/2026: +16.2%; to 30/09/2025: +9.4%; to 30/09/2024: +22.6%; to 30/09/2023: +12.5%; to 30/09/2022: −2.2%.

Calendar-year returns of XDEQ, in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund), to 13/11/2026
YearReturnAfter inflationReturn shown as a bar
to +14.6%+11.0%
to +6.1%+2.5%
to +19.7%+15.7%
+19.2%+14.5%
−9.4%−17.1%
Returns of XDEQ over 12-month periods to 30/09/2026, in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund)
12 months toReturnAfter inflation
from +16.2%+12.0%
from +9.4%+5.2%
from +22.6%+19.5%
from +12.5%+5.8%
from −2.2%−10.1%

As of , inflation: UK CPIH

How we work it out:Calendar-year returnsWhat a calendar-year return isAccumulating and distributing

Risk: volatility and largest fall

How far the price has swung and fallen. The same record as the returns, in pounds.

Volatility (annualised)

12.5%over 5 years

Volatility, annualised from weekly returns, by period
1 year9.9%
3 years11.2%
5 years12.5%

Annualised from weekly returns. Higher means bumpier.

Largest fall since November 2021
−16.5%
From to
Lowest 12-month return
−9.8%
12 months to
Highest 12-month return
+30.0%
12 months to
Below its highest weekly close since November 2021
0.8%
High of , latest

In words: Volatility of Xtrackers MSCI World Quality UCITS ETF in pounds, annualised from weekly returns to 13/11/2026: 9.9% over 1 year, 11.2% over 3 years, 12.5% over 5 years. Largest fall in the price of Xtrackers MSCI World Quality UCITS ETF since November 2021, in pounds: −16.5% from 10/12/2021 to 17/06/2022. The lowest 12-month return of Xtrackers MSCI World Quality UCITS ETF in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund) since January 2021 was −9.8% (12 months to 16/12/2022); the highest was +30.0% (12 months to 22/03/2024). On 13/11/2026 the price of Xtrackers MSCI World Quality UCITS ETF was 0.8% below its highest weekly close since November 2021 (09/10/2026), in pounds.

As of , price, with income reinvested in the fund

How we work it out:Risk figuresFallsVolatilityLargest fall

Charges compared with similar funds

The ongoing charge is taken from the fund’s value every day, so the returns on this page are already after it. Platform and dealing fees are charged separately.
Ongoing charge
0.25%
a year
On £10,000
£25
a year, roughly
Over five years
£124
of £10,000, before growth
Among 208 global share funds, share classes counted once
  • 95 charge less
  • 12 the same
  • 100 charge more

Ongoing charge of Xtrackers MSCI World Quality UCITS ETF 0.25% a year. Compared on 14/11/2026, 100 of the 207 other global share funds charge more, 12 the same and 95 less (share classes counted once).

As of

A lower charge is not a promise of a higher return: what the fund holds matters more.

Read more:Ongoing charge (OCF)OCF and TERFee dragHow charges add up

In plain English

Xtrackers MSCI World Quality UCITS ETF is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from Xtrackers, launched in 2014.

It tracks the MSCI World Sector Neutral Quality — about 1,300 large and medium-sized companies in 23 developed countries, around 70% of it in the US.

You buy and sell it through a share-dealing account or platform during stock-market hours, like a share.

Its ongoing charge is 0.25% a year — about £25 a year on every £10,000 invested, taken from the fund's value rather than billed to you.

Income from its investments is reinvested inside the fund, so it shows up as a rising price rather than cash paid to you.

Global shares: Thousands of companies across many countries, held in one fund — the broadest way to own the stock market.

Terms:ETFIndex fundUCITSAccumulating or incomeShare classISIN

Key facts

Ticker
XDEQ
ISIN
IE00BL25JL35
Provider
Xtrackers
Structure
ETF
An exchange-traded fund: bought and sold on the stock exchange through the day, like a share.
Income
Accumulating
Income is reinvested inside the fund, so it shows up as a rising price rather than cash paid to you.
Ongoing charge
0.25% a year · about £25 on £10,000
Fund size
£2.4bn
Launched
Domicile
Ireland
UK reporting fund status
Yes — on HMRC’s list of reporting funds (list of )
Reporting fund since . What reporting fund status means
Can usually be held in
ISA and SIPP
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Currency hedged
No
Price currency
Pounds (GBP)

Price chart

Closing price
£69.09+14.9% over 1 year · closing price
XDEQ closing price: £60.11 on 14/11/2025, £69.09 on 13/11/2026 (+14.9%); low £58.81, high £69.65.

Over the last year, the closing price went from £60.11 on 14/11/2025 to £69.09 on 13/11/2026 (+14.9%). The lowest close shown was £58.81 on 27/03/2026 and the highest £69.65 on 09/10/2026.

One close a week. Before 31/07/2026 the closes are from the weekly price history for this listing; from then on, the closing prices we have recorded.

As of , at least 15 min delayed

Five years of prices, and after inflation

262 weekly closes, from 12/11/2021 to 13/11/2026. The same history in November 2026 pounds, adjusted with CPIH inflation.

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How we work it out:Prices and returnsNAV and price

What it holds

As of , XDEQ holds 302 positions, according to its published holdings. The largest is Microsoft at 6.49% of the fund; the ten largest make up 35.6%.
Holdings
296
302 reported in all
Ten largest
35.6%
of the whole fund
Effective number of holdings
54
As concentrated as this many equal-sized holdings (how it is worked out)
Largest holding
6.5%
Microsoft

Top 10 holdings

Top holdings of XDEQ: the ten largest, as a percentage of the whole fund, as of 15/11/2026
Rank#HoldingWeight as a percentage of the fund
1MicrosoftMSFTInformation TechnologyUnited States6.49%
2AppleAAPLInformation TechnologyUnited States6.15%
3Visa · Class AVFinancialsUnited States3.98%
4NVIDIANVDAInformation TechnologyUnited States3.90%
5Meta Platforms · Class AMETACommunication ServicesUnited States3.60%
6Eli LillyLLYHealth CareUnited States3.07%
7ASMLASMLInformation TechnologyNetherlands2.70%
8Mastercard · Class AMAFinancialsUnited States2.31%
9TJX CompaniesTJXConsumer DiscretionaryUnited States1.93%
10Alphabet · Class AGOOGLCommunication ServicesUnited States1.50%

As of , holdings as published

Where it invests

The portfolio by sector, country and type of asset, as a share of the whole fund. Bonds, cash and positions without a classification are shown as they come, not guessed.

By sector

  1. Information Technology28.6%
  2. Financials17.0%
  3. Industrials10.7%
  4. Health Care10.0%
  5. Consumer Discretionary9.1%
  6. Communication Services7.7%
  7. Consumer Staples5.3%
  8. Energy3.8%
  9. Other sectors7.5%
  10. Not classified0.2%
Added up from the fund’s published holdings, as of 15/11/2026.

By country

  1. United States72.8%
  2. United Kingdom4.1%
  3. Switzerland3.6%
  4. Japan3.0%
  5. Netherlands2.9%
  6. Canada2.1%
  7. Australia2.1%
  8. Spain1.9%
  9. Other countries7.3%
Added up from the fund’s published holdings, as of 15/11/2026.

By type of asset

  1. Equity99.8%
  2. Cash and money market0.2%
Added up from the fund’s published holdings, as of 15/11/2026.

See the full portfolio

Every holding with search and filters, the whole breakdown by sector, country and type of asset, a map of the 100 largest and what changed since .

All 296 holdings of XDEQ

More of the portfolio

The fund publishes 302 holdings; the ten largest make up 35.6% of it. The fund's portfolio is also split by currency.

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Holdings:Compare what it holds with another fundHoldings overlapHow overlap is measured

Funds tracking the same index

2 funds track MSCI World Sector Neutral Quality, this one included and share classes counted once; their ongoing charges range from 0.25% to 0.25% a year (13/11/2026).

2 funds that track the MSCI World Sector Neutral Quality, listed by name. Returns are as reported to 13/11/2026, in pounds, with income reinvested unless marked “price”.
FundCharge1 year3 years5 years
iShares Edge MSCI World Quality Factor UCITS ETFAccumulating · 0.25% a year0.25%+14.3%+52.9%+58.0%
Xtrackers MSCI World Quality UCITS ETFThis fundAccumulating · 0.25% a year0.25%+14.3%+52.9%+58.2%

As of

MSCI World Sector Neutral Quality funds compared: charges, sizes and share classes

Read more:Index fundsTracking differenceHow funds are compared

Risk and return in depth

Ratios that weigh return against its ups and downs, every rolling period rather than a few fixed ones, and each large fall with how long it took to recover.
  • Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios

    Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios over 1, 3 and 5 years, from weekly returns in pounds.

    With a free account
  • Rolling returns

    The full range of 254 rolling 12-month returns since January 2021, and of 150 rolling three-year returns, in pounds, with how often they were above zero.

    With a free account
  • Largest falls and recoveries

    The 3 largest falls since November 2021, in pounds, with how many weeks each took to reach its low and to recover.

    With a free account

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  • Rank among similar funds

    Rank by total return over 1, 3 and 5 years among up to 132 global share funds, not currency-hedged, highest first.

    Pro
  • Moves compared with a similar fund

    Correlation and beta of weekly returns in pounds against iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF, over the three years to 13/11/2026 (154 weeks).

    Pro

Pro — currently by invitation

Pro includes the rank among similar funds and moves against a comparable fund

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Questions people ask

What is the ongoing charge of XDEQ?

The ongoing charge of XDEQ is 0.25% a year — about £25 a year on every £10,000 invested, taken from the fund’s value rather than billed to you. Platform and dealing fees are charged separately. Ongoing charge of Xtrackers MSCI World Quality UCITS ETF 0.25% a year. Compared on 14/11/2026, 100 of the 207 other global share funds charge more, 12 the same and 95 less (share classes counted once).

What does XDEQ track?

XDEQ tracks the MSCI World Sector Neutral Quality — about 1,300 large and medium-sized companies in 23 developed countries, around 70% of it in the US.

Is XDEQ accumulating or distributing?

XDEQ is accumulating: income is reinvested inside the fund, so it shows up as a rising price rather than cash paid to you.

What is the ISIN of XDEQ?

The ISIN of XDEQ is IE00BL25JL35. An ISIN identifies one exact share class of a fund; XDEQ is its ticker on the London Stock Exchange.

What does XDEQ hold?

As of 15/11/2026, XDEQ holds 302 positions, according to its published holdings. The largest is Microsoft at 6.49% of the fund; the ten largest make up 35.6%. Its ten largest holdings are Microsoft (6.49%), Apple (6.15%), Visa · Class A (3.98%), NVIDIA (3.90%), Meta Platforms · Class A (3.60%), Eli Lilly (3.07%), ASML (2.70%), Mastercard · Class A (2.31%), TJX Companies (1.93%) and Alphabet · Class A (1.50%).

What were XDEQ’s returns in each of the last five years?

Calendar-year returns of XDEQ in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund): 2022 −9.4%, 2023 +19.2%, 2024 +19.7%, 2025 +6.1%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 +14.6%. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.

How has XDEQ done after inflation?

Over the five years to 13/11/2026 XDEQ’s total return was +58.2%, or +23.5% after UK CPIH inflation. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.

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Fund documents and methods

Fund documents
Fund page at Xtrackers (DWS) (links checked )

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