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XSKR Xtrackers MSCI Europe Communication Services UCITS ETF -1C- Capitalisation
ISIN LU0292104030London Stock Exchange: XSKRDeutsche Bank AG
- Single sectors
- ETF
- ISA
- SIPP
- Accumulating
Latest close
LSE£78.51
on
- Ongoing charge
- 0.20% a year
- Fund size
- £13.2m
As of , at least 15 min delayed
At a glance
As of 13/11/2026, XSKR (Xtrackers MSCI Europe Communication Services UCITS ETF -1C- Capitalisation, ISIN LU0292104030) closed at £78.51 on the London Stock Exchange. Its ongoing charge is 0.20% a year (about £20 on £10,000). Over the five years to 13/11/2026 its total return was +35.5%, or +5.7% after UK CPIH inflation.
Past returns
- 1 year to 13/11/2026
- +1.8%
- −1.8% after inflation (UK CPIH)
- 3 years to 13/11/2026
- +33.3%
- +20.4% after inflation (UK CPIH)
- 5 years to 13/11/2026
- +35.5%
- +5.7% after inflation (UK CPIH)
£1,000 put in five years ago would have been worth about £1,355 on 13/11/2026 — about £1,057 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 SICAV - Xtrackers MSCI Europe Communication Services UCITS ETF -1C- Capitalisation in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund): 2022 −6.1%, 2023 +14.1%, 2024 +12.8%, 2025 +7.9%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 +6.6%. Returns of Xtrackers SICAV - Xtrackers MSCI Europe Communication Services UCITS ETF -1C- Capitalisation in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund) over the 12 months to 30/09/2026: −8.9%; to 30/09/2025: +14.7%; to 30/09/2024: +20.4%; to 30/09/2023: +13.1%; to 30/09/2022: −10.9%.
| Year | Return | After inflation | Return shown as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| to | +6.6% | +3.2% | |
| to | +7.9% | +4.2% | |
| to | +12.8% | +9.0% | |
| +14.1% | +9.5% | ||
| −6.1% | −14.1% |
| 12 months to | Return | After inflation |
|---|---|---|
| from | −8.9% | −12.2% |
| from | +14.7% | +10.3% |
| from | +20.4% | +17.3% |
| from | +13.1% | +6.3% |
| from | −10.9% | −18.1% |
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
Volatility (annualised)
14.3%over 5 years
| 1 year | 17.9% |
|---|---|
| 3 years | 13.6% |
| 5 years | 14.3% |
Annualised from weekly returns. Higher means bumpier.
- Largest fall since November 2021
- −16.1%
- From to
- Lowest 12-month return
- −10.9%
- 12 months to
- Highest 12-month return
- +32.7%
- 12 months to
- Below its highest weekly close since November 2021
- 6.5%
- High of , latest
In words: Volatility of Xtrackers SICAV - Xtrackers MSCI Europe Communication Services UCITS ETF -1C- Capitalisation in pounds, annualised from weekly returns to 13/11/2026: 17.9% over 1 year, 13.6% over 3 years, 14.3% over 5 years. Largest fall in the price of Xtrackers SICAV - Xtrackers MSCI Europe Communication Services UCITS ETF -1C- Capitalisation since November 2021, in pounds: −16.1% from 27/05/2022 to 21/10/2022. The lowest 12-month return of Xtrackers SICAV - Xtrackers MSCI Europe Communication Services UCITS ETF -1C- Capitalisation in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund) since January 2021 was −10.9% (12 months to 30/09/2022); the highest was +32.7% (12 months to 23/05/2025). On 13/11/2026 the price of Xtrackers SICAV - Xtrackers MSCI Europe Communication Services UCITS ETF -1C- Capitalisation was 6.5% below its highest weekly close since November 2021 (06/03/2026), in pounds.
As of , price, with income reinvested in the fund
How we work it out:Risk figuresFallsVolatilityLargest fall
Charges compared with similar funds
- Ongoing charge
- 0.20%
- a year
- On £10,000
- £20
- a year, roughly
- Over five years
- £100
- of £10,000, before growth
- 50 charge less
- 13 the same
- 101 charge more
Ongoing charge of Xtrackers SICAV - Xtrackers MSCI Europe Communication Services UCITS ETF -1C- Capitalisation 0.20% a year. Compared on 14/11/2026, 101 of the 164 other single-sector funds charge more, 13 the same and 50 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 SICAV - Xtrackers MSCI Europe Communication Services UCITS ETF -1C- Capitalisation is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from Xtrackers, launched in 2007.
It tracks the MSCI Europe Communication Services Screened 20-35 Select Index - Benchmark TR Net — large and medium-sized European companies.
You buy and sell it through a share-dealing account or platform during stock-market hours, like a share.
Its ongoing charge is 0.2% a year — about £20 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.
Single sectors: Funds focused on one industry — banks, energy, defence, mining and so on.
Terms:ETFIndex fundUCITSAccumulating or incomeShare classISIN
Key facts
- Ticker
- XSKR
- ISIN
- LU0292104030
- Also listed as
- DXSG (Xetra, euros)
- Provider
- Xtrackers
- Tracks
- MSCI Europe Communication Services Screened 20-35 Select Index
- 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
- 0.20% a year · about £20 on £10,000
- Fund size
- £13.2m
- Launched
- Domicile
- Luxembourg
- 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)
- Category
- Single sectors
Price chart
Over the last year, the closing price went from £76.01 on 14/11/2025 to £78.51 on 13/11/2026 (+3.3%). The lowest close shown was £71.26 on 16/01/2026 and the highest £84.00 on 06/03/2026.
One close a week. Before 27/07/2026 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
258 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
- Holdings
- 22
- 26 reported in all
- Ten largest
- 82.8%
- of the whole fund
- Effective number of holdings
- 8.9
- As concentrated as this many equal-sized holdings (how it is worked out)
- Largest holding
- 23.2%
- Deutsche Telekom
Top 10 holdings
| Rank# | Holding | Weight as a percentage of the fund |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deutsche TelekomDTECommunication ServicesGermany | 23.16% |
| 2 | Spotify TechnologySPOTCommunication ServicesLuxembourg | 17.83% |
| 3 | OrangeORACommunication ServicesFrance | 7.42% |
| 4 | Vodafone Group PublicVODCommunication ServicesUnited Kingdom | 6.48% |
| 5 | Publicis GroupePUBCommunication ServicesFrance | 6.19% |
| 6 | SwisscomSCMNCommunication ServicesSwitzerland | 5.17% |
| 7 | Universal Music GroupUMGCommunication ServicesNetherlands | 4.67% |
| 8 | Royal KPNKPNCommunication ServicesNetherlands | 4.34% |
| 9 | BT GroupBT.ACommunication ServicesUnited Kingdom | 3.82% |
| 10 | InformaINFCommunication ServicesUnited Kingdom | 3.72% |
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
- Communication Services99.7%
- Other funds0.1%
- Not classified0.1%
By country
- Germany23.2%
- Luxembourg17.8%
- United Kingdom14.7%
- France13.6%
- Netherlands9.0%
- Spain6.6%
- Sweden6.4%
- Switzerland5.2%
- Other countries3.4%
- Not classified0.1%
By type of asset
- Equity99.7%
- Cash and money market0.3%
See the full portfolio
Every holding with search and filters, the whole breakdown by sector, country and type of asset, a map of the 22 largest and what changed since .
More of the portfolio
The fund publishes 26 holdings; the ten largest make up 82.8% 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
Risk and return in depth
Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios
Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios over 1, 3 and 5 years, from weekly returns in pounds.
With a free accountRolling returns
The full range of 250 rolling 12-month returns since January 2021, and of 146 rolling three-year returns, in pounds, with how often they were above zero.
With a free accountLargest 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.
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Moves compared with a similar fund
Correlation and beta of weekly returns in pounds against iShares Core MSCI Europe UCITS ETF EUR (Acc), over the three years to 13/11/2026 (122 weeks).
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Questions people ask
What is the ongoing charge of XSKR?
The ongoing charge of XSKR is 0.20% a year — about £20 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 SICAV - Xtrackers MSCI Europe Communication Services UCITS ETF -1C- Capitalisation 0.20% a year. Compared on 14/11/2026, 101 of the 164 other single-sector funds charge more, 13 the same and 50 less (share classes counted once).
What does XSKR track?
XSKR tracks the MSCI Europe Communication Services Screened 20-35 Select Index - Benchmark TR Net — large and medium-sized European companies.
Is XSKR accumulating or distributing?
XSKR 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 XSKR?
The ISIN of XSKR is LU0292104030. An ISIN identifies one exact share class of a fund; XSKR is its ticker on the London Stock Exchange. The same share class is also listed as DXSG (Xetra, euros).
What does XSKR hold?
As of 15/11/2026, XSKR holds 26 positions, according to its published holdings. The largest is Deutsche Telekom at 23.16% of the fund; the ten largest make up 82.8%. Its ten largest holdings are Deutsche Telekom (23.16%), Spotify Technology (17.83%), Orange (7.42%), Vodafone Group Public (6.48%), Publicis Groupe (6.19%), Swisscom (5.17%), Universal Music Group (4.67%), Royal KPN (4.34%), BT Group (3.82%) and Informa (3.72%).
What were XSKR’s returns in each of the last five years?
Calendar-year returns of XSKR in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund): 2022 −6.1%, 2023 +14.1%, 2024 +12.8%, 2025 +7.9%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 +6.6%. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.
How has XSKR done after inflation?
Over the five years to 13/11/2026 XSKR’s total return was +35.5%, or +5.7% 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 )
Methodology:ReturnsCategoriesAll methods
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