State Street SPDR Portfolio Europe ETF
$53.35+0.33 (+0.62%)
- 0.07%
- $689M
- +11.2%
- 3.66%
- 0M sh
- $53.03
- low $48.00high $57.64
The ETF.net SPEU Grade
A
Score 85 out of 100
- 1 of 12
Score 85 of 100 falls in the A band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.A97 out of 100Rank 1 of 12Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 11Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.A75 out of 100Rank 1 of 12Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C54 out of 100Rank 6 of 12Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A91 out of 100Rank 1 of 12Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C52 out of 100Rank 7 of 12
Our read on SPEU
AEurope in one line item, priced like a core holding. A 0.07% fee buys the whole STOXX Europe Total Market Index, large caps down to small, in a fund that has been running since 2002.
The fund seeks to deliver returns generally corresponding to the total return of the STOXX Europe Total Market Index.
Why people hold it
- Charges 0.07% a year, versus a 0.28% median for its peer group. That is core-index pricing on a single-region fund.
- Total-market index, not a blue-chip list: over a thousand western European stocks spanning large, mid and small caps.
- Launched in 2002, so it has run through multiple European market cycles under State Street.
- Mandate is plain and literal: match the total return of one published European index, with no sector or country tilts bolted on.
Worth knowing
- Trading is light next to the giant international funds. Limit orders matter more here, and spreads can widen when volume is thin.
- Europe only. Broad international peers like VEU and IXUS cover Asia and emerging markets too, at 0.04% and 0.07%.
- Holdings trade in euros, pounds and francs, so currency swings against the dollar move your return alongside the stocks.
SPEU Holdings
- Stocks
- 1,712
- 18%
- ASML
Sectors
- Financials24.9%
- Industrials19.8%
- Health Care11.9%
- Technology9.4%
- Consumer Staples7.6%
- Consumer Discretionary6.7%
- Materials5.6%
- Energy5.5%
- Utilities4.4%
- Communication2.8%
- Real Estate1.4%
Geography
- United Kingdom21.38%
- Switzerland14.31%
- Germany12.80%
- France12.80%
- Netherlands9.38%
- Sweden5.86%
- Spain5.73%
- Italy5.24%
- 12.50%
Developed 98% · Emerging 2%
SPEU Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
SPEU$11,124
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | SPEU |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +4.3% |
| 1 month | −4.4% |
| 3 months | −3.1% |
| 1 year | +11.2% |
| 3 years | +17.2% |
| 5 years | +8.7% |
| 10 years | +9.4% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | SPEU |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +4.3% | |
| 2025 | +35.8% | |
| 2024 | +1.9% | |
| 2023 | +19.9% | |
| 2022 | −16.0% | |
| 2021 | +16.2% | |
| 2020 | +6.4% |
SPEU in the news
SPEU Dividends
- 3.66%
- $1.94
- $0.23 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
SPEU Risk
- 13.2%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.98
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −32.7%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.95
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SPEU Cost
0.07%
SPEU0.07%
- The middle half of Europe Region funds
- Median 0.51%
No Europe Region fund charges less.
Other funds in Europe Region
- AFEZState Street SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETFExpense ratio 0.29%1 year return +10.3%
- AFLEUFranklin FTSE Eurozone ETFExpense ratio 0.09%1 year return +10.0%
- AEZUiShares MSCI Eurozone ETFExpense ratio 0.50%1 year return +10.5%
- BDAXGlobal X - DAX Germany ETFExpense ratio 0.20%1 year return −0.4%
- BIEViShares Europe ETFExpense ratio 0.60%1 year return +11.2%