Xtrackers S&P 500 Scored & Screened ETF

Xtrackers S&P 500 Scored & Screened ETF (SNPE), from DWS, tracks a version of the S&P 500 that removes companies with weak ESG (environmental, social and governance) scores and certain businesses, such as tobacco, thermal coal and controversial weapons. It keeps industry weights close to the S&P 500's. It charges 0.10% a year, the same as its closest match, SPDR S&P 500 ESG ETF (EFIV), but more than the 0.03% charged by plain S&P 500 funds such as IVV and VOO.

• Over the year to Oct 27, 2026, SNPE returned +14.1%, 2nd of 9 among similar funds.
• Its 5-year annualized return was +13.0%.
• In the 2020 COVID crash it fell 33.3% and regained its old high 4.4 months after the low.
• Its worst full calendar year was 2022 (-17.7%); its best was 2021 (+31.4%).
• The deepest fall in its price history was 33.3% (Feb 19, 2020 to Mar 23, 2020), recovered by Aug 5, 2020.

As of Aug 31, 2026, the fund held 326 securities; the ten largest made up 40.77% of assets.

By sector

• Over the three months to Aug 31, 2026, investors added a net $108.3M (creations minus redemptions, per the N-PORT report).
• Monthly total returns reported for that quarter: +0.78%, -0.42%, +3.21%.

SNPE is an index fund. It aims to match the S&P 500 Scored & Screened Index, built by S&P Dow Jones Indices, before fees. The index starts with the S&P 500 and first removes companies with no S&P Global ESG score, or with a score in the bottom 25% of their industry group. It then removes companies tied to tobacco, controversial weapons, thermal coal, oil sands, small arms or military weapons beyond set revenue or ownership limits. Last, it drops any company that Sustainalytics judges to be breaking the United Nations Global Compact's principles on human rights, labor, the environment and corruption.

From the companies left, the index picks those with the highest ESG scores until it covers about 75% of the market value of each S&P 500 industry group. This keeps the fund's industry mix close to the full index. Holdings are weighted by market capitalization, meaning the value of shares available to the public, so the biggest companies count the most. As of August 31, 2026, the fund held 326 stocks, and NVIDIA (13.0%) and Microsoft (9.2%) together made up more than a fifth of assets.

The fund usually owns every stock in the index, in the same weights. This is called full replication. It also held 0.13% in cash and tiny positions in S&P 500 futures contracts. The prospectus lists portfolio turnover of 11%, which points to fairly light trading.

• SNPE charges 0.1% a year, versus an average of 0.11% for the similar funds below (6th of 9, cheapest first).
• Using the prospectus's standard example, $10,000 invested would cost about $10 in the first year and $128 over 10 years (assuming a 5% annual return).

It owns hundreds of large US companies with industry weights close to the S&P 500's, so it could replace a plain S&P 500 fund for investors who want ESG screens.

SNPE started trading in 2019, so it has no record from the 2008 crisis. Its deepest drop came in the 2020 COVID crash, when it fell 33.3% from February 19 to March 23, 2020. It was back to its old high by August 5, 2020, about 4.4 months later. The 2022 bear market hurt for longer. The fund fell 24.7% and needed 14 months, until December 1, 2023, to recover. Its worst calendar year was 2022, at −17.7%. Anyone selling shares to cover spending in a slump like that would have been selling at low prices for more than a year.

Income is small. The trailing 12-month yield was 0.97% as of October 27, 2026, paid quarterly. In the SEC's standard example, the 0.10% fee costs about $128 over 10 years on $10,000. Past results don't predict future returns, and a plan should look at the whole portfolio, not one fund.

Matched by holdings overlap from the latest N-PORT reports.