VWRP vs CNX1: which ETF won each year?

Yearly returns side by side, one winner per year — dividends included, priced as you'd actually buy them.

Every figure here is in pounds — what you'd actually pocket buying on the London Stock Exchange. Fund fact sheets usually headline returns in US dollars, which can look very different in years when the pound moves against the dollar. Here's the full story, year by year.

VWRP tracks the FTSE All-World IndexCNX1 tracks the Nasdaq-100 Index

What did the last 6 years do to £10,000?

You invest £10,000 at the start of the window and touch nothing — dividends reinvested, the running year not counted. Both funds are measured over the same 6 full years (2020–2025) — the longest stretch both were trading.

VWRP turned it into
£19,446
+11.72% per year on average · 2020–2025
CNX1 turned it into
£29,324
+19.64% per year on average · 2020–2025
Difference
−£9,879
CNX1 made more of the same money

VWRP vs CNX1, year by year

Calendar-year total returns (dividends included) side by side, and who took the crown each year. A dash means the fund did not exist yet.

Years compared
8
where both funds were trading
VWRP won
2
years
CNX1 won
6
years
YearVWRPCNX1Winner
2026 (so far)+14.68%+21.89%CNX1
2025+13.94%+11.83%VWRP
2024+19.60%+28.51%CNX1
2023+15.64%+47.71%CNX1
2022-8.41%-25.53%VWRP
2021+20.00%+29.50%CNX1
2020+12.27%+43.24%CNX1
2019+1.72%+33.63%CNX1
2018—+4.62%—
2017—+20.13%—
2016—+28.85%—
2015—+14.71%—
2014—+28.19%—
2013—+36.05%—
2012—+9.20%—
2011—+3.56%—
2010—-20.33%—

VWRP vs CNX1 in plain words

VWRP tracks the FTSE All-World Index while CNX1 follows the Nasdaq-100 Index, so they own different slices of the market and their years can look very different. VWRP charges 0.19% a year in running costs and CNX1 charges 0.30% — VWRP is the cheaper fund to hold.

Both are accumulating funds: dividends are reinvested inside the fund and show up as a higher share price, never as a payout. Across the 8 calendar years both funds were trading, VWRP finished the year ahead 2 times and CNX1 6 times. £10,000 invested at the start of 2020 was worth £19,446 in VWRP versus £29,324 in CNX1 by the end of 2025, dividends reinvested.

VWRA is the London (USD) listing and VWCE the Xetra (EUR) line of the same accumulating share class, ISIN IE00BK5BQT80 — VWRP is its GBP line on the London Stock Exchange; VWRL is its distributing sibling.

CNDX is the London (USD) listing and SXRV the Xetra (EUR) line of the same fund, ISIN IE00B53SZB19 — CNX1 is its GBP line on the London Stock Exchange.

Fund facts: VWRP vs CNX1

FactVWRPCNX1
FundVanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF (Acc)iShares Nasdaq 100 UCITS ETF (Acc)
TracksFTSE All-World IndexNasdaq-100 Index
Yearly cost (TER)0.19%0.30%
DividendsAccumulating — dividends reinvestedAccumulating — dividends reinvested
Launched23 Jul 201926 Jan 2010
ISINIE00BK5BQT80IE00B53SZB19
£10,000 investedWhat £10,000 in VWRP becameWhat £10,000 in CNX1 became

How bumpy the ride was: VWRP vs CNX1

These head-to-head figures use only the 1,812 trading days both funds were listed: 25 Jul 2019 to 7 Oct 2026, roughly 7.2 years.

CNX1 swung more than VWRP: annualised volatility of 14.8% for VWRP against 20.3% for CNX1, with VWRP moving 1% or more on 20.4% of trading days and CNX1 on 34.9%. Both had their worst day on 12 Mar 2020: VWRP closed -7.75% and CNX1 -6.07%.

CNX1 had the deeper drawdown: it fell -27.56% from its peak on 22 Nov 2021 to a low on 28 Dec 2022, then closed back above the old peak on 19 Jul 2023, 6 months after the low; VWRP fell -25.10% from its peak on 19 Feb 2020 to a low on 23 Mar 2020, then closed back above the old peak on 10 Sept 2020, 5 months after the low.

Day to day the two usually move together: the correlation of their daily returns is 0.88, and they closed in opposite directions on 14.7% of the 1,811 days measured. The widest single-day gap came on 2 Feb 2023, when VWRP moved +2.47% and CNX1 +6.26%.

MeasureVWRPCNX1
Annualised volatility14.8%20.3%
Worst day-7.75% on 12 Mar 2020-6.07% on 12 Mar 2020
Best day+6.27% on 24 Mar 2020+6.26% on 2 Feb 2023
Days moving 1% or more20.4% of days34.9% of days
Deepest drawdown-25.10%-27.56%
Peak to trough19 Feb 2020 → 23 Mar 202022 Nov 2021 → 28 Dec 2022
Back above the old peak10 Sept 2020 · 5 months19 Jul 2023 · 6 months

Years VWRP and CNX1 parted ways

In 6 of the 7 completed calendar years both funds were trading, the two returns ended more than 5 points apart. The widest split was 2023: VWRP returned +15.64% and CNX1 +47.71%, a gap of 32.1 points. They rose together in 6 years and fell together in 1 year.

YearVWRPCNX1Gap (VWRP − CNX1)
2024+19.60%+28.51%-8.9 pts
2023+15.64%+47.71%-32.1 pts
2022-8.41%-25.53%+17.1 pts
2021+20.00%+29.50%-9.5 pts
2020+12.27%+43.24%-31.0 pts
2019+1.72%+33.63%-31.9 pts

How often VWRP beat CNX1 over any 12 months

Across the 75 rolling 12-month windows since July 2019, measured month-end to month-end, VWRP finished ahead in 26.7% of them (20) and CNX1 in 73.3% (55).

12-month windows
75
month-end to month-end, overlapping
VWRP ahead
26.7%
20 of 75 windows
CNX1 ahead
73.3%
55 of 75 windows

£200 a month into each, 2020–2025

Putting £200 into each fund at the start of every month from January 2020 to December 2025 (72 payments, £14,400 in total) would have grown to £21,440 in VWRP and £24,927 in CNX1, leaving CNX1 £3,487 ahead.

OutcomeVWRPCNX1
Paid in£14,400£14,400
Value at the end of 2025£21,440£24,927
Gain on the money paid in+£7,040+£10,527
Gain in %+48.89%+73.10%

Each payment rides the return of the month it lands in, dividends reinvested. Only calendar years with all twelve months of data for both funds count, so the plan may start later than the shared history.

Frequently asked

Is VWRP or CNX1 better?

Across the 8 calendar years both funds were trading, VWRP finished the year ahead 2 times and CNX1 6 times. £10,000 invested at the start of 2020 was worth £19,446 in VWRP versus £29,324 in CNX1 by the end of 2025, dividends reinvested. Past returns don't promise future ones — but this is what actually happened.

What is the difference between VWRP and CNX1?

VWRP tracks the FTSE All-World Index while CNX1 follows the Nasdaq-100 Index, so they own different slices of the market and their years can look very different. VWRP charges 0.19% a year in running costs and CNX1 charges 0.30% — VWRP is the cheaper fund to hold. Both are accumulating funds: dividends are reinvested inside the fund and show up as a higher share price, never as a payout.

Which is more volatile, VWRP or CNX1?

CNX1 swung more than VWRP: annualised volatility of 14.8% for VWRP against 20.3% for CNX1, with VWRP moving 1% or more on 20.4% of trading days and CNX1 on 34.9%. Both had their worst day on 12 Mar 2020: VWRP closed -7.75% and CNX1 -6.07%.

Which had the deeper drawdown, VWRP or CNX1?

CNX1 had the deeper drawdown: it fell -27.56% from its peak on 22 Nov 2021 to a low on 28 Dec 2022, then closed back above the old peak on 19 Jul 2023, 6 months after the low; VWRP fell -25.10% from its peak on 19 Feb 2020 to a low on 23 Mar 2020, then closed back above the old peak on 10 Sept 2020, 5 months after the low.

How often did VWRP beat CNX1 over a 12-month period?

Across the 75 rolling 12-month windows since July 2019, measured month-end to month-end, VWRP finished ahead in 26.7% of them (20) and CNX1 in 73.3% (55).

What would £10,000 in VWRP have become?

£10,000 invested in VWRP at the start of 2020 grew to £19,446 by the end of 2025, with dividends reinvested — an average of 11.7% per year.

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Source: Yahoo Finance daily adjusted closes for the GBP trading lines on the London Stock Exchange, dividends reinvested. Prices through · refreshed 7 Oct 2026, 08:49 UTC. How every number is calculated.