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Tesla in your ETF: how much you own, and the share price
Tesla is one of the most-watched shares in the world, yet it’s a small slice of most index funds. Here’s its share price, its history of splits, and how much of it sits inside the ETFs UK investors can buy.
By The Off-Duty Economist Last reviewed Fund holdings to 31 August 2026
The short version
- Tesla was 1.56% of an S&P 500 ETF at the end of August 2026, its 10th-largest holding. So £1,000 in an S&P 500 ETF puts about £16 into Tesla.
- It's about 3% of a Nasdaq-100 ETF and about 1% of a world ETF.
- Only consumer discretionary sector funds hold a lot: 12% to 20%, second only to Amazon in each.
- Tesla has never paid a dividend, so all of its return to shareholders has come from its share price.
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- 1.6%of an S&P 500 ETF is Tesla (iShares and Vanguard, 31 August 2026)
- £16of every £1,000 in an S&P 500 ETF goes into Tesla
- 15shares today for every Tesla share before its 2020 and 2022 splits
Tesla's share price today
Tesla’s shares trade on Nasdaq in New York under the ticker TSLA, so the price is in US dollars.
Tesla (TSLA) live share price
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Which ETFs hold Tesla?
Index funds that cover US or world shares hold Tesla because they buy companies in proportion to their size. The table shows 11 large ETFs that UK investors can buy on the London Stock Exchange, with Tesla’s share of each.
It’s a list of which funds hold Tesla and how much, not a list of funds to buy. Each fund’s name links to its full profile.
| Fund | What it tracks | London tickers | Tesla's share | Tesla in every £1,000 | Yearly charge | Fund size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Street SPDR S&P U.S. Consumer Discretionary Select Sector UCITS ETF | US consumer discretionary companies in the S&P 500 | SXLY | 20.32% | £203 | 0.15% | £100m |
| iShares S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary Sector UCITS ETF (Acc) | US consumer discretionary companies in the S&P 500 | ICDU / IUCD | 16.75% | £168 | 0.15% | £539m |
| State Street SPDR MSCI World Consumer Discretionary UCITS ETF | Consumer discretionary companies in the MSCI World | WCOD | 12.80% | £128 | 0.30% | £49m |
| Xtrackers MSCI World Consumer Discretionary UCITS ETF 1C | Consumer discretionary companies in the MSCI World | XWDS / XDWC | 12.07% | £121 | 0.25% | £253m |
| iShares Nasdaq 100 UCITS ETF (Acc) | Nasdaq-100 | CNX1 / CNDX | 2.92% | £29 | 0.30% | £22.6bn |
| Invesco EQQQ Nasdaq-100 UCITS ETF | Nasdaq-100 | EQQQ / EQQU | 2.82% | £28 | 0.30% | £11.0bn |
| Vanguard S&P 500 UCITS ETF (USD) Distributing | S&P 500 | VUSA / VUSD | 1.57% | £16 | 0.07% | £40.7bn |
| iShares Core S&P 500 UCITS ETF USD (Acc) | S&P 500 | CSP1 / CSPX | 1.56% | £16 | 0.07% | £119.5bn |
| HSBC S&P 500 UCITS ETF USD | S&P 500 | HSPX / HSPD | 1.48% | £15 | 0.09% | £7.8bn |
| iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF USD (Acc) | MSCI World (developed markets) | SWDA / IWDA | 1.15% | £12 | 0.20% | £112.8bn |
| Vanguard FTSE Developed World UCITS ETF Distributing | FTSE Developed (developed markets) | VEVE / VDEV | 1.09% | £11 | 0.12% | £3.6bn |
Holdings are as at 31 August 2026 (26 August for Invesco EQQQ and 28 August for HSBC S&P 500). Fund sizes are in pounds. Where a fund has two London tickers, the first is priced in pounds or pence and the second in US dollars; the two SPDR funds have a dollar line only.
Tesla is up to a fifth of a consumer discretionary ETF, but under 3% of a broad index ETF
Tesla's share of each fund's holdings
- Consumer discretionary funds
- Broad index funds
Source: fund holdings from justETF, consulted 14 October 2026. Holdings as at 31 August 2026 (26 August for Invesco EQQQ, 28 August for HSBC S&P 500). Weights change every day. Chart: Invest in ETFs.
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| Fund (ticker) | Tesla's share | In every £1,000 | Holdings as at |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPDR US Consumer Discretionary (SXLY) | 20.32% | £203 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| iShares S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary (ICDU) | 16.75% | £168 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| SPDR World Consumer Discretionary (WCOD) | 12.80% | £128 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| Xtrackers World Consumer Discretionary (XWDS) | 12.07% | £121 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| iShares Nasdaq 100 (CNX1) | 2.92% | £29 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| Invesco EQQQ Nasdaq-100 (EQQQ) | 2.82% | £28 | 26 Aug 2026 |
| Vanguard S&P 500 (VUSA) | 1.57% | £16 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| iShares Core S&P 500 (CSP1) | 1.56% | £16 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| HSBC S&P 500 (HSPX) | 1.48% | £15 | 28 Aug 2026 |
| iShares Core MSCI World (SWDA) | 1.15% | £12 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| Vanguard FTSE Developed World (VEVE) | 1.09% | £11 | 31 Aug 2026 |
Tesla only becomes a big holding in a consumer discretionary fund, which holds a few dozen to about 120 companies. Even there it comes second: Amazon was the largest holding in every one of these funds, at 31% to 33%.
A famous share, a small slice
Tesla gets far more attention than its place in most funds would suggest. At the end of August 2026 it was the 10th-largest holding in an S&P 500 ETF, at 1.56%. Nvidia, the largest, was 8.07%, more than five times as much.
In a world fund the slice is smaller again: 1.15% of the iShares Core MSCI World ETF, and below 1% of the Vanguard FTSE All-World ETF, where it wasn’t in the top 10 at all. That’s the point of an index fund: no single company, however famous, decides how your money does. A fall of a fifth in Tesla’s shares would, on its own, take about 0.3% off an S&P 500 ETF.
When S&P 500 funds started holding Tesla
Tesla’s shares have been listed since June 2010, but S&P 500 funds didn’t hold them for the first ten years. S&P Dow Jones Indices added Tesla to the S&P 500 before trading opened on 21 December 2020, classing it in the Consumer Discretionary sector.
That’s how index funds work: the index provider decides what’s in the index, and every fund tracking it buys in. When a company joins a big index, funds tracking it all have to buy its shares around the same date.
Tesla's splits and dividends
Tesla has split its shares twice, each time giving shareholders extra shares:
- August 2020: 5-for-1, with the shares trading on a split-adjusted basis from 31 August 2020.
- August 2022: 3-for-1, trading split-adjusted from 25 August 2022.
Together, one share from before 2020 is 15 shares today. Adjusted for both splits, Tesla’s 2010 float was priced at about $1.13 a share. A split changes the number of shares, not the value of what you own.
Tesla’s annual report says it has “never declared or paid cash dividends” and doesn’t expect to in the foreseeable future. Inside an index fund that makes no difference to how the fund works: the fund still collects dividends from the other companies it holds.
Tesla and the Consumer Discretionary sector
Consumer Discretionary covers the things people buy more of when times are good: cars, household durables, clothing, hotels, restaurants and leisure, and shops selling non-essential goods. Car makers such as Tesla sit here, not in technology. The sector was 8.7% of an S&P 500 ETF, 8.5% of a world ETF and 4.1% of a FTSE 100 ETF on 13 October 2026, using GICS sectors.
Tesla is one company in our series picking one share from each of the 11 stock market sectors. See all 11 sectors and what each one covers.
Tesla shares or an ETF that holds Tesla?
You can own Tesla directly, by buying its shares, or indirectly, through a fund. Here’s how the two compare for a UK investor, using an S&P 500 ETF as the example.
| Tesla shares | An S&P 500 ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| What you own | Part of one company | Part of about 500 US companies, with Tesla about 1.6% |
| If Tesla's shares fell by a fifth | Your holding falls by a fifth | Tesla's fall alone takes about 0.3% off the fund |
| Where it trades | Nasdaq, in US dollars | London Stock Exchange, in pounds or dollars |
| Stamp duty | Not normally due on foreign shares bought outside the UK | None on ETFs (what an ETF costs) |
| Dividends | None: Tesla has never paid one | Dividends from the fund's other companies, paid out or reinvested |
| In a stocks and shares ISA | Yes. Nasdaq is a recognised stock exchange | Yes |
| Yearly cost of holding | No fund charge; platform fees may apply | From 0.07% a year, plus platform fees |
Either way, Tesla is a US company priced in dollars, so changes in the pound against the dollar affect what your holding is worth in pounds.
Common questions
- Does Tesla pay a dividend?
- No. Its annual report says it has never declared or paid cash dividends and doesn’t expect to in the foreseeable future.
- Which ETFs hold the most Tesla?
- Of the funds above, the consumer discretionary funds: 12% to 20% of each at the end of August 2026, behind Amazon. A broad S&P 500 fund holds about 1.6%, a Nasdaq-100 fund about 3% and a world fund about 1%.
- Why isn’t Tesla in technology ETFs?
- Under the GICS system that most index providers use, car makers belong to Consumer Discretionary, and S&P Dow Jones Indices classed Tesla there when it joined the S&P 500.
- When did Tesla split its shares?
- Twice: 5-for-1 in August 2020 and 3-for-1 in August 2022. One share from before 2020 is 15 shares today.
- Can Tesla shares go in an ISA?
- Yes. Shares count for a stocks and shares ISA if they’re officially listed on a recognised stock exchange, and HMRC lists Nasdaq as one. The ETFs in the table can go in an ISA too.
Before you rely on this page
Sources
- justETF fund profiles for the 11 funds in the table, linked from each fund's name, plus the Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF. Consulted 14 October 2026; holdings as at the dates given.
- Tesla, Inc., annual report on Form 10-K for 2025 (listing, float price and dividend policy) and stock split announcements of 11 August 2020 and 5 August 2022, US Securities and Exchange Commission
- S&P Dow Jones Indices, Tesla set to join S&P 500, 16 November 2020
- Sector weights of the iShares Core S&P 500, Core MSCI World and Core FTSE 100 ETFs, BlackRock, as of 13 October 2026
- HM Revenue & Customs: stocks and shares investments for ISA managers and recognised stock exchanges; GOV.UK, tax when you buy shares
Sources checked 14 October 2026. Live prices from TradingView.