ETFs by five-year return
ETFs of at least $1 billion with five years of history, ranked by their average yearly total return over those five years. Leveraged and inverse funds are left out. Five years is long enough to include a bad year for almost everything.
| # | Fund | Yield | Fee | 5 years, yearly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMHVanEck Semiconductor ETF | 0.2% | 0.35% | +32.8% |
| 2 | SOXXiShares Semiconductor ETF | 0.2% | 0.33% | +28.0% |
| 3 | DXJWisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund | 0.9% | 0.47% | +26.8% |
| 4 | GDXVanEck Gold Miners ETF | 0.7% | 0.50% | +24.1% |
| 5 | XLEEnergy Select Sector SPDR® Fund | 2.5% | 0.09% | +22.9% |
| 6 | FENYFidelity® MSCI Energy Index ETF | 2.3% | 0.08% | +22.6% |
| 7 | EWTiShares MSCI Taiwan ETF | 0.9% | 0.60% | +21.2% |
| 8 | FLTWFranklin FTSE Taiwan ETF | 1.4% | 0.19% | +21.1% |
| 9 | SLViShares Silver Trust | 0.0% | 0.51% | +19.9% |
| 10 | AIRRFirst Trust RBA American Industrial RenaissanceTM ETF | 0.1% | 0.73% | +19.3% |
| 11 | EWPiShares MSCI Spain ETF | 2.9% | 0.51% | +19.2% |
| 12 | EUFNiShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF | 4.0% | 0.52% | +19.1% |
| 13 | XLKTechnology Select Sector SPDR® Fund | 0.4% | 0.09% | +19.1% |
| 14 | VGTVanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares | 0.4% | 0.10% | +18.7% |
| 15 | BARGraniteShares Gold Trust | 0.0% | 0.16% | +18.7% |
| 16 | COPXGlobal X Copper Miners ETF | 2.2% | 0.62% | +18.4% |
| 17 | AAAUGoldman Sachs Physical Gold ETF | 0.0% | 0.18% | +17.7% |
| 18 | AMLPAlerian MLP ETF | 7.5% | 0.85% | +17.4% |
| 19 | GLDSPDR® Gold Shares | 0.0% | 0.42% | +17.4% |
| 20 | EPOLiShares MSCI Poland ETF | 3.4% | 0.57% | +17.1% |
| 21 | FRDMFreedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF | 1.7% | 0.48% | +16.8% |
| 22 | EWYiShares MSCI South Korea ETF | 1.1% | 0.61% | +16.6% |
| 23 | FFLCFidelity Fundamental Large Cap Core ETF | – | 0.38% | +16.0% |
| 24 | VLUEiShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF | 1.5% | 0.15% | +15.9% |
| 25 | EWIiShares MSCI Italy ETF | 3.2% | 0.52% | +15.8% |
25 of the 359 funds that qualify, from the market data provider's fund data read up to 2026-10-22. Returns are the funds' own total returns. Compare the top three ›
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Each list is ranked on one figure, named above, and nothing else. A fund near the top is not a recommendation: past returns say nothing certain about future ones, and none of this is advice.