Financials ETF Overview

Financial ETFs invest in the equity of companies from the financial services industry.

With 47 ETFs traded on the U.S. markets, Financials ETFs have total assets under management of $57.90B. The average expense ratio is 1.13%. Financials ETFs can be found in the following asset classes:

  • Equity

The largest Financials ETF is the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund XLF with $28.85B in assets. In the last trailing year, the best-performing Financials ETF was BNKD at 63.36%. The most recent ETF launched in the Financials space was the Global X Financials Covered Call & Growth ETF FYLG on 11/21/22.

Top ETF Performers

BNKD MicroSectors U.S. Big Banks Index -3X Inverse Leveraged ETN 88.48%
FAZ Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares 51.95%
SKF ProShares UltraShort Financials 27.66%
CONL GraniteShares 1.5x Long COIN Daily ETF 20.18%
SEF ProShares Short Financials 13.48%

Bottom ETF Performers

DPST Direxion Daily Regional Banks Bull 3X Shares -70.97%
BNKU MicroSectors U.S. Big Banks Index 3X Leveraged ETN -53.52%
FAS Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x Shares -38.39%
IAT iShares U.S. Regional Banks ETF -33.84%
KRE SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF -30.50%

Top Creations

FXO First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund 1.06K
XLF Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund 588.64
KBWB Invesco KBW Bank ETF 390.64
EUFN iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF 141.87
KIE SPDR S&P Insurance ETF 41.13

Top Redemptions

VFH Vanguard Financials ETF -135.93
KRE SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF -105.33
KBE SPDR S&P Bank ETF -98.19
IXG iShares Global Financials ETF -70.10
QABA First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund -35.74

AUM Winners

BNKD MicroSectors U.S. Big Banks Index -3X Inverse Leveraged ETN 101.48%
DPST Direxion Daily Regional Banks Bull 3X Shares 63.13%
SKF ProShares UltraShort Financials 53.83%
SEF ProShares Short Financials 50.51%
CONL GraniteShares 1.5x Long COIN Daily ETF 48.29%

AUM Losers

KBWB Invesco KBW Bank ETF -45.39%
FTXO First Trust Nasdaq Bank ETF -31.26%
MVRL ETRACS Monthly Pay 1.5X Leveraged Mortgage REIT ETN -30.47%
IXG iShares Global Financials ETF -29.49%
QABA First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund -28.66%

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