## [# Largest & Smallest ETF Handles](/sections/news/largest-smallest-etf-handles)
# Largest & Smallest ETF Handles
Share prices aren’t an investment consideration anymore, but they are interesting to look at.
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Jun 11, 2020
Edited by: Sumit Roy
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Share prices don’t matter all that much anymore. It used to be that companies would often split the price of their stocks, making them more “affordable” for the average investor.
That doesn’t happen so much anymore. According to Charles Schwab, the number of share splits by S&P 500 companies decreased from 102 in 1997 to seven in 2016.
Of course, the share prices themselves are just an accounting mechanism and don’t have anything to do with market value per se. Only when combined with the number of shares outstanding do they mean something (share price times shares outstanding equals market capitalization).
When a company splits its shares—for example, two-for-one—the share price halves, while the number of shares outstanding double, resulting in the same market value.
**Pricing Behavior**
Still, even though share prices don’t have any impact on the fundamentals of a company, in the past, they were still a factor that influenced individual investor purchasing decisions.
When contemplating investments, a large share price could dissuade an investor who has $100 or even $1,000 to invest from buying a particular stock.
The advent of fractional share trading has diminished those concerns for even the smallest investors. Now, even the $2,600 price tag for Amazon or the $1,450 price per share for Alphabet aren’t much of a consideration.
The same goes for ETFs.
The prices per share, or handles, if they mattered even a little bit before, matter even less now in a world of fractional share trading. Still, there is an argument to be made that large handles (the price of a share rounded down to a whole value) provide some prestige to a stock or fund.
But handles are interesting to look at. Here are the ETFs with the largest share prices and followed by the ETFs with the smallest share prices:
**ETFs With The Largest Handles**
TickerFundShare Price**[ONEQ](https://www.etf.com/ONEQ)****[Fidelity NASDAQ Composite Index Tracking Stock](https://www.etf.com/ONEQ)****386.94****[FLGE](https://www.etf.com/flge)****[Credit Suisse FI Large Cap Growth Enhanced ETN](https://www.etf.com/flge)****357.02****[FBGX](https://www.etf.com/fbgx)****[UBS AG FI Enhanced Large Cap Growth ETN](https://www.etf.com/fbgx)****356.70****[MDY](https://www.etf.com/mdy)****[SPDR S&P Midcap 400 ETF Trust](https://www.etf.com/mdy)****347.62****[IVV](https://www.etf.com/ivv)****[iShares Core S&P 500 ETF](https://www.etf.com/ivv)****322.02****[SPY](https://www.etf.com/spy)****[SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust](https://www.etf.com/spy)****320.85****[DGAZ](https://www.etf.com/dgaz)****[VelocityShares 3X Inverse Natural Gas ETN](https://www.etf.com/dgaz)****317.89****[VOO](https://www.etf.com/voo)****[Vanguard S&P 500 ETF](https://www.etf.com/voo)****294.98****[JKH](https://www.etf.com/jkh)****[iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF](https://www.etf.com/jkh)****291.17****[IGM](https://www.etf.com/igm)****[iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF](https://www.etf.com/igm)****275.78***Share prices as of June 9, 2020*
**ETFs With The Smallest Handles**
TickerFundShare Price**[RJN](https://www.etf.com/rjn)****[Elements Rogers International Commodity Index-Energy TR ETN](https://www.etf.com/rjn)****1.39****[FNGD](https://www.etf.com/fngd)****[MicroSectors FANG+ Index -3X Inverse Leveraged ETN](https://www.etf.com/fngd)****2.62****[GRU](https://www.etf.com/gru)****[Elements MLCX Grains Index-Total Return ETN](https://www.etf.com/gru)****2.72****[PXJ](https://www.etf.com/pxj)****[Invesco Dynamic Oil & Gas Services ETF](https://www.etf.com/pxj)****3.18****[DZZ](https://www.etf.com/dzz)****[DB Gold Double Short ETN](https://www.etf.com/dzz)****3.59****[DRIP](https://www.etf.com/drip)****[Direxion Daily S&P Oil & Gas Exp. & Prod. Bear 2X Shares](https://www.etf.com/drip)****3.60****[RJI](https://www.etf.com/rji)****[Elements Rogers International Commodity Index-Total Return ETN](https://www.etf.com/rji)****4.00****[LABD](https://www.etf.com/labd)****[Direxion Daily S&P Biotech Bear 3X Shares](https://www.etf.com/labd)****4.48****[HDGE](https://www.etf.com/hdge)****[AdvisorShares Ranger Equity Bear ETF](https://www.etf.com/hdge)****4.48****[REML](https://www.etf.com/reml)****[Credit Suisse X-Links Monthly Pay 2xLeveraged Mortgage REIT ETN](https://www.etf.com/reml)****4.54***Share prices as of June 9, 2020*
**No Handle Too Big**
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, with a $300,000 handle, is an obvious example. So, too, are the tech giants with their thousand-dollar share prices. A high price suggests that a stock or ETF has performed well over time and/or been around for a long time.
There are artificial ways to getting to a high share price (a reverse split, for example), but absent that, a high price may be an indicator of good returns and longevity.
To be sure, a share price is not a top factor to consider, or even one to consider at all, when making investment decisions.
A good investor simply doesn’t care what price an ETF trades at in and of itself (which is different than whether the price is rising or falling).
*Email Sumit Roy at or follow him on Twitter [@sumitroy2](https://twitter.com/sumitroy2)*
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