Top 100 ETFs Ranked by Weighted Alpha - Barchart.com (2024)

The Top 100 ETFs page ranks exchange traded funds by highest Weighted Alpha (measure of how much an ETF has changed in a one year period).

The report shows you the symbol's rank from the previous day's report. A rank of "N/A" indicates that the symbol is new to today's report (it was not on the Top 100 page yesterday).

Note: The rank on the report only applies to ETFs with a 1x leverage.

What's Included

To be included, U.S. market ETFs have to be trading between $2 and $10,000 and have daily volume above 1,000 shares. For Canada, ETFs have to be trading between $0.25 and $10,000 and have daily volume above 1,000 shares. The initial view shows only ETFs with a leverage of 1x (Long). Barchart Members, once logged in, may filter the ETFs that appear using the Leverage boxes at the top of the page.

About Weighted Alpha

Weighted Alphais a measure of how much an ETF has risen or fallen over a one-year period. The weightings are restricted to restricted to only ETFs with a leverage of "1" (short, double and triple ETFs are excluded from the calculations.)

Barchart.com takes this alpha (measure of how much an ETF has changed in the one-year period) and weights this, assigning more weight to recent activity, and less (0.5 factor) to activity at the beginning of the period. Thus the weighted alpha is a measure of one year growth with an emphasis on the most recent price activity.

An ETF whose price has risen over the one-year period will have a positive Weighted Alpha. An ETF whose price has not changed in the period will have a small Weighted Alpha and an ETF whose price has dropped over the period will have a negative Weighted Alpha.

Note: The Weighted Alpha is limited in the amount it may change from one day to the next, thus eliminating large price jumps from the calculation.

Receive Newly Ranked ETFs Email

Available only with a Premier Membership, you can opt to receive an end-of-day email of newly ranked ETFs to the Top 100 page. A newly ranked stock is one whose previous rank appears as "N/A" on the page.

Historical

Available only with a Barchart Plus or Barchart Premier Membership, you can view historical pages for 1x leveraged ETFs by choosing a date from the Historical date picker. This will show you the data for the page as of the chosen date. Historical Top 100 ETFs reports start at 03/06/2020. Flipcharts and Download is available for historical reports.

Screen

Available only with a Barchart Plus or Premier Membership, you can base an ETF Screener off the symbols currently on the page. This lets you add additional filters to further narrow down the list of candidates.

Example:

  1. Click "Screen" on the page and the ETF Screener opens, pulling in the symbols from the Top 100 ETFs page.
  2. Add additional criteria in the Screener, such as "20-Day Moving Average is greater than the Last Price", or "Trend Seeker® Opinion is Buy".
  3. View the results and save them to a Watchlist, or save the Screener to run again at a later date.
  4. Running a Saved Screener at a later date will always present a new list of results. Your Saved Screener will always start with the most current set of symbols found on the Top 100 ETFs page before applying your custom filters and displaying new results.
Data Updates

For pages showing Intraday views, we use the current session's data with new price data appear on the page as indicated by a "flash". Stocks: 15 minute delay (Cboe BZX data for U.S. equities is real-time), ET. Volume reflects consolidated markets. Futures and Forex: 10 or 15 minute delay, CT.

The list of symbols included on the page is updated every 10 minutes throughout the trading day. However, new stocks are not automatically added to or re-ranked on the page until the site performs its 10-minute update.

For reference, we include the date and timestamp of when the list was last updated at the top right of the page.

Page Sort

Pages are initially sorted in a specific order (depending on the data presented). You can re-sort the page by clicking on any of the column headings in the table.

Views

Most data tables can be analyzed using "Views." A View simply presents the symbols on the page with a different set of columns. Site members can also display the page using Custom Views.

Each View has a "Links" column on the far right to access a symbol's Quote Overview, Chart, Options Quotes (when available), Barchart Opinion, and Technical Analysis page. Standard Views found throughout the site include:

  • Main View: Symbol, Name, Last Price, Change, Percent Change, High, Low, Volume, and Time of Last Trade.
  • Technical View: Symbol, Name, Last Price, Today's Opinion, 20-Day Relative Strength, 20-Day Historic Volatility, 20-Day Average Volume, 52-Week High and 52-Week Low.
  • Performance View: Symbol, Name, Last Price, Weighted Alpha, YTD Percent Change, 1-Month, 3-Month and 1-Year Percent Change.
  • Fundamental View: Available only on equity pages, shows Symbol, Name, Market Cap, P/E Ratio (trailing 12 months). Earnings Per Share (trailing 12 months), Net Income, Beta, Annual Dividend, and Dividend Yield.
    Note
    : For all markets except U.S. equities, fundamental data is not licensed for downloading. Your .csv file will show "N/L" for "not licensed" when downloading from a Canadian, UK, Australian, or European stocks page.
  • Mini-Chart View: Available for Barchart Plus and Premier Members, this view displays 12 small charts per page for the symbols shown in the data table. You may change the bar type and time frame for the Mini-Charts as you scroll through the page. The default settings for Mini-Charts are found in your Site Preferences, under "Overview Charts".
  • Pre-Post Market Data: Available for Barchart Plus and Premier Members, this view will show any pre- or post-market price activity for U.S. equities only.
View Symbol More Data (+)

Unique to Barchart.com, data tables contain an option that allows you to see more data for the symbol without leaving the page. Click the "+" icon in the first column (on the left) to view more data for the selected symbol. Scroll through widgets of the different content available for the symbol. Click on any of the widgets to go to the full page. The "More Data" widgets are also available from the Links column of the right side of the data table.

Horizontal Scroll on Wide Tables

Especially when using a custom view, you may find that the number of columns chosen exceeds the available space to show all the data. In this case, the table must be horizontally scrolled (left to right) to view all of the information. To do this, you can either scroll to the bottom of the table and use the table's scrollbar, or you can scroll the table using your browser's built-in scroll:

  • Left-click with your mouse anywhere on the table.
  • Use your keyboard's left and right arrows to scroll the table.
  • Repeat this anywhere as you move through the table to enable horizontal scrolling.
Flipcharts

Also unique to Barchart, Flipcharts allow you to scroll through all the symbols on the table in a chart view. While viewing Flipcharts, you can apply a custom chart template, further customizing the way you can analyze the symbols. Flipcharts are a free tool available to Site Members.

Note: Flipcharts, unlike the full-page chart or Dashboard, does not stream updated data to the chart.

Download

Download is a free tool available to Site Members. This tool will download a .csv file for the View being displayed. For dynamically-generated tables (such as a Stock or ETF Screener) where you see more than 1000 rows of data, the download will be limited to only the first 1000 records on the table. For other static pages (such as the Russell 3000 Components list) all rows will be downloaded.

Free members are limited to 1 site download per day. Barchart Plus Members have 10 downloads per day, while Barchart Premier Members may download up to 250 .csv files per day.

Note: Due to licensing restrictions, Canadian fundamental data cannot be downloaded from Barchart.com. You will see "N/L" in a downloaded column when this is the case.

Should you require more than 250 downloads per day, please contact Barchart Sales at 866-333-7587 or email solutions@barchart.com for more information or additional options about historical market data.

Top 100 ETFs Ranked by Weighted Alpha - Barchart.com (2024)

FAQs

What are the highest alpha ETFs? ›

The largest Alpha-Seeking ETF is the JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF JEPI with $33.04B in assets. In the last trailing year, the best-performing Alpha-Seeking ETF was CONL at 587.68%. The most recent ETF launched in the Alpha-Seeking space was the FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Conservative Buffer ETF - April QCAP on 04/19/24.

What are the top 10 ETFs? ›

Top sector ETFs
Fund (ticker)YTD performanceExpense ratio
Vanguard Information Technology ETF (VGT)8.6 percent0.10 percent
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF)12.4 percent0.09 percent
Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE)13.5 percent0.09 percent
Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLI)10.8 percent0.09 percent

What ETF has the highest 10 year return? ›

1. VanEck Semiconductor ETF
  • 10-year return: 24.37%
  • Assets under management: $10.9B.
  • Expense ratio: 0.35%
  • As of date: November 30, 2023.

What is the best performing ETF in the last 5 years? ›

100 Highest 5 Year ETF Returns
SymbolName5-Year Return
FNGOMicroSectors FANG+ Index 2X Leveraged ETNs44.40%
TECLDirexion Daily Technology Bull 3X Shares35.09%
SMHVanEck Semiconductor ETF31.35%
ROMProShares Ultra Technology29.89%
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What is the highest performing ETF? ›

9 Best-Performing ETFs of 2024
  • Simplify Interest Rate Hedge ETF (PFIX)
  • VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH)
  • Amplify U.S. Alternative Harvest ETF (MJUS)
  • AdvisorShares Pure U.S. Cannabis ETF (MSOS)
  • YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF (NVDY)
  • ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO)
  • Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC)
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What is the most aggressive ETF? ›

The largest Aggressive ETF is the iShares Core Aggressive Allocation ETF AOA with $1.83B in assets. In the last trailing year, the best-performing Aggressive ETF was AOA at 14.42%. The most recent ETF launched in the Aggressive space was the iShares ESG Aware Aggressive Allocation ETF EAOA on 06/12/20.

What's the best ETF to buy right now? ›

The best ETFs to buy now
Exchange-traded fund (ticker)Assets under managementExpenses
Vanguard 500 Index ETF (VOO)$432.2 billion0.03%
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG)$76.5 billion0.06%
Vanguard U.S. Quality Factor ETF (VFQY)$333.3 million0.13%
SPDR Gold MiniShares (GLDM)$7.4 billion0.10%
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What ETF is better than the S&P 500? ›

The S&P 500's track record is impressive, but the Vanguard Growth ETF has outperformed it. The Vanguard Growth ETF leans heavily toward tech businesses that exhibit faster revenue and earnings gains. No matter what investments you choose, it's always smart to keep a long-term mindset.

What is top 40 ETF? ›

The Top40 is an equity Index of the 40 largest companies by market capitalisation, listed on the JSE. The fund is rebalanced quarterly and therefore has minimal trading costs. The fund may also hold a small portion in cash instruments and listed derivatives to effect efficient portfolio management.

What ETF has 12% yield? ›

Top 100 Highest Dividend Yield ETFs
SymbolNameDividend Yield
YYYAmplify High Income ETF12.32%
SPYINEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF12.11%
TUGNSTF Tactical Growth & Income ETF12.08%
BITSGlobal X Blockchain & Bitcoin Strategy ETF12.06%
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What is the safest ETF? ›

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are one of the safer types of investments out there, as they require less effort than investing in individual stocks while also increasing diversification.

How many ETFs should I own? ›

Experts agree that for most personal investors, a portfolio comprising 5 to 10 ETFs is perfect in terms of diversification.

What is the best ETF to invest in 2024? ›

Best ETFs as of May 2024
TickerFund name5-year return
SMHVanEck Semiconductor ETF31.19%
SOXXiShares Semiconductor ETF26.35%
XLKTechnology Select Sector SPDR Fund21.30%
IYWiShares U.S. Technology ETF20.70%
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7 days ago

Which ETFs grew the most in the last three years? ›

100 Highest 3 Year ETF Returns
SymbolName3-Year Return
ARGTGlobal X MSCI Argentina ETF27.38%
PXIInvesco Dorsey Wright Energy Momentum ETF27.12%
IYEiShares U.S. Energy ETF26.49%
PXJInvesco Oil & Gas Services ETF26.27%
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What are the best dividend ETFs? ›

7 high-dividend ETFs
TickerNameAnnual dividend yield
DIVGlobal X SuperDividend U.S. ETF6.97%
SPYDSPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF4.56%
FDLFirst Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund4.43%
SPHDInvesco S&P 500® High Dividend Low Volatility ETF4.32%
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7 days ago

What are high alpha stocks? ›

Alpha of greater than zero means an investment outperformed, after adjusting for volatility. When hedge fund managers talk about high alpha, they're usually saying that their managers are good enough to outperform the market.

What is a good alpha for a fund? ›

Anything more than zero is a good alpha; higher the alpha ratio in mutual fund schemes on a consistent basis, higher is the potential of long term returns. Generally, beta of around 1 or less is recommended.

What is a good alpha for an investment? ›

What Is a Good Alpha in Finance? In finance, specifically in trading and investing, what is considered a good alpha will vary depending on the goal of the investor and the risk tolerance. Generally, a good alpha is one that is greater than zero when adjusted for risk.

Who are the Big 5 ETF issuers? ›

The Big 5 ETF Issuers
  • iShares (BlackRock): $2.59 trillion.
  • Vanguard: $2.36 trillion.
  • SPDR (State Street): $1.22 trillion.
  • Invesco: $454.78 billion.
  • Charles Schwab: $320.21 billion3.
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