Best Financial Sector ETFs
Top financial-sector ETFs — banks, insurers, fintech — ranked by ETF Copilot, updated daily.
Updated September 11, 2026
What stands out across Financial Sector ETFs
Expense ratios on this page run from 0.08% to 0.37% a year, a median of 0.35%. XLF is the cheapest of the 5 shown.
Across the 5 funds shown, ETF Copilot's overall scores run from 2.1 to 4.2 out of 10, with a median of 4.1.
Concentration varies widely here: the ten largest holdings account for 14% of assets in the least concentrated fund and 61% in the most, a median of 49% across the list.
3 of 5 are more concentrated than the typical fund in their own category, on ETF Copilot's concentration measure.
The typical Financial Sector fund on this page behaves like 26 equally weighted positions once holding weights are taken into account.
As of September 11, 2026, the largest fund on ETF Copilot's Best Financial Sector ETFs list by assets is State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF).
What are the Best Financial Sector ETFs? The 5 on this list
| # | Fund | ETF Copilot score | Expense ratio | Assets | Top 10 weight | Largest exposures |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) | 4.1/10 | 0.08% | $54.7B | 57% | Tech 2% |
| 2 | Vanguard Financials ETF (VFH) | 4.2/10 | 0.09% | $14.9B | 47% | Tech 2% |
| 3 | Invesco KBW Bank ETF (KBWB) | 3.9/10 | 0.35% | $6.8B | 61% | |
| 4 | iShares U.S. Financials ETF (IYF) | 4.2/10 | 0.37% | $4.4B | 49% | Tech 0% |
| 5 | State Street SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) | 2.1/10 | 0.35% | $4.2B | 14% |
ETF Copilot's 0–10 score rates a fund on value, growth, quality and risk against every US equity ETF we track. How the scores are built →
Expense ratio, dividend yield and assets under management are reported by the fund and refreshed daily. Every other figure on this page is computed by ETF Copilot.
Which Financial Sector ETFs are compared head to head?
Every published head-to-head between these funds, the most searched first.
- XLF vs VFH
- KBWB vs VFH
- KBWB vs XLF
- IYF vs KBWB
- IYF vs VFH
- IYF vs XLF
- IYF vs KRE
- KBWB vs KRE
- KRE vs VFH
- KRE vs XLF
- FNCL vs IYF
- FNCL vs IYF vs VFH vs XLF
- FNCL vs KBWB
- FNCL vs KRE
- FNCL vs VFH
- FNCL vs XLF
- FNCL vs IYG
- IYF vs IYG
- IYG vs KBWB
- IYG vs KRE
- IYG vs VFH
- IYG vs XLF
- FNCL vs KBE
- IYF vs KBE
- IYG vs KBE
- KBE vs KBWB
- KBE vs KRE
- KBE vs VFH
- KBE vs XLF
- FNCL vs IAI
- IAI vs IYF
- IAI vs IYG
- IAI vs KBE
- IAI vs KBWB
- IAI vs KRE
- IAI vs VFH
- IAI vs XLF
- FNCL vs FXO
- FXO vs IAI
- FXO vs IYF
- FXO vs IYG
- FXO vs KBE
- FXO vs KBWB
- FXO vs KRE
- FXO vs VFH
- FXO vs XLF
Where is money going in Financials?
In the week to September 11, 2026, Financials moved -2.4% and saw +$543M of net fund flow, which ETF Copilot reads as accumulating — money coming in without the price leading.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Price, 1 week | -2.4% |
| Net flow, 1 week | +$543M |
| Price, 1 month | -1.8% |
| Net flow, 1 month | -$2.8B |
Net fund flow is money into or out of the ETFs in this category, computed by ETF Copilot from daily fund assets. All 33 sectors side by side →
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ETF Copilot, “Best Financial Sector ETFs”, as of September 11, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/best/financial-etfs
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