100 Highest 5 Year ETF Returns

The following table lists the top 100 exchange-traded funds in terms of 5 year returns. These are the 100 ETFs that have had the highest percentage gain over the last 5 years. You may also wish to see the 100 ETFs with the lowest 5-year returns.

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Symbol
Name
5-Year Return
AUM
Avg Volume
PJP Dynamic Pharmaceuticals 163.17% $504.5 M 109,887
FBT NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index Fund 159.31% $347.4 M 51,197
BBH Market Vectors Biotech ETF 153.37% $323.9 M 108,784
XRT SPDR S&P Retail ETF 152.10% $1,054.9 M 4,499,741
UCC Ultra Consumer Services 136.57% $17.1 M 2,427
RXL Ultra Health Care 135.81% $75.4 M 12,981
IBB Nasdaq Biotechnology 135.40% $3,209.4 M 602,021
XPH SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals ETF 133.68% $396.9 M 29,935
IHE Dow Jones U.S. Pharmaceutical Index Fund 122.34% $461.2 M 39,289
UGE Ultra Consumer Goods 121.62% $20.9 M 1,128
FXH Health Care AlphaDEX 118.64% $857.1 M 132,883
THD MSCI Thailand Index Fund 105.75% $1,082.9 M 235,956
PMR Dynamic Retail 103.46% $26.2 M 16,740
PEJ Dynamic Leisure & Entertainment Portfolio 94.47% $92.7 M 28,935
XBI SPDR S&P Biotech ETF 91.77% $880.0 M 227,135
VCR Consumer Discretion ETF 91.00% $848.1 M 62,932
RCD S&P Equal Weight Consumer Discretionary 90.96% $59.4 M 7,297
RFG S&P Midcap 400 Pure Growth 89.11% $646.9 M 23,263
XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR 87.78% $5,282.1 M 5,071,759
RYH S&P Equal Weight Health Care ETF 87.22% $128.7 M 26,381
FDN DJ Internet Index Fund 85.98% $1,025.5 M 139,937
RHS S&P Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF 82.92% $76.3 M 19,154
IYC Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Index Fund 82.58% $397.3 M 28,917
FXG Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund 81.25% $586.3 M 170,443
RWJ Small Cap Fund 79.57% $154.7 M 12,252
EES SmallCap Earnings Fund 77.95% $191.0 M 8,659
FXD Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund 77.59% $625.7 M 111,467
VHT Health Care ETF 77.45% $1,679.2 M 158,570
WMW Morningstar Wide Moat Focus ETN 76.41% $22.3 M 8,489
IYH Dow Jones U.S. Health Care Index Fund 74.97% $1,013.1 M 83,457
EZM MidCap Earnings Fund 73.44% $222.4 M 13,470
VDC Consumer Staples ETF 72.46% $1,490.8 M 111,011
RZV S&P Smallcap 600 Pure Value 71.35% $89.4 M 10,914
EDV Extended Duration Treasury ETF 70.86% $186.1 M 27,381
RZG S&P Smallcap 600 Pure Growth 69.95% $77.9 M 6,159
RTH Market Vectors Retail ETF 69.82% $30.1 M 72,170
PRFZ FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio 69.30% $605.4 M 29,552
XLV Health Care Select Sector SPDR 68.99% $7,048.0 M 7,683,367
CZA Mid-Cap Core ETF 68.20% $73.2 M 12,635
XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR 66.53% $7,073.5 M 8,376,411
IHF Dow Jones U.S. Health Care Providers Index 66.35% $285.6 M 29,384
IYK Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods Index Fund 65.44% $495.6 M 35,248
PBE Dynamic Biotech &Genome 65.30% $162.0 M 16,875
CSD Spin-Off ETF 65.27% $148.8 M 70,784
RPG S&P 500 Pure Growth ETF 65.02% $461.0 M 49,714
PKW Buyback Achievers 64.98% $517.2 M 180,613
PSJ Dynamic Software 64.94% $48.9 M 6,440
PSL Dynamic Consumer Staples 64.16% $36.6 M 4,045
PEZ Dynamic Consumer Discretionary 63.56% $21.6 M 16,226
EWM MSCI Malaysia Index Fund 63.45% $1,041.4 M 1,858,025
IXJ S&P Global Healthcare Index Fund 63.35% $835.8 M 74,487
XHB SPDR Homebuilders ETF 62.98% $3,021.6 M 5,324,538
SLYG SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Growth ETF 62.67% $216.4 M 8,584
JKL Morningstar Small Value Index Fund 62.49% $290.3 M 22,521
FYX Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund 61.48% $235.6 M 40,667
NFO Insider Sentiment ETF 61.00% $100.1 M 20,786
QLD Ultra QQQ 60.96% $518.8 M 2,248,476
FAB Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund 60.37% $79.7 M 14,927
PTH Dynamic Healthcare 59.30% $63.2 M 9,897
RPV S&P 500 Pure Value ETF 58.43% $210.6 M 43,086
MDYG SPDR S&P 400 Mid Cap Growth ETF 58.05% $85.9 M 6,963
PBJ Dynamic Food & Beverage 57.97% $244.3 M 108,659
FNX Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX 57.95% $448.0 M 60,189
SLY SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap ETF 57.95% $323.9 M 13,676
KXI S&P Global Consumer Staples Sector Index Fund 57.94% $648.4 M 65,192
QQQ QQQ 56.50% $34,837.4 M 32,147,395
QQXT NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index 56.23% $61.8 M 12,632
FPX IPOX-100 Index Fund 55.98% $78.7 M 25,963
DON MidCap Dividend Fund 55.66% $635.1 M 64,833
PBS Dynamic Media 55.12% $159.4 M 123,805
REZ FTSE NAREIT Residential Index Fund 54.57% $379.4 M 47,538
PXQ Dynamic Networking 54.50% $32.5 M 10,733
VBK Small-Cap Growth ETF 54.48% $2,851.2 M 114,062
RWK Mid Cap Fund 54.44% $131.6 M 18,233
SLYV SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Value ETF 54.42% $174.1 M 14,394
IJT S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index Fund 54.33% $1,950.3 M 108,630
RXI S&P Global Consumer Discretionary Sector Index Fund 54.21% $229.1 M 25,522
TUR MSCI Turkey Investable Market Index Fund 53.90% $946.6 M 280,327
PCY Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt Portfolio 53.64% $2,604.0 M 980,656
SDY SPDR S&P Dividend ETF 53.62% $12,427.1 M 1,034,452
EMM SPDR DJ Wilshire Mid Cap ETF 53.04% $99.5 M 3,760
DES SmallCap Dividend Fund 52.26% $634.8 M 83,311
IJR Core S&P Small-Cap ETF 51.99% $10,498.0 M 809,206
IJK S&P MidCap 400 Growth Index Fund 51.89% $3,890.5 M 108,013
DGP DB Gold Double Long ETN 51.40% $236.5 M 344,113
TLT Barclays 20 Year Treasury Bond Fund 51.07% $3,577.4 M 7,946,456
TLO SPDR Barclays Long Term Treasury ETF 50.50% $68.1 M 24,057
VB Small-Cap ETF 50.42% $6,428.8 M 376,235
BLV Long-Term Bond ETF 50.10% $747.2 M 69,254
FVD Value Line Dividend Index Fund 49.95% $680.8 M 168,751
QQEW NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index Fund 49.55% $142.2 M 48,195
IWO Russell 2000 Growth 48.85% $4,780.8 M 899,563
IJS S&P SmallCap 600 Value Index Fund 48.85% $2,376.7 M 107,943
DEF Defensive Equity ETF 48.81% $116.9 M 49,017
DTN Dividend ex-Financials Fund 48.73% $1,175.1 M 67,998
EMB JP Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Fund 48.56% $5,887.5 M 816,284
PWV Dynamic LargeCap Value 48.35% $596.2 M 100,371
JKG Morningstar Mid Core Index Fund 47.91% $206.0 M 6,395
JKJ Morningstar Small Core Index Fund 47.80% $165.5 M 6,594