ETF comparison tool
Put any few ETFs or stocks side by side: fees, returns, risk and yield, all in one view. Pick 2 to 4 to compare.
| Data | Series | Provider |
|---|---|---|
| Prices and history | Weekly dividend-adjusted price history and fund summaries | Yahoo Finance |
| Stock metrics | Company fundamentals | Finnhub |
| ETF facts | Stored ETF dataset, overridden by valid live fund facts | Issuer and SEC filings |
AUM is fund net assets; market capitalization is shown for stocks. N/A means a field does not apply; a dash means the data is unavailable, and missing dividend events do not imply a zero yield. Every instrument with price history is computed live from its dividend-adjusted history: price, trailing and since-inception returns, max drawdown, beta, Sharpe, a growth-of-$10,000 path and the dividend yield from distributions paid over the last 12 months. All returns are total returns with distributions reinvested, which is why a fund paying large cash distributions can outrun its own price chart. Fund-only fields such as expense ratio show for ETFs, and "Best" marks the most favourable value in each row (lowest fee; highest return, yield or Sharpe; smallest drawdown).
Growth of $10,000 uses only dates with valid adjusted prices for every selected instrument, capped at the last 10 years: each balance is $10,000 × adjusted price ÷ adjusted price on the common start date, with nothing backfilled before inception or carried across missing dates. Lines connect the available weekly observations without smoothing; legend percentages are total returns over the displayed dates, while the table’s trailing returns and full-history drawdown use their own periods. A hypothetical historical illustration before tax, not a forecast.
Quotes refresh about every two minutes while the page is visible, summaries and weekly history about every 15 minutes, with timestamps shown per instrument. During an interruption, dated cached quotes serve for at most 10 minutes and history or summaries for at most 24 hours, marked as delayed and retried; a cache date is not a market observation date. Returns never substitute a live quote for the final historical bar, and Backtester uses monthly observations, so partial-month endpoints can differ.
About this tool
This free ETF comparison tool puts a shortlist of ETFs or stocks side by side. Search by ticker or name to compare fees, fund assets or company value, returns, dividend yield and risk metrics where data is available.
The growth chart uses dividend-adjusted history over dates shared by the selected instruments. Its common period can differ from the trailing-return rows; missing data and short fund histories limit what can be compared.
Start with Top ETFs to discover funds by category, then use ETF & Stock Compare for your shortlist. Open ETF Analyzer to inspect one fund's holdings, fees and benchmark, or Portfolio Backtester to test a weighted mix.
Is this ETF comparison tool free to use?
Yes. You can compare ETFs and stocks without creating an account, with up to four instruments in the same view.
Can I compare stocks and ETFs together?
Yes, search for each ticker or company name and add it to the comparison. Fund expense ratios and assets apply to ETFs, while market capitalization applies to stocks.
How can I compare VOO vs VTI or SCHD vs VYM?
Add the two tickers to the comparison, or open their comparison page in the links below. Check their exposure and available history as well as returns, fees and yield.
Can I compare multiple stocks on one chart?
Yes, the growth chart plots the selected instruments over dates shared by all of them. Adding an instrument with a shorter history can shorten the chart for the whole group.
Do the return figures include dividends?
Returns and the growth chart use dividend-adjusted price history when available, representing reinvested distributions. They describe historical performance before investor taxes, and missing history is not treated as a zero return.
What makes one ETF better than another?
That depends on the exposure, cost and risk you want to research. Row highlights show favorable values for individual metrics; they do not identify a universally best fund or predict future returns.