{"url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-financials-etf","section":"learn","title":"What is a financials ETF? | ETFIQ","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ places 29 stock ETFs in the Financials sector, with a median fee of 0.35%. Updated every trading night.","as_of":"Nov 4, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-financials-etf#article","headline":"What is a financials ETF?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ places 29 stock ETFs in the Financials sector, with a median fee of 0.35%.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-financials-etf","mainEntityOfPage":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-financials-etf","dateModified":"2026-11-04","datePublished":"2026-11-04","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"about":"What is a financials ETF?","inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-financials-etf#questions","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Is real estate part of financials?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Not on ETFIQ. Real estate is its own sector, one of the 11."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"How do rates affect a financials fund?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Banks earn on the gap between what they pay and what they charge, so rate changes matter. This is a general fact, not a forecast."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Where do I compare funds?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The compare tool puts two side by side."}}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ETFIQ","item":"https://etfiq.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Learn","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"What is a financials ETF?","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-financials-etf"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"What is a financials ETF?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ places 29 stock ETFs in the Financials sector, with a median fee of 0.35%. Updated every trading night.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-financials-etf","dateModified":"2026-11-04","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".lede",".faq"]},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"}}],"characters":1816,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Learn / What is a financials ETF? \n \n What is a financials ETF?\n Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.\n As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ places 29 stock ETFs in the Financials sector, with a median fee of 0.35%.\n \n In plain words\n A financials ETF owns banks, insurers, asset managers and payment firms. Interest rates and credit conditions drive much of its result.\n ETFIQ places 29 funds in the sector, with a median fee of 0.35%. Some are broad; some follow only banks or only insurers. Real estate is its own sector. A few large banks can make up much of a fund, so read the top ten weight and its date; ETFIQ also shows the gap to the benchmark.\n Questions\n Is real estate part of financials? Not on ETFIQ. Real estate is its own sector, one of the 11.\n How do rates affect a financials fund? Banks earn on the gap between what they pay and what they charge, so rate changes matter. This is a general fact, not a forecast.\n Where do I compare funds? The compare tool puts two side by side.\n Where to next\n Stocks Screener: filter every ETF Compare two ETFs What is ETF concentration? What is a sector ETF? What is a technology ETF? All ETF explainers How ETFIQ computes these numbers \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, What is a financials ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-financials-etf Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, What is a financials ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-financials-etf APA ETFIQ. (Nov 4, 2026). What is a financials ETF?. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-financials-etf Markdown [What is a financials ETF? (ETFIQ, Nov 4, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-financials-etf)","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, What is a financials ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-financials-etf"}