{"url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-large-cap-etf","section":"learn","title":"What is a large-cap ETF? | ETFIQ","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ places 897 stock ETFs in large-cap segments, the largest group, with a median fee of 0.40%. Updated every trading night.","as_of":"Nov 4, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-large-cap-etf#article","headline":"What is a large-cap ETF?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ places 897 stock ETFs in large-cap segments, the largest group, with a median fee of 0.40%.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-large-cap-etf","mainEntityOfPage":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-large-cap-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 large-cap ETF?","inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-large-cap-etf#questions","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Is the S&P 500 a large-cap index?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes. It covers about 500 of the largest US companies."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Why are large-cap funds cheaper?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The companies are easy to trade and many funds compete on fee."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"How alike are large-cap funds?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Often very. The overlap tool shows the share of weight two funds have in common."}}]},{"@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 large-cap ETF?","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-large-cap-etf"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"What is a large-cap ETF?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ places 897 stock ETFs in large-cap segments, the largest group, with a median fee of 0.40%. Updated every trading night.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-large-cap-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":1781,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Learn / What is a large-cap ETF? \n \n What is a large-cap ETF?\n Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.\n As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ places 897 stock ETFs in large-cap segments, the largest group, with a median fee of 0.40%.\n \n In plain words\n A large-cap ETF owns the biggest companies in a market. In the US these make up the largest 70% of stock market value, and the S&P 500 is the most followed index.\n 897 funds sit in large-cap segments, with 305 in mid-cap and 168 in small-cap; the median fee of 0.40% is the lowest of the three. Many large-cap funds own much the same companies, so ETFIQ compares 37,717 pairs and shows how much each overlaps.\n Questions\n Is the S&P 500 a large-cap index? Yes. It covers about 500 of the largest US companies.\n Why are large-cap funds cheaper? The companies are easy to trade and many funds compete on fee.\n How alike are large-cap funds? Often very. The overlap tool shows the share of weight two funds have in common.\n Where to next\n Stocks Overlap tool Compare two ETFs What is ETF holdings overlap? What is a value ETF and a growth ETF? What is a mid-cap ETF? All ETF explainers How ETFIQ computes these numbers \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, What is a large-cap ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-large-cap-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 large-cap ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-large-cap-etf APA ETFIQ. (Nov 4, 2026). What is a large-cap ETF?. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-large-cap-etf Markdown [What is a large-cap ETF? (ETFIQ, Nov 4, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-large-cap-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 large-cap ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-large-cap-etf"}