{"url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-small-cap-etf","section":"learn","title":"What is a small-cap ETF? | ETFIQ","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ places 168 stock ETFs in small-cap segments, with a median fee of 0.44%, against 0.40% for large-cap funds.","as_of":"Nov 4, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-small-cap-etf#article","headline":"What is a small-cap ETF?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ places 168 stock ETFs in small-cap segments, with a median fee of 0.44%, against 0.40% for large-cap funds.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-small-cap-etf","mainEntityOfPage":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-small-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 small-cap ETF?","inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-small-cap-etf#questions","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How is company size set?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"By market value. Segment lines follow the common index breaks and are stated on the category pages."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Do small-cap funds cost more?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"On the median, yes: 0.44% against 0.40% for large-cap."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Where do I find them?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The Stocks category lists every segment, with funds sorted by size."}}]},{"@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 small-cap ETF?","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-small-cap-etf"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"What is a small-cap ETF?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ places 168 stock ETFs in small-cap segments, with a median fee of 0.44%, against 0.40% for large-cap funds.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-small-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":1871,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Learn / What is a small-cap ETF? \n \n What is a small-cap ETF?\n Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.\n As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ places 168 stock ETFs in small-cap segments, with a median fee of 0.44%, against 0.40% for large-cap funds.\n \n In plain words\n A small-cap ETF owns smaller companies. Size is market value: share price times number of shares. Small caps are the smallest firms in the main indexes.\n ETFIQ places 897 stock ETFs in large-cap segments, 305 in mid-cap and 168 in small-cap. Small-cap costs more: median fee 0.44% against 0.40% for large-cap. Smaller companies swing more in price and trade in smaller amounts. ETFIQ shows each fund\u2019s benchmark, such as the S&P 500, and gap so sizes compare fairly.\n Questions\n How is company size set? By market value. Segment lines follow the common index breaks and are stated on the category pages.\n Do small-cap funds cost more? On the median, yes: 0.44% against 0.40% for large-cap.\n Where do I find them? The Stocks category lists every segment, with funds sorted by size.\n Where to next\n Stocks Screener: filter every ETF Compare two ETFs What is an ETF expense ratio? What is a sector ETF? What is a value ETF and a growth ETF? All ETF explainers How ETFIQ computes these numbers \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, What is a small-cap ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-small-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 small-cap ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-small-cap-etf APA ETFIQ. (Nov 4, 2026). What is a small-cap ETF?. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-small-cap-etf Markdown [What is a small-cap ETF? (ETFIQ, Nov 4, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-small-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 small-cap ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-small-cap-etf"}