{"url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-energy-etf","section":"learn","title":"What is an energy ETF? | ETFIQ","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ places 32 stock ETFs in the Energy sector, second only to real estate, with a median fee of 0.39%. Updated every trading night.","as_of":"Nov 4, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-energy-etf#article","headline":"What is an energy ETF?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ places 32 stock ETFs in the Energy sector, second only to real estate, with a median fee of 0.39%.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-energy-etf","mainEntityOfPage":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-energy-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 an energy ETF?","inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-energy-etf#questions","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Does an energy ETF own oil?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"No. It owns company shares. A commodity ETF owns oil futures or other contracts."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Why are there so many energy funds?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Issuers offer many versions: broad, producers only, services only and master limited partnerships."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Where do I compare them?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Use the compare tool for any two funds."}}]},{"@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 an energy ETF?","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-energy-etf"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"What is an energy ETF?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ places 32 stock ETFs in the Energy sector, second only to real estate, with a median fee of 0.39%. Updated every trading night.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-energy-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":1801,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Learn / What is an energy ETF? \n \n What is an energy ETF?\n Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.\n As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ places 32 stock ETFs in the Energy sector, second only to real estate, with a median fee of 0.39%.\n \n In plain words\n An energy ETF owns companies that find, produce and move oil, gas and related fuels. Its result moves with energy prices and fuel demand.\n Energy has 32 funds, more than any sector but real estate, with a median fee of 0.39%; Technology has 25, Financials 29, Health care 25 and Utilities 8. An energy stock fund owns companies, not oil. A commodity fund owns oil or futures, and the two can move apart, so ETFIQ keeps them in different categories.\n Questions\n Does an energy ETF own oil? No. It owns company shares. A commodity ETF owns oil futures or other contracts.\n Why are there so many energy funds? Issuers offer many versions: broad, producers only, services only and master limited partnerships.\n Where do I compare them? Use the compare tool for any two funds.\n Where to next\n Stocks Commodities Compare two ETFs What is a sector ETF? What is a commodity ETF? What is a technology ETF? All ETF explainers How ETFIQ computes these numbers \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, What is an energy ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-energy-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 an energy ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-energy-etf APA ETFIQ. (Nov 4, 2026). What is an energy ETF?. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-energy-etf Markdown [What is an energy ETF? (ETFIQ, Nov 4, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-energy-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 an energy ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-energy-etf"}