Find consistent performers
Compare many time periods at once to see which funds win again and again. It guards against short-term bias and chasing one-time winners.
Benefits
What BetterThanSPY helps you do
BetterThanSPY compares every US-listed ETF against a benchmark and time periods of your choosing.
Discover new investments
Pick any ETF or stock as the benchmark and see every fund that has done better. The gap between them shows the opportunity cost of your current choice.
Filter to match your style
Colors and simple controls make every comparison easy to read. Narrow the list by category, fund size and risk to fit your preferences.
Strengthen your portfolio
Add funds that have earned their place across many periods, not just one. Each addition rests on a track record rather than a headline.
Features
- Covers more than 5,000 US-listed ETFs
- Use any US ETF or stock as the benchmark
- One-click benchmarks for SPY, QQQ, VTI and AGG
- Ticker search across all US stocks, ETFs and funds
- 24 time periods, from 1 day to 40 years (free up to 10 years; longer periods with Pro)
- Each ETF scores one point for every period in which it beat the benchmark
- Sort by periods beaten, with a second period to break ties
- Or sort by the return in a single period
- Funds too young for a period are marked separately, not counted as a loss
- Filter by category, such as Technology, Bonds or International
- Filter by fund size, from $10M up to $100B
- Leveraged and inverse ETFs stay hidden unless you include them
- Expense ratio, fund size and issuer shown for each ETF
- A small chart of each ETF against the benchmark, with a period you pick
- Hover any return for a comparison chart and the growth of $10,000
- Your settings are saved in the page link, so you can bookmark or share them
- Shows the time of the latest price quote, in Eastern Time
- Free to use, no account needed
How to use it
- Choose a benchmark. SPY is selected by default. You can type any ETF or stock instead.
- Choose your time periods. An ETF gets one point for each period in which it did better than the benchmark.
- Sort and filter. Sort by most periods beaten, narrow down by category or fund size, and hover over a number for details.