Six
exchange-traded
funds
have
outperformed
the
S
&
P
500
index
every
year
for
the
past
five
years,
according
to
analysis
by
CNBC
Pro.
Four
U.S.-listed
ETFs,
a
pan-European
ETF
run
by
JPMorgan,
and
a
Taiwan-listed
ETF
have
posted
bigger
gains
than
the
U.S.
benchmark
each
year
since
2019,
according
to
analysis
of
FactSet
data.
In
2022,
when
the
S
&
P
500
fell
by
nearly
20%,
the
six
ETFs
each
had
a
smaller
loss.
Index
trackers
including
the
S
&
P
1500
Composite
Stock
Market
ETF
,
Goldman
Sachs
ActiveBeta
U.S.
Large
Cap
Equity
,
First
Trust
RBA
American
Industrial
Renaissance
ETF
and
Invesco
S
&
P
500
Quality
ETF
were
the
United
States
funds
that
beat
the
S
&
P
500
over
the
five-year
period.
The
JPMorgan
U.S.
Research
Enhanced
Index
Equity UCITS ETF
,
listed
in
the
United
Kingdom
,
Italy
,
Germany
and
Switzerland
,
is
the
only
actively
managed
fund
to
have
outperformed
over
the
past
five
years
and
is
ahead
in
2024,
too.
The
Taiwanese
dollar-denominated
Sinopac
TAIEX
ETF
also
outperformed
the
S
&
P
500
over
the
same
period
in
local
currency
terms.
The
six
funds
were
among
12,700
ETFs
worldwide
screened
by
CNBC
Pro.
First
Trust
RBA
American
Industrial
Renaissance
Of
the
six
ETFs,
the
First
Trust
RBA
American
Industrial
Renaissance
ETF
(ticker:
AIRR)
has
performed
best
over
the
period.
It
logged
a
cumulative
total
return
of
178%
over
the
past
five
years,
compared
to
the
S
&
P
500’s
112%.
The
fund
replicates
the
RBA
American
Industrial
Renaissance
Index
,
which
offers
investors
exposure
to
small
and
mid-cap
U.S.
companies
in
the
industrial
and
community
banking
sectors.
It
only
includes
stocks
in
the
Russell
2500
index.
First
Trust
says
only
companies
that
derive
at
least
three-quarters
of
their
revenues
from
the
United
States
are
included.
The
stocks
are
also
filtered
for
companies
with
a
“positive
mean
12-months
forward
earnings
consensus
estimate.”
