ETF Power Rankings Sample

A clean snapshot of 25 ETFs across styles and factors. As of October 17, 2025

The ETF Power Rankings System

The ETF market is bigger and noisier than ever. Investors need more than past performance or star ratings—they need a disciplined, transparent model that surfaces durable, investable funds. The ETF Power Rankings is a multi-factor ranking system that blends institutional fundamentals with real-world practicality to deliver a clean, comparable 1–10 score for every ETF we analyze.

How the Score Is Built

  • Score ETFs on 10 categories: Costs, Liquidity, Risk, Size, Value, Dividends, Growth, Quality, Momentum, and Sentiment.
  • Winsorize raw metrics to reduce outlier noise.
  • Standardize every metric onto a 1–10 scale.
  • Compute category scores as weighted blends of their metrics.
  • Create a composite score from category weights.
  • Normalize composite scores across all ETFs.
  • Apply a light growth–value imbalance penalty (λ = 0.05) to discourage over-concentration.

What’s Inside Each Category

Quality emphasizes margin strength, ROA/ROE/ROTC, and balance-sheet resilience.
Growth captures sales, EPS, and FCF acceleration using actual and forecast rates.
Value uses EV/EBITDA, P/E, P/CF, and P/S to avoid overpaying.
Risk incorporates beta, debt burden, interest coverage, and concentration risk.
Sentiment includes earnings revisions and earnings surprise scores.
Momentum blends return persistence with trend confirmations (SMA positioning).
Liquidity & Size ensure tradability and scalability.
Costs scores ETFs by efficiency via expense ratios.
Dividends evaluate yield durability, growth, and safety—not just payouts.

Why It Works

Multi-factor investing has outperformed single-factor screens across market cycles. The ETF Power Rankings respects that evidence: it rewards profitability and growth that are priced reasonably, confirms leadership with momentum and sentiment, and avoids structural risks that can impair compounding. The final result is a clear ranking that balances robustness with practicality, helping investors filter thousands of ETFs down to a focused, high-quality set of candidates.

Transparent. Every metric and weight is visible and tunable.
Practical. Liquidity, costs, and scale matter—so we score them.
Adaptive. A gentle growth–value penalty helps avoid factor over-tilt.