{"id":39894,"date":"2025-11-16T23:56:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T15:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/?p=39894"},"modified":"2025-11-17T19:39:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T11:39:01","slug":"best-industry-specific-etfs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2025\/11\/16\/best-industry-specific-etfs\/","title":{"rendered":"Best 10 years returned industry-specific ETFs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2025\/11\/16\/best-industry-specific-etfs\/#Top_6_of_best_10_years_returned_industry-specific_ETFs\" >Top 6 of best 10 years returned industry-specific ETFs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2025\/11\/16\/best-industry-specific-etfs\/#Related_articles\" >Related articles<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Top_6_of_best_10_years_returned_industry-specific_ETFs\"><\/span>Top 6 of best 10 years returned industry-specific ETFs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Ticker<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>5Y return<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>10Y return<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>10Y IRR<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>ETF Name<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>SMH<\/td><td>265.74%<\/td><td>1199.96%<\/td><td>29.24%<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaneck.com\/us\/en\/investments\/semiconductor-etf-smh\/overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VanEck Semiconductor ETF<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>SOXX<\/td><td>165.77%<\/td><td>904.99%<\/td><td>25.89%<\/td><td>iShares Semiconductor ETF<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>XSD<\/td><td>129.29%<\/td><td>673.95%<\/td><td>22.64%<\/td><td>SPDR S&amp;P Semiconductor ETF<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>IYW<\/td><td>158.81%<\/td><td>640.33%<\/td><td>22.16<\/td><td>iShares U.S. Technology ETF<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>VGT<\/td><td>139.91%<\/td><td>625.45%<\/td><td>21.91%<\/td><td>Vanguard Information Technology ETF<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>XLK<\/td><td>143.84%<\/td><td>566.51%<\/td><td>20.95%<\/td><td>Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All numbers are as of November 10 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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