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Faith-based ETFs expand beyond simple stock screening
Industry research highlights 48 U.S.-domiciled faith-based ETFs spanning Christian, Catholic, Jewish, and Islamic approaches, as ETF assets overall climbed to about $15.7 trillion as of June 30, 2026.
Faith-based investing is increasingly being implemented through exchange traded funds, as product providers add more ways to build and manage religiously aligned portfolios beyond the earlier reliance on separately managed accounts and specialized mutual funds, ETF Trends writes.
The outlet’s research identified 48 U.S.-domiciled faith-based ETFs covering Christian, Catholic, Jewish, and Islamic investment approaches, using religious principles in security selection and portfolio construction. It also says the available exposures have broadened from domestic large-cap stocks into areas such as growth, value, small- and mid-cap equities, international equities, factor strategies, real estate, corporate and core fixed income, and sukuk.
ETF Trends also links the uptick to the broader structural shift toward ETFs. The Investment Company Institute reported U.S. ETF assets were approximately $15.70 trillion on June 30, 2026, up $4.21 trillion, or 36.6%, from June 2025, while the number of U.S. ETFs rose from 4,000 to 5,059.
Even so, faith-based ETFs remain a small slice of the market. ETF Trends adds that Morningstar identified 853 active faith-based funds as of April 30, 2026, including 650 Shariah strategies, 114 non-denominational Christian strategies, and 87 Catholic strategies.