Compare Stocks and ETFs
Overlay up to six stocks or ETFs on one growth-of-100 chart and read their key figures side by side.
Data as of October 21, 2026
Every line starts at 100 on the first day of the selected period, so the chart compares performance rather than share price. A line marked “partial period” has a shorter price history than the range shown and starts on its own first trading day.
Side-by-side figures
| Metric | AAPL | QQQ | SPY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $343.99 | $725.20 | $773.09 |
| Previous close | $339.50 | $717.63 | $769.05 |
| Market cap | $5.02T | $498.95B | $809.22B |
| Year to date | +26.88% | +18.45% | +14.26% |
| 1-year return | +31.39% | +19.17% | +16.41% |
| 5-year return | +135.94% | +98.06% | +82.23% |
| Volatility (annualized) | 29.14% | 22.59% | 17.95% |
| Beta | 1.07 | 1.26 | 1.00 |
| P/E ratio | 39.45 | — | — |
| Price / sales | 10.75 | — | — |
| EPS (trailing) | $8.72 | — | — |
| Dividend yield | 0.32% | 0.42% | 0.99% |
| 52-week low | $243.42 | $555.60 | $629.28 |
| 52-week high | $348.15 | $762.86 | $781.62 |
| Average volume | 44.1M | 35.6M | 43.1M |
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Key facts
As of October 21, 2026, StockVS lets you compare any of 6,418 stocks and 1,512 ETFs across NYSE/NASDAQ and TSX on one normalized chart.
Over the year to October 21, 2026, AAPL returned +31.39%, QQQ returned +19.17% and SPY returned +16.41%.
What these metrics mean
From the data · Oct 21, 2026Normalized return
The growth-of-100 line on the chart. Each series is divided by its own first close in the period and multiplied by 100, so instruments with very different share prices can be read on one axis. The gap between two lines at the right edge is the difference in total return over the period.
P/E ratio
Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months: how many years of current earnings the market is paying for. It is left empty for a company with no positive trailing earnings, and for funds, which have no earnings of their own.
Market capitalization
Share price times shares outstanding: what the whole company costs at the current quote. For an ETF the same row carries assets under management, the size of the fund. Canadian listings are quoted and reported in Canadian dollars.
Dividend yield
The last twelve months of dividends per share as a percentage of the current price. A falling price raises it and a rising price lowers it, so a high yield is a statement about the price as much as about the payout.
Questions about the comparison tool
How many stocks can I compare at once?
Up to 6 at a time, and at least two. Every ticker you add draws its own line on the chart and its own column in the table beneath it.
Can I compare a stock and an ETF together?
Yes. Stocks and ETFs come from one catalogue of 6,418 stocks and 1,512 ETFs, so a fund and a single company sit on the same chart. A row that applies to only one of them, such as the expense ratio, is left empty for the other.
What does the normalized chart show?
Every line starts at 100 on the first trading day the selected tickers share, so the chart reads as the growth of an equal amount invested on that day. It compares performance rather than share price: a $600 stock and a $30 ETF start level with each other.
How often is the data updated?
Prices are refreshed every trading day after the close, and this page carries closes from October 21, 2026. Company figures such as market capitalization and the P/E ratio are rebuilt on the same daily run.
Is the comparison tool free?
Yes. There is no account, no sign-up and no paywall. Any comparison can be shared as a link or embedded on another site with the chart included.
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