ETF comparison
PSIvsSMH
Both Semiconductors.
Holdings overlap
14 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PSI and SMH would leave roughly42.2%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.
Cost difference
SMH is 20 bps cheaper than PSI. On a $100,000 position that's about $200/yr more in fees for PSI.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with PSI vs SMH.
Top shared holdings
14 shared in total| # | Holding | In PSI | In SMH | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 6.26% | 5.63% | 5.63% |
| 2 | Broadcom Inc. | 4.84% | 5.28% | 4.84% |
| 3 | Micron Technology, Inc. | 4.67% | 5.67% | 4.67% |
| 4 | KLA Corp. | 4.39% | 5.57% | 4.39% |
| 5 | Texas Instruments Inc. | 4.97% | 4.17% | 4.17% |
| 6 | Lam Research Corp. | 3.99% | 5.31% | 3.99% |
| 7 | Applied Materials, Inc. | 3.94% | 5.74% | 3.94% |
| 8 | NVIDIA Corp. | 3.91% | 17.55% | 3.91% |
| 9 | Analog Devices, Inc. | 2.33% | 4.00% | 2.33% |
| 10 | Teradyne, Inc. | 2.15% | 1.50% | 1.50% |
| 11 | Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | 2.74% | 1.22% | 1.22% |
| 12 | Microchip Technology Inc. | 2.52% | 0.90% | 0.90% |
Only in PSI
17 total- MaxLinear, Inc.7.98%
- Tower Semiconductor Ltd.3.61%
- Diodes Inc.3.18%
- Amkor Technology, Inc.2.96%
- SiTime Corp.2.86%
- FormFactor, Inc.2.78%
- Photronics, Inc.2.68%
- Lattice Semiconductor Corp.2.56%
- nLight, Inc.2.50%
- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.2.47%
Only in SMH
12 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd9.29%
- Intel Corp5.15%
- ASML Holding NV5.04%
- Marvell Technology Inc4.66%
- QUALCOMM Inc3.74%
- Cadence Design Systems Inc2.15%
- Synopsys Inc1.79%
- Astera Labs Inc1.27%
- STMicroelectronics NV1.26%
- ARM Holdings PLC1.17%
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see/methodology/.
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