ETF comparison
PSI vs SOXX
Both Semiconductors.
Holdings overlap
15 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PSI and SOXX would leave roughly 49.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
SOXX is 22 bps cheaper than PSI. On a $100,000 position that's about $220/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 the cost calculator pre-filled with PSI vs SOXX.
Top shared holdings
15 shared in total| # | Holding | In PSI | In SOXX | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 6.26% | 6.47% | 6.26% |
| 2 | Broadcom Inc. | 4.84% | 8.27% | 4.84% |
| 3 | Micron Technology, Inc. | 4.67% | 6.99% | 4.67% |
| 4 | KLA Corp. | 4.39% | 4.12% | 4.12% |
| 5 | Applied Materials, Inc. | 3.94% | 5.84% | 3.94% |
| 6 | NVIDIA Corp. | 3.91% | 8.40% | 3.91% |
| 7 | Texas Instruments Inc. | 4.97% | 3.91% | 3.91% |
| 8 | Lam Research Corp. | 3.99% | 3.90% | 3.90% |
| 9 | Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | 2.74% | 4.08% | 2.74% |
| 10 | Microchip Technology Inc. | 2.52% | 3.02% | 2.52% |
| 11 | Analog Devices, Inc. | 2.33% | 3.82% | 2.33% |
| 12 | Teradyne, Inc. | 2.15% | 3.95% | 2.15% |
Only in PSI
16 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 SOXX
17 total- Marvell Technology, Inc. 5.17%
- Intel Corp. 4.13%
- QUALCOMM, Inc. 3.86%
- NXP Semiconductors NV 3.70%
- ASML Holding NV 3.56%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 3.53%
- Entegris, Inc. 1.56%
- Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd. 1.34%
- Astera Labs, Inc. 1.31%
- Nova Ltd. 1.22%
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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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