ETF comparison

SMHvsXSD

Both Semiconductors.

VanEck Semiconductor ETF · State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
26.6%

16 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SMH and XSD would leave roughly26.6%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

SMH only 73.4%Shared 26.6%XSD only 73.3%
In SMH only
10 positions
Shared
16 positions
In XSD only
32 positions

Side by side

SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

VanEck · Semiconductors

70composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.35%
Net assets
$67.79B
TTM yield
0.20%
Top-10 conc.
70.2%
XSD

State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF

State Street · Semiconductors

71composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.35%
Net assets
$2.59B
TTM yield
0.16%
Top-10 conc.
34.5%

Sub-score comparison

65
Cost
65
85
Tax efficiency
85
100
Liquidity
75
14
Concentration
65
Tracking quality
SMHsub-scoreXSD

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.35% vs 0.35%).

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 SMH vs XSD.

Top shared holdings

16 shared in total
#HoldingIn SMHIn XSDOverlap
1Intel Corp5.15%2.75%2.75%
2Micron Technology Inc5.67%2.73%2.73%
3Advanced Micro Devices Inc5.63%2.71%2.71%
4Marvell Technology Inc4.66%2.49%2.49%
5Texas Instruments Inc4.17%2.22%2.22%
6Broadcom Inc5.28%2.13%2.13%
7Analog Devices Inc4.00%2.12%2.12%
8NVIDIA Corp17.55%2.10%2.10%
9QUALCOMM Inc3.74%2.04%2.04%
10Astera Labs Inc1.27%3.08%1.27%
11Monolithic Power Systems Inc1.22%1.97%1.22%
12NXP Semiconductors NV1.15%2.07%1.15%

Only in SMH

10 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd9.29%
  • Applied Materials Inc5.74%
  • KLA Corp5.57%
  • Lam Research Corp5.31%
  • ASML Holding NV5.04%
  • Cadence Design Systems Inc2.15%
  • Synopsys Inc1.79%
  • Teradyne Inc1.50%
  • STMicroelectronics NV1.26%
  • ARM Holdings PLC1.17%

Only in XSD

32 total
  • MaxLinear Inc3.75%
  • Allegro MicroSystems Inc3.29%
  • Ambarella Inc2.89%
  • Penguin Solutions Inc2.74%
  • T1 Energy Inc2.59%
  • Impinj Inc2.45%
  • Lattice Semiconductor Corp2.44%
  • Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd2.41%
  • Power Integrations Inc2.37%
  • SiTime Corp2.36%

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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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.