ETF comparison

SOXXvsVGT

Semiconductors vs Technology.

iShares Semiconductor ETF · Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
30.7%

23 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SOXX and VGT would leave roughly30.7%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

SOXX only 70.5%Shared 30.7%VGT only 69.2%
In SOXX only
9 positions
Shared
23 positions
In VGT only
294 positions

Side by side

SOXX

iShares Semiconductor ETF

iShares · Semiconductors

73composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.33%
Net assets
$41.81B
TTM yield
0.28%
Top-10 conc.
61.6%
VGT

Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · Technology

83composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$170.65B
TTM yield
0.36%
Top-10 conc.
59.4%

Sub-score comparison

67
Cost
91
85
Tax efficiency
85
100
Liquidity
100
26
Concentration
29
Tracking quality
SOXXsub-scoreVGT

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

Cost difference

VGT is 24 bps cheaper than SOXX. On a $100,000 position that's about $240/yr more in fees for SOXX.

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 SOXX vs VGT.

Top shared holdings

23 shared in total
#HoldingIn SOXXIn VGTOverlap
1NVIDIA Corp.6.81%16.82%6.81%
2Broadcom, Inc.6.08%4.21%4.21%
3Micron Technology, Inc.8.54%4.20%4.20%
4Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.8.09%3.21%3.21%
5Intel Corp.6.33%2.03%2.03%
6Lam Research Corp.4.89%1.56%1.56%
7Applied Materials, Inc.5.77%1.40%1.40%
8Texas Instruments, Inc.3.50%1.11%1.11%
9QUALCOMM, Inc.2.65%1.09%1.09%
10KLA Corp.5.64%1.00%1.00%
11Analog Devices, Inc.3.45%0.82%0.82%
12Marvell Technology, Inc.5.22%0.72%0.72%

Only in SOXX

9 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.4.26%
  • ASML Holding NV2.30%
  • ASE Technology Holding Co. Ltd.1.22%
  • BlackRock Funds III1.17%
  • United Microelectronics Corp.1.02%
  • ARM Holdings plc0.79%
  • STMicroelectronics NV0.79%
  • Nova Ltd.0.77%
  • BlackRock Funds III0.09%

Only in VGT

294 total
  • Apple Inc14.57%
  • Microsoft Corp9.46%
  • Cisco Systems Inc1.85%
  • Oracle Corp1.45%
  • Palantir Technologies Inc1.35%
  • International Business Machines Corp1.08%
  • Sandisk Corp/DE0.98%
  • Palo Alto Networks Inc0.92%
  • Seagate Technology Holdings PLC0.80%
  • Western Digital Corp0.76%

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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.