ETF comparison
SOXXvsXLK
Semiconductors vs Technology.
iShares Semiconductor ETF · State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF
Holdings overlap
18 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SOXX and XLK would leave roughly41.9%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
XLK is 25 bps cheaper than SOXX. On a $100,000 position that's about $250/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 XLK.
Top shared holdings
18 shared in total| # | Holding | In SOXX | In XLK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA Corp. | 6.81% | 14.65% | 6.81% |
| 2 | Micron Technology, Inc. | 8.54% | 5.42% | 5.42% |
| 3 | Broadcom, Inc. | 6.08% | 5.41% | 5.41% |
| 4 | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 8.09% | 5.28% | 5.28% |
| 5 | Intel Corp. | 6.33% | 3.68% | 3.68% |
| 6 | Applied Materials, Inc. | 5.77% | 3.20% | 3.20% |
| 7 | Lam Research Corp. | 4.89% | 3.02% | 3.02% |
| 8 | KLA Corp. | 5.64% | 2.20% | 2.20% |
| 9 | Texas Instruments, Inc. | 3.50% | 1.51% | 1.51% |
| 10 | Marvell Technology, Inc. | 5.22% | 1.45% | 1.45% |
| 11 | QUALCOMM, Inc. | 2.65% | 1.09% | 1.09% |
| 12 | Analog Devices, Inc. | 3.45% | 1.08% | 1.08% |
Only in SOXX
14 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.4.26%
- Astera Labs, Inc.3.02%
- ASML Holding NV2.30%
- Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd.2.01%
- Entegris, Inc.1.22%
- ASE Technology Holding Co. Ltd.1.22%
- MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.1.17%
- BlackRock Funds III1.17%
- United Microelectronics Corp.1.02%
- ARM Holdings plc0.79%
Only in XLK
57 total- Apple Inc12.85%
- Microsoft Corp8.38%
- Cisco Systems Inc2.58%
- Sandisk Corp1.88%
- Palo Alto Networks Inc1.54%
- Palantir Technologies Inc1.49%
- International Business Machines Corp1.47%
- Oracle Corp1.39%
- Western Digital Corp1.23%
- Amphenol Corp1.21%
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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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