ETF comparison

SOXXvsXSD

Both Semiconductors.

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

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
36.4%

18 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SOXX and XSD would leave roughly36.4%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

SOXX only 64.7%Shared 36.4%XSD only 63.5%
In SOXX only
14 positions
Shared
18 positions
In XSD only
30 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%
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

67
Cost
65
85
Tax efficiency
85
100
Liquidity
75
26
Concentration
65
Tracking quality
SOXXsub-scoreXSD

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

Cost difference

SOXX is 2 bps cheaper than XSD. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for XSD.

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 XSD.

Top shared holdings

18 shared in total
#HoldingIn SOXXIn XSDOverlap
1Astera Labs, Inc.3.02%3.08%3.02%
2Intel Corp.6.33%2.75%2.75%
3Micron Technology, Inc.8.54%2.73%2.73%
4Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.8.09%2.71%2.71%
5Marvell Technology, Inc.5.22%2.49%2.49%
6Texas Instruments, Inc.3.50%2.22%2.22%
7Microchip Technology, Inc.2.17%2.19%2.17%
8Broadcom, Inc.6.08%2.13%2.13%
9Analog Devices, Inc.3.45%2.12%2.12%
10NVIDIA Corp.6.81%2.10%2.10%
11NXP Semiconductors NV3.14%2.07%2.07%
12QUALCOMM, Inc.2.65%2.04%2.04%

Only in SOXX

14 total
  • Applied Materials, Inc.5.77%
  • KLA Corp.5.64%
  • Lam Research Corp.4.89%
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.4.26%
  • Teradyne, Inc.3.36%
  • ASML Holding NV2.30%
  • Entegris, Inc.1.22%
  • ASE Technology Holding Co. Ltd.1.22%
  • BlackRock Funds III1.17%
  • United Microelectronics Corp.1.02%

Only in XSD

30 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%
  • Power Integrations Inc2.37%
  • SiTime Corp2.36%
  • Wolfspeed Inc2.34%

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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.