ETF comparison
SOXXvsXSD
Both Semiconductors.
iShares Semiconductor ETF · State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF
Holdings overlap
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.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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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| # | Holding | In SOXX | In XSD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astera Labs, Inc. | 3.02% | 3.08% | 3.02% |
| 2 | Intel Corp. | 6.33% | 2.75% | 2.75% |
| 3 | Micron Technology, Inc. | 8.54% | 2.73% | 2.73% |
| 4 | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 8.09% | 2.71% | 2.71% |
| 5 | Marvell Technology, Inc. | 5.22% | 2.49% | 2.49% |
| 6 | Texas Instruments, Inc. | 3.50% | 2.22% | 2.22% |
| 7 | Microchip Technology, Inc. | 2.17% | 2.19% | 2.17% |
| 8 | Broadcom, Inc. | 6.08% | 2.13% | 2.13% |
| 9 | Analog Devices, Inc. | 3.45% | 2.12% | 2.12% |
| 10 | NVIDIA Corp. | 6.81% | 2.10% | 2.10% |
| 11 | NXP Semiconductors NV | 3.14% | 2.07% | 2.07% |
| 12 | QUALCOMM, 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.