SMHvsSOXL

VanEck Semiconductor ETF or Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF, side by side from their own SEC filings. 57% of their stock holdings are the same at the same weight, across 22 stocks in both. Over the last twelve months SMH returned +136.1% and SOXL +358.1%.

57%of the two portfolios is the same stocks at the same weight
SMH91% in stocks the other holds too
SOXL62% in stocks the other holds too
stocks in bothstocks only in that fundbonds, cash and unmatched shares

The two funds

From each fund's latest N-PORT filing and its prospectus.

SMHSOXLYearly cost0.35%n/aNet assets$77.2B$19.4BPositions2644Last 12 months+136.1%+358.1%3 years, a year+63.4%+59.7%5 years, a year+38.9%+21.5%Largest holdingNVDA 17.5%Goldman 28.5%Main sectorTechnology 95%Technology 67%Holdings as ofJun 30, 2026Jul 31, 2026

Returns are total returns with dividends reinvested, from the funds’ own monthly figures; “(price)” marks a fund whose filing record is younger than a year, whose twelve months are its price change. The stronger figure in each row is set in bold. Past returns say what happened, not what will.

Growth of $100

Both funds from August 2019, the first month both report, dividends reinvested.

SMH$1,181SOXL$2,402
August 2019June 2026

More comparisons

From each fund’s Form N-PORT (SMH: June 2026, SOXL: July 2026) and prospectus, via the SEC’s public data sets. Overlap counts only the stocks we can match to a listing: stock by stock, the smaller of the two weights, added up.