FTXL vs SMH overlap - what they share and where they differ

FTXL and SMH share 59.1% of their weight across 19 common positions, read from what each fund reported to the SEC.

Each week Ploutos reads the reported positions of the largest US equity ETFs and measures, pair by pair, the weight they share: for every stock both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights counts. Two funds tracking the same index land near 100%. A sector fund inside a broad index fund lands at roughly that sector's weight.

FTXL and SMH

59.1%

19 shared positions

FTXL

First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF

Reported positions cover 99% of the fund, 34 positions · Jun 30, 2026

Top 10: 67.3%·Holdings of FTXL

SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 25 positions · Jun 30, 2026

Top 10: 70.2%·Holdings of SMH

Reported positions cover FTXL 99%, SMH 100% of each fund. An overlap cannot exceed the smaller coverage, so a low figure can mean little overlap or thin reporting.

SMH vs FTXL side by side

FTXLFirst Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF

34

stock positions reported to the SEC

12.9% of its weight is in 15 names SMH does not hold

SMHVanEck Semiconductor ETF

25

stock positions reported to the SEC

20.7% of its weight is in 6 names FTXL does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

FTXL
SMH
shared with the other fundheld alonenot covered by the filing (cash, futures, bonds)

Largest sectors for both funds

Technology
94.6%
97.3%
Healthcare
2.6%
1.5%
Basic Materials
1.5%
0.0%
Consumer Cyclical
0.8%
0.0%

The widest gap is Technology: SMH has 2.7 points more of it.

The figures side by side

FTXLSMH
Filing dateJun 30, 2026Jun 30, 2026
Stock positions reported3425
Weight of the ten largest67.3%70.2%
Largest positionINTC 13.3%NVDA 17.6%
Held alone15 positions, 12.9%6 positions, 20.7%
Covered by stock positions99%100%

Holdings they share

StockIn FTXLIn SMHCounted
MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC12.14%5.67%5.67%
AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC6.29%5.63%5.63%
INTCINTEL CORP13.28%5.15%5.15%
NVDANVIDIA CORP4.79%17.55%4.79%
AVGOBROADCOM INC4.72%5.28%4.72%
MRVLMARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC7.91%4.66%4.66%
KLACKLA CORP4.29%5.57%4.29%
AMATAPPLIED MATERIALS INC4.21%5.74%4.21%
LRCXLAM RESEARCH CORP4.02%5.31%4.02%
QCOMQUALCOMM INC5.63%3.74%3.74%

What each holds alone

The heaviest positions one fund reports and the other does not.

Only in FTXL

AMKRAMKOR TECHNOLOGY INC3.35%
ENTGENTEGRIS INC1.50%
CRUSCIRRUS LOGIC INC1.02%
ONTOONTO INNOVATION INC0.94%
AVTAVNET INC0.80%
RMBSRAMBUS INC0.73%
CRDOCREDO TECHNOLOGY GROUP HOLDING LTD0.67%
COHRCOHERENT CORP0.66%
ACLSAXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC0.63%
ACMRACM RESEARCH INC0.63%

Only in SMH

TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd9.29%
ASMLASML Holding NV5.04%
CDNSCadence Design Systems Inc2.15%
SNPSSynopsys Inc1.79%
STMSTMicroelectronics NV1.26%
ARM HOLDINGS PLC1.17%

Questions people ask

Is FTXL the same as SMH?

59.1% of their weight sits in the same 19 holdings. FTXL also reports AMKR, ENTG, CRUS, which the other does not. SMH also reports TSM, ASML, CDNS, which the other does not.

How is the overlap between FTXL and SMH measured?

For every stock both funds report, the smaller of the two weights counts, and the sum is the overlap. The reported positions cover 99% of FTXL and 100% of SMH, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, SMH or FTXL?

FTXL reports 34 stock positions and SMH reports 25. 12.9% of FTXL's weight sits in names SMH does not hold, and 20.7% of SMH's weight in names FTXL does not hold. The ten largest positions are 67.3% of FTXL and 70.2% of SMH.

How do FTXL and SMH differ by sector?

The widest gap is Technology: SMH has 2.7 points more of it. Sectors come from each holding's SIC code in its SEC record, summed by the weight the fund reports.

Where do the numbers come from?

From each fund's own N-PORT filing to the SEC, which lists every position and its weight. The comparison uses every equity position the fund reports; cash, futures and bonds are not counted, which is why a coverage figure sits next to every result. Holdings change between filings.

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