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

FTXL and XSD share 34.7% of their weight across 20 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 XSD

34.7%

20 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

XSD

State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Semiconductor ETF

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 47 positions · Jun 30, 2026

Top 10: 29.0%·Holdings of XSD

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

XSD vs FTXL side by side

FTXLFirst Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF

34

stock positions reported to the SEC

23.7% of its weight is in 14 names XSD does not hold

XSDState Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Semiconductor ETF

47

stock positions reported to the SEC

54.7% of its weight is in 27 names FTXL does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

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

Largest sectors for both funds

Technology
94.6%
96.6%
Healthcare
2.6%
0.0%
Basic Materials
1.5%
0.0%
Consumer Cyclical
0.8%
0.0%

The widest gap is Healthcare: FTXL has 2.6 points more of it.

The figures side by side

FTXLXSD
Filing dateJun 30, 2026Jun 30, 2026
Stock positions reported3447
Weight of the ten largest67.3%29.0%
Largest positionINTC 13.3%MXL 3.8%
Held alone14 positions, 23.7%27 positions, 54.7%
Covered by stock positions99%100%

Holdings they share

StockIn FTXLIn XSDCounted
INTCINTEL CORP13.28%2.75%2.75%
MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC12.14%2.73%2.73%
AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC6.29%2.71%2.71%
MRVLMARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC7.91%2.49%2.49%
TXNTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC3.05%2.22%2.22%
AVGOBROADCOM INC4.72%2.13%2.13%
ADIANALOG DEVICES INC2.42%2.12%2.12%
NVDANVIDIA CORP4.79%2.10%2.10%
NXPINXP SEMICONDUCTORS NV2.68%2.07%2.07%
QCOMQUALCOMM INC5.63%2.04%2.04%

What each holds alone

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

Only in FTXL

KLACKLA CORP4.29%
AMATAPPLIED MATERIALS INC4.21%
LRCXLAM RESEARCH CORP4.02%
AMKRAMKOR TECHNOLOGY INC3.35%
TERTERADYNE INC1.63%
ENTGENTEGRIS INC1.50%
ONTOONTO INNOVATION INC0.94%
AVTAVNET INC0.80%
COHRCOHERENT CORP0.66%
ACLSAXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC0.63%

Only in XSD

MXLMaxLinear Inc3.75%
ALGMAllegro MicroSystems Inc3.29%
AMBAAmbarella Inc2.89%
PENGPenguin Solutions Inc2.74%
TET1 Energy Inc2.59%
PIImpinj Inc2.45%
LSCCLattice Semiconductor Corp2.44%
POWIPower Integrations Inc2.37%
SITMSiTime Corp2.36%
WOLFWolfspeed Inc2.34%

Questions people ask

Is FTXL the same as XSD?

34.7% of their weight sits in the same 20 holdings. FTXL also reports KLAC, AMAT, LRCX, which the other does not. XSD also reports MXL, ALGM, AMBA, which the other does not.

How is the overlap between FTXL and XSD 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 XSD, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, XSD or FTXL?

FTXL reports 34 stock positions and XSD reports 47. 23.7% of FTXL's weight sits in names XSD does not hold, and 54.7% of XSD's weight in names FTXL does not hold. The ten largest positions are 67.3% of FTXL and 29.0% of XSD.

How do FTXL and XSD differ by sector?

The widest gap is Healthcare: FTXL has 2.6 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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