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

FXL and XSD share 21.5% of their weight across 23 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.

FXL and XSD

21.5%

23 shared positions

FXL

First Trust Technology AlphaDEX Fund

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 110 positions · Jul 31, 2026

Top 10: 18.1%·Holdings of FXL

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 FXL 100%, 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 FXL side by side

FXLFirst Trust Technology AlphaDEX Fund

110

stock positions reported to the SEC

78.5% of its weight is in 87 names XSD does not hold

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

47

stock positions reported to the SEC

47.2% of its weight is in 24 names FXL does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

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

Largest sectors for both funds

Technology
91.3%
96.3%
Industrials
3.0%
0.0%
Consumer Cyclical
2.4%
0.0%
Basic Materials
1.6%
0.0%
Real Estate
1.1%
0.0%

The widest gap is Technology: XSD has 5.0 points more of it.

The figures side by side

FXLXSD
Filing dateJul 31, 2026Jun 30, 2026
Stock positions reported11047
Weight of the ten largest18.1%29.0%
Largest positionCTSH 2.4%MXL 3.8%
Held alone87 positions, 78.5%24 positions, 47.2%
Covered by stock positions100%100%

Holdings they share

StockIn FXLIn XSDCounted
MPWRMONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS INC1.37%1.97%1.37%
AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC1.36%2.71%1.36%
CRDOCREDO TECHNOLOGY GROUP HOLDING LTD1.26%2.41%1.26%
ADIANALOG DEVICES INC1.22%2.12%1.22%
SITMSITIME CORP1.19%2.36%1.19%
MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC1.18%2.73%1.18%
LSCCLATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORP1.08%2.44%1.08%
ALABASTERA LABS INC1.07%3.08%1.07%
MRVLMARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC1.04%2.49%1.04%
SMTCSEMTECH CORP0.96%2.20%0.96%

What each holds alone

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

Only in FXL

CTSHCOGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP2.36%
EPAMEPAM SYSTEMS INC2.20%
PTCPTC INC2.00%
LDOSLEIDOS HOLDINGS INC1.86%
ZMZOOM COMMUNICATIONS INC1.84%
DOXAMDOCS LTD1.82%
ADBEADOBE INC1.62%
DELLDELL TECHNOLOGIES INC1.55%
RNGRINGCENTRAL INC1.42%
WDCWESTERN DIGITAL CORP1.41%

Only in XSD

MXLMaxLinear Inc3.75%
AMBAAmbarella Inc2.89%
INTCIntel Corp2.75%
PENGPenguin Solutions Inc2.74%
TET1 Energy Inc2.59%
PIImpinj Inc2.45%
POWIPower Integrations Inc2.37%
WOLFWolfspeed Inc2.34%
DIODDiodes Inc2.30%
SLABSilicon Laboratories Inc2.11%

Questions people ask

Is FXL the same as XSD?

21.5% of their weight sits in the same 23 holdings. FXL also reports CTSH, EPAM, PTC, which the other does not. XSD also reports MXL, AMBA, INTC, which the other does not.

How is the overlap between FXL 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 100% of FXL and 100% of XSD, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, XSD or FXL?

FXL reports 110 stock positions and XSD reports 47. 78.5% of FXL's weight sits in names XSD does not hold, and 47.2% of XSD's weight in names FXL does not hold. The ten largest positions are 18.1% of FXL and 29.0% of XSD.

How do FXL and XSD differ by sector?

The widest gap is Technology: XSD has 5.0 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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