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

SMH and VGT share 40.9% of their weight across 21 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.

SMH and VGT

40.9%

21 shared positions

SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

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

Top 10: 70.2%·Holdings of SMH

VGT

VANGUARD INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDEX FUND

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 315 positions · May 31, 2026

Top 10: 59.4%·Holdings of VGT

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

VGT vs SMH side by side

SMHVanEck Semiconductor ETF

25

stock positions reported to the SEC

16.8% of its weight is in 4 names VGT does not hold

VGTVANGUARD INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDEX FUND

315

stock positions reported to the SEC

59.0% of its weight is in 294 names SMH does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

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

Largest sectors for both funds

Technology
98.8%
95.1%
Industrials
0.0%
1.1%
Consumer Cyclical
0.0%
0.9%
Basic Materials
0.0%
0.9%
Financial Services
0.0%
0.2%

The widest gap is Technology: SMH has 3.7 points more of it.

The figures side by side

SMHVGT
Filing dateJun 30, 2026May 31, 2026
Stock positions reported25315
Weight of the ten largest70.2%59.4%
Largest positionNVDA 17.6%NVDA 16.8%
Held alone4 positions, 16.8%294 positions, 59.0%
Covered by stock positions100%100%

Holdings they share

StockIn SMHIn VGTCounted
NVDANVIDIA Corp17.55%16.82%16.82%
AVGOBroadcom Inc5.28%4.21%4.21%
MUMicron Technology Inc5.67%4.20%4.20%
AMDAdvanced Micro Devices Inc5.63%3.21%3.21%
INTCIntel Corp5.15%2.03%2.03%
LRCXLam Research Corp5.31%1.56%1.56%
AMATApplied Materials Inc5.74%1.40%1.40%
TXNTexas Instruments Inc4.17%1.11%1.11%
QCOMQUALCOMM Inc3.74%1.09%1.09%
KLACKLA Corp5.57%1.00%1.00%

What each holds alone

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

Only in SMH

TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd9.29%
ASMLASML Holding NV5.04%
STMSTMicroelectronics NV1.26%
ARM HOLDINGS PLC1.17%

Only in VGT

AAPLApple Inc14.57%
MSFTMicrosoft Corp9.46%
CSCOCisco Systems Inc1.85%
ORCLOracle Corp1.45%
PLTRPalantir Technologies Inc1.35%
IBMInternational Business Machines Corp1.08%
SANDISK CORP/DE0.98%
PANWPalo Alto Networks Inc0.92%
STXSeagate Technology Holdings PLC0.80%
WDCWestern Digital Corp0.76%

Questions people ask

Is SMH the same as VGT?

40.9% of their weight sits in the same 21 holdings. SMH also reports TSM, ASML, STM, which the other does not. VGT also reports AAPL, MSFT, CSCO, which the other does not.

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

Which holds more, VGT or SMH?

SMH reports 25 stock positions and VGT reports 315. 16.8% of SMH's weight sits in names VGT does not hold, and 59.0% of VGT's weight in names SMH does not hold. The ten largest positions are 70.2% of SMH and 59.4% of VGT.

How do SMH and VGT differ by sector?

The widest gap is Technology: SMH has 3.7 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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Descriptive data from public SEC filings. Nothing on this page is a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any fund or stock, and holdings change between filings.