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ARTY vs SMH
25% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, ARTY and SMH hold 25% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | ARTY | SMH |
|---|---|---|
| MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 5.39% | 5.68% |
| ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. | 5.24% | 5.63% |
| MARVELL TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 4.54% | 4.67% |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | 4.37% | 17.56% |
| BROADCOM INC. | 4.25% | 5.28% |
| Astera Labs, Inc | 1.59% | 1.27% |
| Only in ARTY | Only in SMH |
|---|---|
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Compa 4.84% | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 9.29% |
| COREWEAVE, INC. 4.27% | Applied Materials Inc 5.74% |
| SK hynix Inc. 3.63% | KLA Corp 5.58% |
| SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC. 3.19% | Lam Research Corp 5.32% |
| Global Unichip Corp 3.14% | Intel Corp 5.15% |
| ORACLE CORPORATION 3.05% | ASML Holding NV 5.04% |
| NAVER Corporation 3.00% | Texas Instruments Inc 4.17% |
| WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION 2.92% | Analog Devices Inc 4.00% |
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings as filed for Jun 30, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | vs the S&P 500 | vs the Nasdaq-100 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTY | SMH | ARTY | SMH | ARTY | SMH | |
| 3 months | +7.9% | −0.5% | +3.2 pts | −5.2 pts | +5.8 pts | −2.5 pts |
| 6 months | +58.8% | +49.0% | +43.6 pts | +33.8 pts | +38.6 pts | +28.8 pts |
| 1 year | +79.1% | +96.2% | +59.1 pts | +76.3 pts | +53.5 pts | +70.6 pts |
| 3 years | +137.7% | +267.0% | +59.7 pts | +189.0 pts | +44.2 pts | +173.5 pts |
| Since launch | +243.1% | +5013.0% | +21.8 pts | +4201.6 pts | −99.4 pts | +3328.9 pts |
| ARTY iShares Future AI & Tech ETF | SMH VanEck Semiconductor ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | iShares | VanEck |
| Theme | Artificial intelligence | Semiconductors |
| In the S&P 500 | 49.7% | 82.0% |
| Active share vs the S&P 500 | 84.1% | 80.6% |
| In the Nasdaq-100 | 36.5% | 85.9% |
| Holdings | 61 | 25 |
| Top ten, share of the fund | 42.9% | 70.3% |
| Expense ratio | not published | 0.35% |
| Fee for the differing part | not published | 0.43% |
| Total return, 1 year | +79.1% | +96.2% |
| vs the S&P 500 | +59.1 pts | +76.3 pts |
| vs the Nasdaq-100 | +53.5 pts | +70.6 pts |
| Below its high | −5.6% | −15.2% |
ARTY in plain words
By weight, 50% of ARTY's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 84%. The top ten holdings are 43% of the fund across 61 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +79.1% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 59.1 pts. It sits 5.6% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.
SMH in plain words
By weight, 82% of SMH's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 81%. The top ten holdings are 70% of the fund across 25 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +96.2% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 76.3 pts. It sits 15.2% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Do ARTY and SMH hold the same stocks?
- By their latest filings, 25% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is a meaningful overlap. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
- Which is more different from the S&P 500, ARTY or SMH?
- ARTY has 50% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SMH has 82%, so ARTY differs more from the index.
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Where these figures came from
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