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GRID vs SOXX
5% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, GRID and SOXX hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | GRID | SOXX |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corporation | 2.34% | 6.82% |
| Texas Instruments Incorporated | 0.91% | 3.51% |
| Analog Devices, Inc. | 0.68% | 3.45% |
| QUALCOMM Incorporated | 0.68% | 2.65% |
| STMicroelectronics N.V. | 0.03% | 0.79% |
| Only in GRID | Only in SOXX |
|---|---|
| Schneider Electric SE 9.11% | Micron Technology, Inc. 8.55% |
| Eaton Corporation Plc 8.80% | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 8.10% |
| Johnson Controls International Plc 8.49% | Intel Corp. 6.34% |
| ABB Ltd 7.70% | Broadcom, Inc. 6.08% |
| Quanta Services, Inc. 7.53% | Applied Materials, Inc. 5.78% |
| National Grid Plc 4.14% | KLA Corp. 5.65% |
| E.ON SE 4.11% | Marvell Technology, Inc. 5.23% |
| Prysmian SpA 3.53% | Lam Research Corp. 4.90% |
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 and Sep 4, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | vs the S&P 500 | vs the Nasdaq-100 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRID | SOXX | GRID | SOXX | GRID | SOXX | |
| 3 months | −4.2% | −3.6% | −8.9 pts | −8.3 pts | −6.3 pts | −5.7 pts |
| 6 months | +8.4% | +60.9% | −6.8 pts | +45.7 pts | −11.8 pts | +40.7 pts |
| 1 year | +26.6% | +113.9% | +6.6 pts | +93.9 pts | +1.0 pts | +88.3 pts |
| 3 years | +85.1% | +210.8% | +7.1 pts | +132.9 pts | −8.4 pts | +117.4 pts |
| Since launch | +554.4% | +3635.3% | −257.0 pts | +2823.9 pts | −1129.7 pts | +1951.2 pts |
| GRID First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund | SOXX iShares Semiconductor ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | iShares |
| Theme | Electrification and the grid | Semiconductors |
| In the S&P 500 | 39.9% | 80.8% |
| Active share vs the S&P 500 | 91.9% | 81.6% |
| In the Nasdaq-100 | 8.6% | 78.4% |
| Holdings | 121 | 30 |
| Top ten, share of the fund | 58.4% | 61.7% |
| Expense ratio | 0.56% | not published |
| Fee for the differing part | 0.61% | not published |
| Total return, 1 year | +26.6% | +113.9% |
| vs the S&P 500 | +6.6 pts | +93.9 pts |
| vs the Nasdaq-100 | +1.0 pts | +88.3 pts |
| Below its high | −10.1% | −20.6% |
GRID in plain words
By weight, 40% of GRID's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 92%. The top ten holdings are 58% of the fund across 121 positions, as filed for Sep 3, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +26.6% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 6.6 pts. It sits 10.1% below its all-time high of May 11, 2026.
SOXX in plain words
By weight, 81% of SOXX's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 82%. The top ten holdings are 62% of the fund across 30 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +113.9% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 93.9 pts. It sits 20.6% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Do GRID and SOXX hold the same stocks?
- By their latest filings, 5% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is mostly different names. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
- Which is more different from the S&P 500, GRID or SOXX?
- GRID has 40% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SOXX has 81%, so GRID differs more from the index.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, GRID against SOXX, data as of Sep 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/GRID-SOXX.html Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.