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SOXQ vs XAR

Invesco PHLX Semiconductor ETF and State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Aerospace & Defense ETF, side by side on the themes desk.

0% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SOXQ and XAR hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in SOXQOnly in XAR
Micron Technology, Inc. 11.84%VSE Corp 3.40%
NVIDIA Corp. 8.99%Axon Enterprise Inc 3.23%
Broadcom Inc. 8.79%StandardAero Inc 3.11%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 6.49%FTAI Aviation Ltd 3.09%
Intel Corp. 6.33%Carpenter Technology Corp 3.04%
Marvell Technology, Inc. 6.32%General Electric Co 3.02%
QUALCOMM Inc. 4.44%Woodward Inc 2.98%
Texas Instruments Inc. 3.62%HEICO Corp 2.86%

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 May 31, 2026.

Performance, window by window

SOXQ and XAR over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
SOXQXARSOXQXARSOXQXAR
3 months−4.0%−7.2%−8.7 pts−11.9 pts−6.1 pts−9.3 pts
6 months+56.3%−9.4%+41.2 pts−24.5 pts+36.2 pts−29.5 pts
1 year+107.9%+17.9%+87.9 pts−2.1 pts+82.3 pts−7.7 pts
3 years+225.0%+113.8%+147.0 pts+35.9 pts+131.5 pts+20.3 pts
Since launch+282.6%+1074.6%+187.7 pts+314.2 pts+165.3 pts−342.9 pts
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SOXQ and XAR on the themes desk fields, as of Sep 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
SOXQ
Invesco PHLX Semiconductor ETF
XAR
State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Aerospace & Defense ETF
IssuerInvescoState Street
ThemeSemiconductorsDefense
In the S&P 50084.0%32.4%
Active share vs the S&P 50080.8%97.9%
In the Nasdaq-10081.7%3.2%
Holdings3048
Top ten, share of the fund63.4%30.4%
Expense ratio0.19%0.35%
Fee for the differing part0.24%0.36%
Total return, 1 year+107.9%+17.9%
vs the S&P 500+87.9 pts−2.1 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+82.3 pts−7.7 pts
Below its high−19.7%−14.8%

SOXQ in plain words

By weight, 84% of SOXQ'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 63% of the fund across 30 positions, as filed for May 31, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +107.9% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 87.9 pts. It sits 19.7% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

XAR in plain words

By weight, 32% of XAR's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 30% of the fund across 48 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +17.9% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 2.1 pts. It sits 14.8% below its all-time high of Aug 14, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do SOXQ and XAR hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 0% 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, SOXQ or XAR?
SOXQ has 84% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XAR has 32%, so XAR differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, SOXQ or XAR?
SOXQ charges 0.19% a year and XAR charges 0.35%, so SOXQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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SOXQ against XAR, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 4, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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