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SOXX vs XT
17% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, SOXX and XT hold 17% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | SOXX | XT |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp. | 6.82% | 4.02% |
| Texas Instruments, Inc. | 3.51% | 5.05% |
| Analog Devices, Inc. | 3.45% | 4.00% |
| Broadcom, Inc. | 6.08% | 2.23% |
| ON Semiconductor Corp. | 1.65% | 0.83% |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 8.55% | 0.77% |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 8.10% | 0.71% |
| Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | 2.93% | 0.24% |
| Marvell Technology, Inc. | 5.23% | 0.16% |
| Entegris, Inc. | 1.22% | 0.03% |
| Only in SOXX | Only in XT |
|---|---|
| Intel Corp. 6.34% | MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.62% |
| Applied Materials, Inc. 5.78% | TESLA, INC. 3.52% |
| KLA Corp. 5.65% | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 3.41% |
| Lam Research Corp. 4.90% | AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.18% |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. L 4.27% | ALPHABET INC. 2.84% |
| Teradyne, Inc. 3.37% | JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.67% |
| NXP Semiconductors NV 3.15% | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Compa 2.36% |
| Astera Labs, Inc. 3.02% | Infineon Technologies AG 1.87% |
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 Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | vs the S&P 500 | vs the Nasdaq-100 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOXX | XT | SOXX | XT | SOXX | XT | |
| 3 months | −3.6% | +3.1% | −8.3 pts | −1.6 pts | −5.7 pts | +1.0 pts |
| 6 months | +60.9% | +18.7% | +45.7 pts | +3.5 pts | +40.7 pts | −1.5 pts |
| 1 year | +113.9% | +31.3% | +93.9 pts | +11.3 pts | +88.3 pts | +5.7 pts |
| 3 years | +210.8% | +62.6% | +132.9 pts | −15.3 pts | +117.4 pts | −30.9 pts |
| Since launch | +3635.3% | +285.1% | +2823.9 pts | −59.8 pts | +1951.2 pts | −339.5 pts |
| SOXX iShares Semiconductor ETF | XT iShares Future Exponential Technologies ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | iShares | iShares |
| Theme | Semiconductors | Broad innovation and megatrends |
| In the S&P 500 | 80.8% | 65.9% |
| Active share vs the S&P 500 | 81.6% | 66.8% |
| In the Nasdaq-100 | 78.4% | 42.9% |
| Holdings | 30 | 218 |
| Top ten, share of the fund | 61.7% | 34.7% |
| Expense ratio | not published | 0.46% |
| Fee for the differing part | not published | 0.69% |
| Total return, 1 year | +113.9% | +31.3% |
| vs the S&P 500 | +93.9 pts | +11.3 pts |
| vs the Nasdaq-100 | +88.3 pts | +5.7 pts |
| Below its high | −20.6% | −1.8% |
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.
XT in plain words
By weight, 66% of XT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 67%. The top ten holdings are 35% of the fund across 218 positions, as filed for Apr 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +31.3% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 11.3 pts.
Questions people ask
- Do SOXX and XT hold the same stocks?
- By their latest filings, 17% 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, SOXX or XT?
- SOXX has 81% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XT has 66%, so SOXX differs more from the index.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, SOXX against XT, data as of Sep 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/SOXX-XT.html Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.