Do DRAM and SOXX hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 2% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.

Which is more different from the S&P 500, DRAM or SOXX?

DRAM has 16% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SOXX has 74%, so DRAM differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, DRAM or SOXX?

DRAM charges 0.65% a year and SOXX charges 0.33%, so SOXX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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DRAM vs SOXX: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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DRAM and SOXX hold 2% of their weight in the same names.

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Net assets: $20.6bn on Oct 28, 2026 for Roundhill Memory ETF, and $48.3bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Semiconductor ETF.

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At a glance

15.7%

DRAM in the S&P 500

74.3%

SOXX in the S&P 500

+95.0%

DRAM total return, since launch, Apr 2, 2026

+72.0%

SOXX total return, 1 year

DRAM · 6 months to Oct 28, 2026 84% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

16% of DRAM's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 84% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.

SOXX · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 26% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

74% of SOXX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 26% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 27, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SOXX costs 0.32 points a year less; SOXX is 2.5 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DRAM vs SOXX: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	DRAM	SOXX
Return
Measure	DRAM	SOXX
Total return, 1 year	not published	+72.0%
Drawdown
Measure	DRAM	SOXX
Below its all-time high	33.0%, high on Jun 22, 2026	20.3%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	DRAM	SOXX
What it tracks	Memory and storage	Semiconductors
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year		+13.3%
Against its benchmark, 1 year		ahead by 58.7 pts
Cost and size
Measure	DRAM	SOXX
Expense ratio	0.65%	0.33%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$19.2bn	$48.3bn
Holdings
Measure	DRAM	SOXX
Holdings in common	2%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Apr 10, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 · 28 weekly returns

DRAM SOXX

Return

Total return edge DRAM +45.1% +23.8%

Price return edge DRAM +45.1% +23.7%

Risk

Max drawdown edge SOXX −39.4% −25.2%

Reading

DRAM returned more: +45.1% to +23.8%. SOXX fell less at its worst: −25.2% to −39.4%.

Full scorecard

3 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: DRAM vs SOXX: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	DRAM	SOXX	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+45.1%	+23.8%	DRAM	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Price return	+45.1%	+23.7%	DRAM	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Max drawdown	−39.4%	−25.2%	SOXX	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 28 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DRAM and SOXX hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DRAM SOXX

Micron Technology Inc 2.03% 7.70%

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Only in DRAM

SK hynix Inc 15.89%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 14.37%

Sandisk Corp 5.21%

Kioxia Holdings Corp 4.36%

Western Digital Corp 4.30%

Seagate Technology Holdings PL 4.19%

GigaDevice Semiconductor Inc 3.07%

Nanya Technology Corp 1.81%

Only in SOXX

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 9.46%

INTEL CORPORATION 8.32%

NVIDIA 7.85%

BROADCOM INC 7.35%

TEXAS INSTRUMENT 4.71%

ANALOG DEVICES 4.67%

MARVELL TECHNOLOGY 4.57%

QUALCOMM 4.29%

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Window by window

Window by window: DRAM vs SOXX: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	DRAM	SOXX	DRAM	SOXX
3 months	+20.7%	+12.3%	not measured	+6.3 pts vs PBUS
6 months	+41.6%	+16.1%	not measured	+7.0 pts vs PBUS
1 year	–	+72.0%	–	+58.7 pts vs PBUS
3 years	–	+258.4%	–	+162.6 pts vs PBUS
Since launchNot the same days: DRAM Apr 2026 · SOXX Jul 2001	+95.0%	+2,543.8%	not measured	not measured

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Side by side

DRAM Roundhill Memory ETF · Holds 12 stocks in memory and storage, 16% of its weight in S&P 500 companies SOXX iShares Semiconductor ETF · Holds 31 stocks in semiconductors, 74% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Roundhill iShares

Theme Memory and storage Semiconductors

In the S&P 500 15.7% 74.3%

Active share vs the S&P 500 96.8% 82.3%

In the Nasdaq-100 15.7% 69.9%

Holdings 12 31

Top ten, share of the fund 56.4% 62.4%

Expense ratio 0.65% 0.33%

Fee for the differing part 0.67% 0.40%

Total return, 1 year +95.0% (since launch, Apr 2, 2026) +72.0%

vs its benchmark not measured +58.7 pts vs PBUS

Below its high −33.0% −20.3%

Net assets, DRAM as of Oct 28, 2026 and SOXX as of Oct 27, 2026 $20.6bn $48.3bn

As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

2% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Client brief

No client brief for this pair: ETFIQ prints no one-year total return for DRAM; the two funds' holdings are dated 119 days apart.

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About each fund

DRAM

By weight, 16% of DRAM's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 97%. The top ten holdings are 56% of the fund across 12 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it first traded on Apr 2, 2026 the fund returned +95.0% with distributions reinvested. It sits 33.0% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

SOXX

By weight, 74% 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 31 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +72.0% with distributions reinvested against +13.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index, so a holder was ahead by 58.7 pts. It sits 20.3% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do DRAM and SOXX hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 2% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, DRAM or SOXX?: DRAM has 16% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SOXX has 74%, so DRAM differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, DRAM or SOXX?: DRAM charges 0.65% a year and SOXX charges 0.33%, so SOXX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

All thematic ETFs ranked by the S&P 500 Difference Score →How the scores are computed →DRAM on its own →SOXX on its own →DRAM holdings →SOXX dividend history →SOXX holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

DRAM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DRAM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Roundhill page for DRAM ↗

SOXX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SOXX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for SOXX ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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