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EUV vs SMH: which is really different?

EUV and SMH hold 30% of their weight in the same names.

Corgi Lithography & Semiconductor Photonics ETF and VanEck Semiconductor ETF.

37.5%EUV in the S&P 500
82.2%SMH in the S&P 500
−10.9%EUV total return, 1 year
+81.3%SMH total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: EUV scores higher

How much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

EUV 37.9SMH 10.90.1, the lowest in this set91.8, the highest

A percentile among the 379 thematic ETFs with a holdings filing. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All thematic ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

EUV63% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 3 months to Sep 18, 2026
38%63%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 97% · top ten 58% of the fund · 40 holdings filed Sep 18, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 35% in38%63%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 97% · top ten 58% of the fund
SMH18% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
82%18%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutsideactive share 81% · top ten 72% of the fund · 26 holdings filed Sep 17, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 80% in82%18%in the S&P 50018% of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 81% · top ten 72% of the fund

30% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EUV and SMH hold 30% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions EUV and SMH both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingEUVSMH
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt11.79%9.80%
ASML Holding NV9.97%4.81%
Applied Materials Inc5.81%3.89%
Lam Research Corp5.78%3.87%
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC3.83%4.41%
KLA CORP4.63%3.66%
Only in each
Only in EUVOnly in SMH
Lumentum Holdings Inc 4.87%Nvidia Corp 22.43%
Corning Inc 4.58%Advanced Micro Devices Inc 6.16%
Coherent Corp 3.87%Broadcom Inc 5.67%
Ciena Corp 3.04%Micron Technology Inc 5.61%
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc 2.89%Intel Corp 4.70%
Entegris Inc 2.73%Qualcomm Inc 4.46%
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 2.61%Analog Devices Inc 4.26%
Onto Innovation Inc 2.30%Texas Instruments Inc 4.24%

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 dated Sep 17, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

EUV and SMH over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
EUVSMHEUVSMHEUVSMH
3 months−21.7%−13.2%−24.0 pts−15.4 pts−19.2 pts−10.7 pts
6 monthsnot published+48.9%not published+30.9 ptsnot published+24.7 pts
1 yearnot published+81.3%not published+64.8 ptsnot published+59.6 pts
3 yearsnot published+297.7%not published+219.3 ptsnot published+199.5 pts
Since launch−10.9%+5067.0%−15.2 pts+4263.5 pts−14.7 pts+3376.8 pts
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EUV and SMH on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
EUV
Corgi Lithography & Semiconductor Photonics ETF
Holds 40 stocks in semiconductors, 38% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
SMH
VanEck Semiconductor ETF
Holds 26 stocks in semiconductors, 82% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerCorgiVanEck
ThemeSemiconductorsSemiconductors
In the S&P 50037.5%82.2%
Active share vs the S&P 50096.6%80.6%
In the Nasdaq-10034.9%80.1%
Holdings4026
Top ten, share of the fund58.2%72.3%
Expense rationot published0.35%
Fee for the differing partnot published0.43%
Total return, 1 year−10.9% (since launch on May 6, 2026)+81.3%
vs the S&P 500−15.2 pts+64.8 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−14.7 pts+59.6 pts
Below its high−26.2%−14.3%
Net assets$419m$72.5bn

EUV in plain words

By weight, 38% of EUV'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 58% of the fund across 40 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Since it launched on May 6, 2026 the fund returned −10.9% with distributions reinvested against +4.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 15.2 pts. It sits 26.2% below its all-time high of Jun 30, 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 72% of the fund across 26 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 17, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +81.3% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 64.8 pts. It sits 14.3% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do EUV and SMH hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 30% 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, EUV or SMH?
EUV has 38% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SMH has 82%, so EUV differs more from the index.

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Where these figures came from

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EUV against SMH, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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