Do PAVE and SOXX hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 0% 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, PAVE or SOXX?

PAVE has 62% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SOXX has 74%, so PAVE differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, PAVE or SOXX?

PAVE charges 0.47% 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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PAVE vs SOXX: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, PAVE returned +11.4% to SOXX's +72.0%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $13.6bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF, and $48.3bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Semiconductor ETF.

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At a glance

62.1%

PAVE in the S&P 500

74.3%

SOXX in the S&P 500

+11.4%

PAVE total return, 1 year

+72.0%

SOXX total return, 1 year

PAVE · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 38% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

62% of PAVE's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 38% is outside the index. Holdings as of May 31, 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 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 60.6 points; SOXX is 3.3 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

PAVE vs SOXX: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	PAVE	SOXX
Return
Measure	PAVE	SOXX
Total return, 1 year	+11.4%	+72.0%
Drawdown
Measure	PAVE	SOXX
Below its all-time high	10.9%, high on Jun 25, 2026	20.3%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	PAVE	SOXX
What it tracks	Infrastructure	Semiconductors
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year		+13.3%
Against its benchmark, 1 year		ahead by 58.7 pts
Cost and size
Measure	PAVE	SOXX
Expense ratio	0.47%	0.33%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$13.6bn	$44.5bn
Holdings
Measure	PAVE	SOXX
Holdings in common	0%

ETFIQ S&P 500 Difference Score · PAVE scores higher How much of its weight does it not share with the S&P 500?

IQ Themes Score79.9PAVE40.6SOXX

How different its holdings are from the S&P 500, ranked against 112 thematic ETFs with at least half their money in S&P 500 companies. 100 is best. How it is computed

PAVE 79.9

SOXX 40.6

0.4, the lowest in this set 99.6, the highest

A percentile among the 112 thematic ETFs with at least half their money in S&P 500 companies. Weight not shared with the S&P 500 only; it says nothing about returns, fees or whether the theme pays off. All thematic ETFs ranked by it →

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, PAVE and SOXX hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first PAVE SOXX

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Only in PAVE

QUANTA SERVICES, INC. 4.18%

CSX Corporation 3.48%

EATON CORPORATION PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 3.30%

HOWMET AEROSPACE INC. 3.27%

TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC 3.19%

UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION 3.12%

NUCOR CORPORATION 3.10%

ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC. 2.92%

Only in SOXX

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 9.46%

INTEL CORPORATION 8.32%

NVIDIA 7.85%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 7.70%

BROADCOM INC 7.35%

TEXAS INSTRUMENT 4.71%

ANALOG DEVICES 4.67%

MARVELL TECHNOLOGY 4.57%

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Window by window

Window by window: PAVE vs SOXX: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	PAVE	SOXX	PAVE	SOXX
3 months	−3.0%	+12.3%	not measured	+6.3 pts vs PBUS
6 months	−3.1%	+16.1%	not measured	+7.0 pts vs PBUS
1 year	+11.4%	+72.0%	not measured	+58.7 pts vs PBUS
3 years	+92.8%	+258.4%	not measured	+162.6 pts vs PBUS
Since launchNot the same days: PAVE Mar 2017 · SOXX Jul 2001	+284.2%	+2,543.8%	not measured	not measured

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Side by side

PAVE Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF · Holds 100 stocks in infrastructure, 62% 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 Global X iShares

Theme Infrastructure Semiconductors

In the S&P 500 62.1% 74.3%

Active share vs the S&P 500 97.2% 82.3%

In the Nasdaq-100 6.2% 69.9%

Holdings 100 31

Top ten, share of the fund 32.3% 62.4%

Expense ratio 0.47% 0.33%

Fee for the differing part 0.48% 0.40%

Total return, 1 year +11.4% +72.0%

vs its benchmark not measured +58.7 pts vs PBUS

Below its high −10.9% −20.3%

Net assets, PAVE as of Oct 12, 2026 and SOXX as of Oct 27, 2026 $13.6bn $48.3bn

As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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

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About each fund

PAVE

By weight, 62% of PAVE'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 32% of the fund across 100 positions, as filed for May 31, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +11.4% with distributions reinvested. It sits 10.9% below its all-time high of Jun 25, 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 PAVE and SOXX hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 0% 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, PAVE or SOXX?: PAVE has 62% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SOXX has 74%, so PAVE differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, PAVE or SOXX?: PAVE charges 0.47% a year and SOXX charges 0.33%, so SOXX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

PAVE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

PAVE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Global X page for PAVE ↗

SOXX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SOXX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for SOXX ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

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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