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SHOC vs SMHX: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SHOC returned +35.7% to SMHX's +27.1%; 43% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $278m on Jun 30, 2026 for Strive U.S. Semiconductor ETF, and $241m on Nov 3, 2026 for VanEck Fabless Semiconductor ETF.

SHOC on its own →SMHX on its own →
At a glance
88.9%
SHOC in the S&P 500
66.4%
SMHX in the S&P 500
+35.7%
SHOC total return, 1 year
+27.1%
SMHX total return, 1 year
SHOC · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 11% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
11% of its weight is outside the S&P 50089% of SHOC's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 11% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.89%11%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutsideactive share 81% · top ten 76% of the fund · 30 holdings as filed for Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 93% in11% of its weight is outside the S&P 50089% of SHOC's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 11% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.89%11%of its weight in S&P 500 companies11% of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 81% · Nasdaq-100: 93% in

89% of SHOC's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 11% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.

SMHX · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 34% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
34% of its weight is outside the S&P 50066% of SMHX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 34% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 2, 2026.66%34%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 87% · top ten 74% of the fund · 22 holdings as published by its issuer for Nov 2, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 74% in34% of its weight is outside the S&P 50066% of SMHX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 34% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 2, 2026.66%34%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 87% · Nasdaq-100: 74% in

66% of SMHX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 34% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 2, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SMHX costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.6 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SHOC vs SMHX: Holdings Overlap & Returns
MeasureSHOCSMHX
Return
Total return, 1 year+35.7%+27.1%
Drawdown
Below its all-time high26.6%, high on Jun 22, 202625.9%, high on Jun 3, 2026
Against its benchmark
What it tracksSemiconductorsSemiconductors
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year+15.0%
Against its benchmark, 1 yearahead by 12.1 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.40%0.35%
Net assets, SHOC as of Jun 30, 2026 and SMHX as of Nov 3, 2026$278m$241m
Active share vs the S&P 50080%87%
Holdings
Holdings in common43%
ETFIQ S&P 500 Difference Score · SMHX scores higher How much of its weight does it not share with the S&P 500?
IQ Themes Score32.9SHOC55.7SMHX

How different its holdings are from the S&P 500, ranked against 114 thematic ETFs with at least half their money in S&P 500 companies. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.4, the lowest in this set 99.6, the highest

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 →

Method

What they share

43%

By the books each fund has filed, SHOC and SMHX hold 43% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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43% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SHOC SMHX
NVIDIA Corp 17.26% 20.12%
Broadcom Inc 9.52% 12.94%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 5.00% 7.00%
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC 4.13% 3.97%
Cadence Design Systems Inc 1.60% 5.57%
QUALCOMM Inc 1.51% 5.06%
Synopsys Inc 1.32% 5.77%
Astera Labs Inc 1.15% 3.80%
Monolithic Power Systems Inc 1.01% 5.41%
ARM Holdings PLC 0.75% 3.75%
Rambus Inc 0.22% 2.20%
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Only in SHOC
Micron Technology Inc 13.81%
Applied Materials Inc 6.53%
KLA CORP 5.10%
ASML Holding NV 4.95%
Lam Research Corp 4.87%
Intel Corp 4.53%
Texas Instruments Inc 3.77%
Analog Devices Inc 2.99%
Only in SMHX
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 4.40%
Lattice Semiconductor Corp 3.77%
Sitime Corp 3.14%
Semtech Corp 2.84%
Silicon Motion Technology Corp 2.45%
Silicon Laboratories Inc 2.16%
Cirrus Logic Inc 1.72%
Impinj Inc 1.34%
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Window by window: SHOC vs SMHX: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Total returnvs its benchmark
WindowSHOCSMHXSHOCSMHX
3 months−14.0%−12.5%not measured−11.2 pts vs ACWI
6 months−11.3%−7.7%not measured−10.3 pts vs ACWI
1 year+35.7%+27.1%not measured+12.1 pts vs ACWI
3 years+184.5%–not measured–
Since launchNot the same days: SHOC Oct 2022 · SMHX Aug 2024+273.7%+102.4%not measured+61.5 pts vs ACWI

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Side by side

SHOC Strive U.S. Semiconductor ETF · Holds 30 stocks in semiconductors, 89% of its weight in S&P 500 companies SMHX VanEck Fabless Semiconductor ETF · Holds 22 stocks in semiconductors, 66% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer Strive VanEck
Theme Semiconductors Semiconductors
In the S&P 500 88.9% 66.4%
Active share vs the S&P 500 80.5% 87.2%
In the Nasdaq-100 92.8% 74.0%
Holdings 30 22
Top ten, share of the fund 75.7% 74.4%
Expense ratio 0.40% 0.35%
Fee for the differing part 0.50% 0.40%
Total return, 1 year +35.7% +27.1%
vs its benchmark not measured +12.1 pts vs ACWI
Below its high −26.6% −25.9%
Net assets, SHOC as of Jun 30, 2026 and SMHX as of Nov 3, 2026 $278m $241m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

43% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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About each fund
SHOC

By weight, 89% of SHOC's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 80%. The top ten holdings are 76% of the fund across 30 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +35.7% with distributions reinvested. It sits 26.6% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

SMHX

By weight, 66% of SMHX's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 87%. The top ten holdings are 74% of the fund across 22 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +27.1% with distributions reinvested against +15.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI Index, so a holder was ahead by 12.1 pts. It sits 25.9% below its all-time high of Jun 3, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do SHOC and SMHX hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 43% 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, SHOC or SMHX?
SHOC has 89% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SMHX has 66%, so SMHX differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, SHOC or SMHX?
SHOC charges 0.40% a year and SMHX charges 0.35%, so SMHX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Sources and dates
SHOC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
SHOC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Strive website ↗
SMHX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
SMHX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
VanEck website ↗

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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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