Do SMH and SMHC 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, SMH or SMHC?

SMH has 79% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SMHC has 0%, so SMHC differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, SMH or SMHC?

SMH charges 0.35% a year and SMHC charges 0.65%, so SMH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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SMH vs SMHC: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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SMH and SMHC hold 0% of their weight in the same names.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $67.3bn for VanEck Semiconductor ETF and $11m for VanEck China Semiconductor ETF.

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At a glance

78.8%

SMH in the S&P 500

0.0%

SMHC in the S&P 500

+43.4%

SMH total return, 1 year

−45.1%

SMHC total return, since launch, Jun 24, 2026

SMH · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 21% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

79% of SMH's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 21% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 2, 2026.

SMHC · 3 months to Nov 4, 2026 100% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

0% of SMHC's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 100% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 2, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SMH costs 0.30 points a year less; SMH is far larger, $67.3bn against $11m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SMH vs SMHC: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	SMH	SMHC
Return
Measure	SMH	SMHC
Total return, 1 year	+43.4%	not published
Drawdown
Measure	SMH	SMHC
Below its all-time high	24.6%, high on Jun 22, 2026	50.7%, high on Jun 30, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	SMH	SMHC
What it tracks	Semiconductors	Semiconductors
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year	+15.0%
Against its benchmark, 1 year	ahead by 28.4 pts
Cost and size
Measure	SMH	SMHC
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.65%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$67.3bn	$11m
Holdings
Measure	SMH	SMHC
Holdings in common	0%

Method

Risk and return

Jul 2, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026 · 17 weekly returns

SMH SMHC

Return

Total return edge SMH −11.8% −47.6%

Price return edge SMH −11.8% −47.6%

Risk

Max drawdown edge SMH −17.1% −49.1%

Reading

From Jul 2026 to Oct 2026, SMH returned more: −11.8% to −47.6%. SMH fell less at its worst: −17.1% to −49.1%.

Full scorecard

3 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: SMH vs SMHC: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	SMH	SMHC	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	−11.8%	−47.6%	SMH	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Price return	−11.8%	−47.6%	SMH	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Max drawdown	−17.1%	−49.1%	SMH	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 17 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, SMH and SMHC hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SMH SMHC

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Only in SMH

Nvidia Corp 20.57%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co L 9.62%

Texas Instruments Inc 5.97%

Broadcom Inc 5.77%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 5.17%

Analog Devices Inc 5.03%

Micron Technology Inc 4.63%

Asml Holding Nv 4.49%

Only in SMHC

Cambricon Technologies Corp Ltd 11.06%

Hygon Information Technology Co Ltd 9.16%

Naura Technology Group Co Ltd 8.14%

Montage Technology Co Ltd 5.39%

Gigadevice Semiconductor Inc 5.09%

Wus Printed Circuit Kunshan Co Ltd 4.77%

Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment In 4.75%

Piotech Inc 4.22%

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Window by window

Window by window: SMH vs SMHC: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	SMH	SMHC	SMH	SMHC
3 months	−11.5%	−29.4%	−10.2 pts vs ACWI	not measured
6 months	−8.3%	–	−10.9 pts vs ACWI	–
1 year	+43.4%	–	+28.4 pts vs ACWI	–
3 years	+241.8%	–	+164.2 pts vs ACWI	–
Since launchNot the same days: SMH Dec 2011 · SMHC Jun 2026	+3,851.6%	−45.1%	+3,444.2 pts vs ACWI	not measured

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Side by side

SMH VanEck Semiconductor ETF · Holds 25 stocks in semiconductors, 79% of its weight in S&P 500 companies SMHC VanEck China Semiconductor ETF · Holds 25 stocks in semiconductors, 0% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer VanEck VanEck

Theme Semiconductors Semiconductors

In the S&P 500 78.8% 0.0%

Active share vs the S&P 500 80.7% 100.0%

In the Nasdaq-100 84.5% 0.0%

Holdings 25 25

Top ten, share of the fund 69.5% 60.6%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.65%

Fee for the differing part 0.43% 0.65%

Total return, 1 year +43.4% −45.1% (since launch, Jun 24, 2026)

vs its benchmark +28.4 pts vs ACWI not measured

Below its high −24.6% −50.7%

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $67.3bn $11m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

0% 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 SMHC.

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About each fund

SMH

By weight, 79% 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 70% of the fund across 25 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +43.4% with distributions reinvested against +15.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI Index, so a holder was ahead by 28.4 pts. It sits 24.6% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

SMHC

By weight, 0% of SMHC's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 100%. The top ten holdings are 61% of the fund across 25 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026. Since it first traded on Jun 24, 2026 the fund returned −45.1% with distributions reinvested. It sits 50.7% below its all-time high of Jun 30, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do SMH and SMHC 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, SMH or SMHC?: SMH has 79% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SMHC has 0%, so SMHC differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, SMH or SMHC?: SMH charges 0.35% a year and SMHC charges 0.65%, so SMH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

SMH and SMHC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SMH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

VanEck website ↗

SMHC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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