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SOXX vs URA: which is really different?

SOXX holds 73.8% of its weight in S&P 500 companies and URA 0.0%.

iShares Semiconductor ETF and Global X Uranium ETF, side by side, thematic ETFs on ETFIQ.

73.8%SOXX in the S&P 500
0.0%URA in the S&P 500
+107.5%SOXX total return, 1 year
+7.0%URA total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: URA scores higher

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

SOXX 14.3URA 91.60.1, the lowest in this set91.6, the highest

A percentile among the 371 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

SOXX26% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
74%26%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 82% · top ten 62% of the fund · 32 holdings filed Sep 10, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 65% in74%26%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 82% · top ten 62% of the fund
URA100% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
0%100%0% of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 61% of the fund · 58 holdings filed Sep 11, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 0% in0%100%0% of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 61% of the fund

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SOXX and URA hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in SOXXOnly in URA
NVIDIA 9.22%CAMECO CORP 22.39%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 8.97%SPROTT PHYSICAL URANIUM TR 6.46%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 8.70%NEXGEN ENERGY LTD 5.88%
BROADCOM INC 7.20%OKLO INC 5.12%
INTEL CORPORATION 5.64%URANIUM ENERGY CORP 4.72%
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY 4.93%NAC KAZATOMPROM JSC-GDR REGS 4.42%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.74%PALADIN ENERGY LTD 3.15%
APPLIED MATERIAL INC 4.50%ENERGY FUELS INC 3.09%

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 10, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026.

Performance, window by window

SOXX and URA over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
SOXXURASOXXURASOXXURA
3 months−11.6%−4.4%−14.9 pts−7.7 pts−10.8 pts−3.6 pts
6 months+59.3%−11.7%+43.2 pts−27.7 pts+38.6 pts−32.4 pts
1 year+107.5%+7.0%+90.0 pts−10.5 pts+84.5 pts−15.9 pts
3 years+229.6%+100.1%+151.7 pts+22.2 pts+134.5 pts+5.0 pts
Since launch+3687.1%−34.6%+2882.7 pts−758.0 pts+2013.2 pts−1460.8 pts
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SOXX and URA on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
SOXX
iShares Semiconductor ETF
Holds 32 stocks in semiconductors, 74% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
URA
Global X Uranium ETF
Holds 58 stocks in nuclear and uranium, 0% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssueriSharesGlobal X
ThemeSemiconductorsNuclear and uranium
In the S&P 50073.8%0.0%
Active share vs the S&P 50082.3%100.0%
In the Nasdaq-10065.2%0.0%
Holdings3258
Top ten, share of the fund62.2%60.9%
Expense ratio0.33%0.69%
Fee for the differing part0.40%0.69%
Total return, 1 year+107.5%+7.0%
vs the S&P 500+90.0 pts−10.5 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+84.5 pts−15.9 pts
Below its high−19.5%−50.4%

SOXX in plain words

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 32 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 10, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +107.5% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 90.0 pts. It sits 19.5% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

URA in plain words

By weight, 0% of URA'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 58 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 11, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +7.0% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 10.5 pts. It sits 50.4% below its all-time high of Feb 2, 2011.

Questions people ask

Which is more different from the S&P 500, SOXX or URA?
SOXX has 74% of its weight in S&P 500 names and URA has 0%, so URA differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, SOXX or URA?
SOXX charges 0.33% a year and URA charges 0.69%, so SOXX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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SOXX against URA, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 11, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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