FTXL · First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF
FTXL holds 35 stocks. 81% of it is not in the S&P 500, and its top ten are 68% of the fund.
Its ten largest positions
| Holding | Ticker | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Micron Technology, Inc. | MU | 13.06% | |
| Intel Corporation | INTC | 11.30% | |
| NVIDIA Corporation | NVDA | 7.25% | |
| Marvell Technology, Inc. | MRVL | 7.19% | |
| QUALCOMM Incorporated | QCOM | 6.66% | |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | AMD | 6.41% | |
| Broadcom Inc. | AVGO | 6.29% | |
| Lam Research Corporation | LRCX | 3.52% | |
| Texas Instruments Incorporated | TXN | 3.36% | |
| Applied Materials, Inc. | AMAT | 3.29% |
Period by period
| Window | Total return | S&P 500 | Gap to S&P 500 | Gap to Nasdaq-100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 months | −6.8% | +4.7% | −11.4 pts | −8.8 pts |
| 6 months | +60.1% | +15.2% | +44.9 pts | +39.9 pts |
| 1 year | +131.1% | +20.0% | +111.2 pts | +105.5 pts |
| 3 years | +218.1% | +78.0% | +140.1 pts | +124.6 pts |
| Since launch | +1097.4% | +317.1% | +780.3 pts | +546.0 pts |
In plain words
The top ten holdings are 68% of the fund across 35 positions, as filed for Sep 3, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +131.1% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 111.2 pts. It sits 23.3% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.
| Theme (ETFIQ, editorial) | Semiconductors |
|---|---|
| Launched | Sep 21, 2016 |
| Already in the S&P 500, by weight (ETFIQ) | 85.6% |
| Active share vs the S&P 500 (ETFIQ) | 81.2% |
| Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight (ETFIQ) | 80.2% |
| Active share vs the Nasdaq-100 (ETFIQ) | 69.0% |
| Top ten holdings weight | 68.3% |
| Holdings | 35 |
| Holdings as of (SEC N-PORT) | Sep 3, 2026 |
| Top holdings | Micron Technology, Inc. 13.1%, Intel Corporation 11.3%, NVIDIA Corporation 7.2%, Marvell Technology, Inc. 7.2%, QUALCOMM Incorporated 6.7%, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 6.4%, Broadcom Inc. 6.3%, Lam Research Corporation 3.5%, Texas Instruments Incorporated 3.4%, Applied Materials, Inc. 3.3% |
| Net assets (SEC filing, whole fund, as filed for Sep 3, 2026) | $2.8bn |
| Below its all-time high (ETFIQ) | −23.3% |
| Expense ratio (prospectus XBRL) | 0.60% |
| Fee for the part that differs from the S&P 500, active expense ratio (ETFIQ) | 0.74% |
| Closest funds by holdings overlap | SOXQ 78%, SOXX 69%, SHOC 65%, SMH 59%, CHPS 59% |
Holdings from the fund’s latest public SEC N-PORT filing; overlap and active share computed by ETFIQ against the IVV and QQQM books; returns from Tiingo end-of-day prices with distributions reinvested. How this desk computes every figure
Questions people ask
- How much of FTXL is already in the S&P 500?
- By its holdings filed for Sep 3, 2026, 86% of FTXL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Its active share against the index is 81%, so that share is the part doing something different.
- What does FTXL hold?
- 35 positions as filed for Sep 3, 2026, with the top ten at 68% of the fund. The largest are Micron Technology, Inc. at 13.1%, Intel Corporation at 11.3%, NVIDIA Corporation at 7.2%.
- Has FTXL beaten the S&P 500?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 FTXL returned +131.1% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so it finished ahead of the index by 111.2 points.
- What does FTXL cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% a year. Because 81% of the fund differs from the S&P 500, the fee on that differing part works out at 0.74%.
The words on this page
- Active share
- The part of the fund doing something the index is not, as a percentage. It is the part a fee is actually buying.
- Weight overlap
- The share of money two portfolios hold in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice.
- Already in the index
- The fund’s weight in securities the S&P 500 holds at all. A fund can be made entirely of index names and still have high active share, because it holds them at very different weights.
- Top ten
- What the ten largest positions add up to. The higher it is, the more the fund is a bet on a few companies rather than a theme.
Every term this desk uses, defined in full on the themes desk vocabulary page.
Where these figures came from
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