Data as of . 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.
FTXL · First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF
First Trust · Themes desk
Open the live card on ETFIQBy weight, 86% of FTXL'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 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 |
| Net assets (latest filing) | $2,752M |
| 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% |
| 3 months: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ) | −6.8% / +4.7% / −11.4 pts / −8.8 pts |
| 6 months: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ) | +60.1% / +15.2% / +44.9 pts / +39.9 pts |
| 1 year: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ) | +131.1% / +20.0% / +111.2 pts / +105.5 pts |
| 3 years: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ) | +218.1% / +78.0% / +140.1 pts / +124.6 pts |
| since launch: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ) | +1097.4% / +317.1% / +780.3 pts / +546.0 pts |
| 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% |
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%.
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