The semiconductor ETFs that returned most

See 9 funds ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, one year. Updated Nov 4, 2026. Funds on one theme can hold different companies, so the gap from top to bottom reflects what they own, not the theme.

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Total return, 1Y, one bar per fund

firstlast

+66.7%

first, FTXL

+27.1%

last, SMHX

funds in the list

All 9, highest first

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Points (pts) are percentage points.

The semiconductor ETFs that returned most
#	Ticker	Fund	Total return, 1Y ↓	vs its benchmark 1Y	Weight in S&P 500 companies	Fee
1	FTXL	First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF	+66.7%	not measured	82.9%	0.60%
2	CHPS	Xtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ET	+59.9%	+44.9 pts vs ACWI	58.8%	0.15%
3	SOXX	iShares Semiconductor ETF	+52.5%	+38.2 pts vs PBUS	73.2%	0.33%
4	PSI	Invesco Semiconductors ETF	+50.0%	not measured	50.9%	0.55%
5	SOXQ	Invesco PHLX Semiconductor ETF	+47.7%	not measured	81.4%	0.19%
6	SMH	VanEck Semiconductor ETF	+43.4%	+28.4 pts vs ACWI	78.8%	0.35%
7	SHOC	Strive U.S. Semiconductor ETF	+35.7%	not measured	88.9%	0.40%
8	XSD	State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF	+34.9%	+20.1 pts vs IVV	40.2%	0.35%
9	SMHX	VanEck Fabless Semiconductor ETF	+27.1%	+12.1 pts vs ACWI	66.4%	0.35%

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.CSV Method

Method

The 9 of 11 ETFs in the semiconductors theme with a full year of trading, highest first, each over the same year to Nov 4, 2026 with distributions reinvested. Across the funds listed here the one year total return runs from 27.1% to 66.7%.

The rest of the method

A year says what happened, not what happens next. The list sorts one published number, with no scoring or weighting. Every fund ETFIQ covers in this category is eligible, closed funds included.

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Every semiconductor ETF and what it holds→The largest semiconductor ETFs11 →

Sources and dates

Fund holdings from SEC Form N-PORT and from the issuers’ own daily filessec.gov ↗

SEC EDGAR, full-text search of fund filingsefts.sec.gov ↗

SEC Form N-PORT, what a fund filed it holdssec.gov ↗

Rule 19a-1, what a distribution notice must sayecfr.gov ↗

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