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SMHVanEckINDEX

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$617.81+1.45% vs prior close
32566952-WK

Price through Oct 1 · Flows through Sep 30. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 1. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 1.

The fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the fund's benchmark index. The index includes common stocks and depositary receipts of U.S. exchange-listed companies in the semiconductor industry. Such companies may include medium-capitalization companies and foreign companies that are listed on a U.S. exchange. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
595.0497.0399.0Mon Aug 31 · RIAs rebuilt ETF lineups on momentum, not structure617.81DAILY NET FLOWOct 1Jan 30Jun 1Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$11.5B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$600M of net inflows over the past month, about 0.8% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +71.6% so far this year. At 0.35% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ESMV has a reported fee of 0.18%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$75Bassets under management
0.35%expense ratio · $35 per $10,000 a year
+$600Mnet flow, trailing month
6.4Mavg daily volume, 30 days
26holdings · US-domiciled
2000listed June 5, 2000 · beta 2.38
The book at a glance
NVDA+1.1%TSM+0.7%AMD+0.6%AVGO-2.1%MU+3.0%INTC-0.2%AMAT+3.5%KLAC+2.8%SKHY+5.1%LRCX+3.5%TXN+0.4%MRVL+1.5%ASML-0.2%ADI+2.0%QCOM-1.1%CDNS+6.2%SNPS+12.8%TER+3.7%MPWR+1.0%ARMSTMMCHP

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS THE CHANGE IN THE LATEST AVAILABLE SNAPSHOT · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1NVDANVIDIA19.30%$230.86+1.1%
2TSMTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR9.28%$459.20+0.7%
3AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES5.54%$615.73+0.6%
4AVGOBROADCOM5.26%$343.64-2.1%
5MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY4.92%$1097.39+3.0%
6INTCINTEL4.65%$120.00-0.2%
7AMATAPPLIED MATERIALS4.66%$529.30+3.5%
8KLACKLA4.58%$200.33+2.8%
9SKHYSK hynix Inc. ADR4.47%$193.50+5.1%
10LRCXLAM RESEARCH4.37%$340.10+3.5%
11TXNTEXAS INSTRUMENTS4.59%$281.31+0.4%
12MRVLMARVELL TECHNOLOGY4.46%$268.08+1.5%
13ASMLASML HOLDING NV4.53%$1808.49-0.2%
14ADIANALOG DEVICES4.07%$404.60+2.0%
15QCOMQUALCOMM3.73%$182.09-1.1%

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Sector weights
Information Technology100%
Technology99.99%
Electronic Technology84.93%
Producer Manufacturing8.97%
Technology Services6.07%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States77.78%
Taiwan14.53%
Taiwan (Province of China)12.97%
Taiwan, Province of China11.02%
Netherlands6.79%
France2.47%
Switzerland0.9%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+1.9%
1 month+13.3%
3 months-0.4%
6 months+70.4%
YTD+71.6%
1 year+85.1%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$208M
1 month+$600M
3 months+$2.7B
YTD+$8.8B
1 year+$11.5B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
30%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
40%realized volatility, 1 year
-24.6%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-7.6%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 19.3% of the book; the top ten carry 67%. Spread across 25+ names, it behaves like roughly 13 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
79Kcalls · latest snapshot
162Kputs · latest snapshot
2.04put/call ratio
5Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY$1.7B$1.7B
NVDA NVIDIA$337M$354M
AMD ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES$244M$217M
INTC INTEL$102M$98M
AVGO BROADCOM$92M$104M

TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES

The case against SMH

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat SMH on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
BBUS JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Equity ETF0.02%$9.4B+$187M-33bp on fee · +$187M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF0.04%$56.2B+$717M-31bp on fee · +$717M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF0.03%$14.1B+$235M-32bp on fee · +$235M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$34.3B+$148M-31bp on fee · +$148M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$27.5B+$223M-31bp on fee · +$223M in over the monthHead-to-head
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