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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$632.50-0.22% vs prior close
32566952-WK

Price through Oct 6, 2026 · Flows through Oct 5, 2026. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 6, 2026. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 6, 2026.

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
614.0587.7561.4Mon Aug 31 · RIAs rebuilt ETF lineups on momentum, not structure632.50DAILY NET FLOWSep 8Sep 17Sep 25Oct 6

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN · NET +$154M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$154M of net inflows over the past month, about 0.2% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +75.6% so far this year. At 0.35% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IVV has a reported fee of 0.03%.

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

$77.5Bassets under management
0.35%expense ratio · $35 per $10,000 a year
+$154Mnet flow, trailing month
6.2Mavg daily volume, 30 days
26holdings · US-domiciled
2000listed June 5, 2000 · beta 2.37
The book at a glance
NVDA+0.1%TSM-0.7%AMD+2.8%AVGO+3.7%MRVL+5.8%TXN+0.8%MU-1.7%AMAT-2.2%KLAC-4.5%ASML-1.4%INTC-3.2%LRCX-3.4%SKHY-6.4%ADI+0.3%QCOM+0.1%CDNS+1.7%SNPS+3.4%TER-3.2%MPWR-0.4%ALAB+7.6%ARM-0.1%NXPISTM

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1NVDANVIDIA19.14%$239.24+0.1%
2TSMTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR9.24%$482.30-0.7%
3AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES5.56%$649.42+2.8%
4AVGOBROADCOM5.07%$375.81+3.7%
5MRVLMARVELL TECHNOLOGY4.44%$287.01+5.8%
6TXNTEXAS INSTRUMENTS4.61%$297.23+0.8%
7MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY4.78%$1045.56-1.7%
8AMATAPPLIED MATERIALS4.73%$530.27-2.2%
9KLACKLA4.65%$197.46-4.5%
10ASMLASML HOLDING NV4.44%$1834.10-1.4%
11INTCINTEL4.61%$112.50-3.2%
12LRCXLAM RESEARCH4.52%$333.89-3.4%
13SKHYSK hynix Inc. ADR4.49%$182.56-6.4%
14ADIANALOG DEVICES4.11%$420.55+0.3%
15QCOMQUALCOMM3.60%$181.03+0.1%

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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+3.9%
1 month+11.6%
3 months+4.7%
6 months+61.2%
YTD+75.6%
1 year+84.2%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$620M
1 month+$154M
3 months+$3B
YTD+$8.3B
1 year+$11B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
31%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
40%realized volatility, 1 year
-24.6%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-5.4%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 19.1% 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
66Kcalls · latest snapshot
156Kputs · latest snapshot
2.38put/call ratio
4.9Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY$677M$738M
NVDA NVIDIA$530M$629M
AMD ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES$496M$477M
MRVL MARVELL TECHNOLOGY$273M$260M
AVGO BROADCOM$267M$228M

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
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$896.9B+$21.7B-32bp on fee · 12× the assets · +$21.7B in over the monthHead-to-head
BBUS JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Equity ETF0.02%$9.6B+$187M-33bp on fee · +$187M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF0.04%$57.9B+$717M-31bp on fee · +$717M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF0.03%$14.2B+$235M-32bp on fee · +$235M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$34.8B+$148M-31bp on fee · +$148M in over the monthHead-to-head
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