etf overlap · moderate overlap
SMH vs IWF overlap
31% of SMH and IWF is the same money, spread over 16 companies both funds hold.
Holdings as of September 24, 2026 · source: VanEck (SMH), iShares (IWF) · How we measured all 1,035 pairs
- same money
- same companies, extra weight
- only in this fund
The companies you would own twice
What only one of them gives you
Where each fund puts its money
SMH and IWF: what people ask
How much do SMH and IWF overlap?
31% by weight, as of September 24, 2026: moderate overlap. 16 companies appear in both funds; they make up 68% of SMH and 31% of IWF.
Which stocks do SMH and IWF both hold?
The largest shared positions are NVDA, AVGO, MU, AMD and LRCX. Ranked by the smaller of the two weights, which is the part you would own twice.
Is it redundant to hold both SMH and IWF?
Out of every $100 split evenly between them, about $31 (half in each fund) buys identical positions. The rest is exposure only one of the two funds gives you: 9 names only in SMH, 355 only in IWF. Half in each behaves like 20 equally weighted stocks, against 13 for SMH alone and 20 for IWF alone. Whether that duplication is a problem depends on the mix you want; this is a description, not advice.
How is ETF overlap calculated here?
For every company held by both funds we take the smaller of its two weights and add them up. The weights come from the full holdings files VanEck and iShares publish, not a top-10 sample, and companies are matched by their ISIN so share classes stay apart. Sector overlap applies the same rule to the issuers' sector labels; "behaves like N equally weighted stocks" is one over the sum of the squared weights.
Weights come from each issuer's published holdings file and are matched company by company on their ISIN. Cash, futures and currency positions are left out. This page describes what the funds hold; it is not investment advice.