etf overlap · light overlap
SMH vs VWCE overlap
11% of SMH and VWCE is the same money, spread over 20 companies both funds hold.
Holdings as of September 24, 2026 · source: VanEck (SMH), Vanguard (VWCE) · How we measured all 1,431 pairs
- same money
- same companies, extra weight
- only in this fund
What only one of them gives you
Where each fund puts its money
SMH and VWCE: what people ask
How much do SMH and VWCE overlap?
11% by weight, as of September 24, 2026: light overlap. 20 companies appear in both funds; they make up 80% of SMH and 11% of VWCE.
Which stocks do SMH and VWCE both hold?
The largest shared positions are NVDA, AVGO, MU, AMD and INTC. Ranked by the smaller of the two weights, which is the part you would own twice.
Is it redundant to hold both SMH and VWCE?
Out of every $100 split evenly between them, about $11 (half in each fund) buys identical positions. The rest is exposure only one of the two funds gives you: 5 names only in SMH, 3,775 only in VWCE. Half in each behaves like 36 equally weighted stocks, against 13 for SMH alone and 107 for VWCE alone. Whether that duplication is a problem depends on the mix you want; this is a description, not advice.
What is VWCE, next to SMH?
VWCE is Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF (USD) Accumulating (ISIN IE00BK5BQT80), an Irish-domiciled UCITS fund on the FTSE All-World index. Next to SMH, 11% of the money is the same, spread over 20 companies both hold, as of September 24, 2026.
Does the SMH vs VWCE overlap apply to other tickers?
Yes. VWCE also trades as VWRA (London, USD) and VWRP (London, GBP), and VWRL (ISIN IE00B3RBWM25) is its distributing share class. Each is the same portfolio in another currency, on another exchange or paying its dividends out, so SMH vs VWRA also overlaps 11%.
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 Vanguard 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.