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VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH US)

SMH US$487.41

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1 year return ▲ 40.01%
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52 week range
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Share price activity

Displays share price activity. Volume = number of shares traded, Turnover = value of shares traded, VWAP = volume-weighted average price for the day, sourced from Morningstar.
Last (Price)
487.41
Change
▲ 23.45 (5.05)
Bid / Ask
485.69 - 492.55
Volume
3,124,678
Turnover
1,207,105,507
Open
464.93
Day Range
462.88 - 490.47
VWAP
483.43
Prev Close
463.96
Last Trade
10/11 4:00pm

Fund profile

Displays who issues the fund, how it is structured and invests, its Morningstar category and benchmark, size, headline costs and dates, sourced from Morningstar. Fund size counts every class of the fund; ETF net assets is this listing alone.

Fund size

$60.69B

NOV 2026

Distributions

Annually

Since inception

14.9 yrs

DEC 2011

Legal name
VanEck Semiconductor ETF
Issuer
VanEck
Type
Exchange-Traded Fund
Structure
Open Ended Investment Company
Management style
Index fund
Morningstar category
Technology
Category index
Morningstar US Tech TR USD
Benchmark
MSCI ACWI NR USD
ETF net assets
$60.69B
Units on issue
130.8M
Management fee
0.35% p.a.
Domicile
United States
Base currency
USD
Inception
20 DEC 2011
Listed
11 DEC 2019
Index provider
MSCI Inc.

Objective and strategy

The investment seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the MVIS® US Listed Semiconductor 25 Index. 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.

Asset allocation

Displays how the fund is split between shares, bonds, cash and other assets, sourced from Morningstar.

US equity 80.67%Non-US equity 19.29%

Asset class Net % Long % Short %
Equity 99.95 99.95 —
Bond 0.00 0.00 —
Cash 0.05 0.05 —
Other 0.00 0.00 —

Sector exposure

Displays the share of the fund held in each sector, sourced from Morningstar.

Cyclical 0.00%Sensitive 100.00%Defensive 0.00%

Technology
100.00%
Basic Materials
0.00%
Consumer Cyclical
0.00%
Financial Services
0.00%
Real Estate
0.00%
Communication Services
0.00%
Energy
0.00%
Industrials
0.00%
Consumer Defensive
0.00%
Healthcare
0.00%
Utilities
0.00%

Region exposure

Displays the share of the fund held in each region, sourced from Morningstar.

Developed markets 100.00%Emerging markets 0.00%

North America
80.49%
Asia Developed
14.90%
Europe Developed
4.61%
Latin America
0.00%
United Kingdom
0.00%
Europe Emerging
0.00%
Africa / Middle East
0.00%
Japan
0.00%
Australasia
0.00%
Asia Emerging
0.00%

Country exposure

Displays the twelve countries the fund holds most of, sourced from Morningstar.
United States
80.49%
Taiwan
9.98%
Netherlands
4.61%
South Korea
3.99%
Singapore
0.93%

Style box

Displays where the fund's shareholdings sit on Morningstar's style box: size (large, mid, small) down and investment style (value, blend, growth) across, sourced from Morningstar.
Style
Large Growth
Average moat
Wide

Size score

319

Small Mid Large

Value-growth score

285

Value Blend Growth

Economic moat

Wide 74%Narrow 14%None 11%

Market capitalisation

Displays the share of the fund's shareholdings in giant, large, mid, small and micro cap companies, sourced from Morningstar.
Giant
56.01%
Large
33.31%
Mid
10.68%
Small
0.00%
Micro
0.00%

Giant 56%Large 33%Mid 11%

Average market cap
$657.42B
Number of holdings
26
Shares held
25

Portfolio statistics · 7 NOV 2026

Displays the valuation, yield, size, concentration and quality of the fund's shareholdings taken together (trailing twelve months), sourced from Morningstar.
Price / earnings
28.36
Price / book
9.77
Price / sales
11.12
Price / cash flow
24.08
Dividend yield
0.60%
Assets in top 10
69.97%
Return on equity
46.55%
Net margin
40.39%
Earnings growth (3 yr)
25.41%

Top holdings · top 10 = 69.05% of assets

Displays the fund's ten largest holdings and their weight in the portfolio, sourced from Morningstar.
Holding % Weight First bought Market value Currency Units held Sector Country
NVIDIA Corp NVDA 20.19 DEC 2011 13.42B USD 65.6M Technology United States
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd ADR TSM 9.58 DEC 2011 6.36B USD 15.7M Technology Taiwan
Texas Instruments Inc TXN 5.70 DEC 2011 3.79B USD 12.6M Technology United States
Broadcom Inc AVGO 5.61 DEC 2011 3.73B USD 11.4M Technology United States
Advanced Micro Devices Inc AMD 5.35 MAR 2017 3.55B USD 7.0M Technology United States
Analog Devices Inc ADI 4.96 DEC 2011 3.29B USD 7.9M Technology United States
Micron Technology Inc MU 4.75 DEC 2011 3.16B USD 3.6M Technology United States
ASML Holding NV ADR ASML 4.50 DEC 2011 2.99B USD 1.9M Technology Netherlands
KLA Corp KLAC 4.28 MAR 2017 2.84B USD 18.0M Technology United States
SK hynix Inc ADR SKHY 4.14 SEP 2026 2.75B USD 18.5M Technology South Korea

Trailing returns · 31 OCT 2026

Displays total returns after fees at net asset value, the return at the ASX market price, the return before fees, and where the fund ranks among funds in its Morningstar category, sourced from Morningstar.

Fund (NAV) Market price

1M

-14.1

3M

-3.2

6M

3.2

YTD

45.2

1Y

44.5

3Y

56.2

5Y

31.5

10Y

32.6

Period Fund (NAV) % Market price % Before fees % Rank in category
1 month -14.07 -14.21 -14.04 8 / 346
3 months -3.24 -3.34 -3.16 72 / 322
6 months 3.18 3.11 3.36 14 / 300
Year to date 45.17 45.08 45.59 8 / 297
1 year 44.48 44.37 44.98 7 / 288
3 years p.a. 56.21 56.20 56.76 1 / 244
5 years p.a. 31.54 31.52 32.00 2 / 222
10 years p.a. 32.61 32.59 33.07 1 / 157

Returns to 31 OCT 2026, periods of 3 years and longer annualised. Rank is the percentile in the Morningstar category at 30 SEP 2026 (1 = best) over the funds ranked.

Calendar year returns

Displays the total return after fees and the capital (price) return for each calendar year, with the fund's rank in its Morningstar category, sourced from Morningstar.

Total Capital

2016

35.4

2017

38.3

2018

-8.9

2019

64.5

2020

55.3

2021

42.2

2022

-33.5

2023

73.2

2024

39.1

2025

49.2

Year Total % Capital % Rank in category
2025 49.16 48.71 4 / 251
2024 39.10 38.49 8 / 271
2023 73.22 72.19 4 / 267
2022 -33.48 -34.26 36 / 268
2021 42.24 41.52 5 / 252
2020 55.31 54.25 40 / 231
2019 64.49 62.06 1 / 230
2018 -8.95 -10.62 80 / 208
2017 38.31 36.36 35 / 205
2016 35.41 34.33 1 / 207
2015 -0.11 -2.20 86 / 203

Risk statistics · 31 OCT 2026

Displays how the fund has moved relative to its category index: alpha (return beyond the index), beta (sensitivity to it), R-squared (how much the index explains), volatility and risk-adjusted returns, sourced from Morningstar.
1 year 3 years 5 years 10 years
Alpha 22.68 11.74 17.32 14.56
Beta 2.41 2.12 1.85 1.53
R-squared 53.98 54.70 58.79 58.68
Standard deviation 47.52 33.85 35.50 29.28
Sharpe ratio 0.91 1.37 0.84 1.03
Sortino ratio 1.80 2.91 1.52 1.85
Tracking error 38.18 26.35 25.95 20.34
Information ratio 0.85 1.30 0.83 1.00
Upside capture % 177.31 190.61 179.45 169.72
Downside capture % 25.68 97.74 113.52 108.69
Maximum drawdown % -17.68 -18.40 -39.90 -39.90

Measured against Morningstar Global TME NR USD with USTREAS T-Bill Auction Ave 3 Mon as the risk-free rate, to 31 OCT 2026. Maximum drawdown is on gross returns at the latest quarter end.

Portfolio risk score

Displays Morningstar's Portfolio Risk Score for the fund's holdings, how closely the ETF tracks its index day to day, the estimated cost of holding it against the index, the cost of trading it at market size, and its best and worst quarters since inception, sourced from Morningstar.

Risk score

108.4

Cash 0
Global shares 100

Morningstar Portfolio Risk Score at 30 SEP 2026.

Market impact cost %
0.000
Best quarter
71.45% · JUN 2026
Worst quarter
-24.34% · JUN 2022

Fees and costs

Displays the fund's ongoing costs as a percentage of assets per year: the PDS management fees and costs, performance fee and transaction costs that make up the total cost ratio (the RG 97 forward estimate, and what was charged last financial year), and the buy / sell spread, sourced from Morningstar.
Management fees and costs
0.35% p.a.
PDS dated
1 FEB 2026

Distributions

Displays the most recent distribution paid per unit and its key dates, sourced from Morningstar.
Latest distribution
1.1047
Ex Date
22 DEC 2025
Record Date
22 DEC 2025
Pay Date
26 DEC 2025
NAV at ex date
359.79

Distributions by year

Displays the total distributions paid per unit in each calendar year, sourced from Morningstar.

2024

1.1

2023

1.1

2022

1.0

2021

1.2

2020

0.8

2019

0.8

2018

1.1

2017

0.8

2016

0.7

2015

0.3

Year Per unit ($)
2024 1.1047
2023 1.0713
2022 1.0427
2021 1.2005
2020 0.7867
2019 0.7511
2018 1.0611
2017 0.8190
2016 0.6980
2015 0.2880

Distribution history

Displays the most recent distributions by ex date, sourced from Morningstar.
Ex Date Per unit ($)
22 DEC 2025 1.1047
23 DEC 2024 1.0713
18 DEC 2023 1.0427
19 DEC 2022 1.2005
20 DEC 2021 0.7867
21 DEC 2020 0.7511
23 DEC 2019 1.0611
20 DEC 2018 0.8190
18 DEC 2017 0.6980
19 DEC 2016 0.2880
21 DEC 2015 0.5705
22 DEC 2014 0.3160

Sustainability rating · 31 AUG 2026

Displays the Morningstar Sustainability Rating (1 to 5 globes, more is better) and the portfolio ESG risk score behind it (lower is less risk), against the average of the fund's global category, sourced from Morningstar and Sustainalytics.

High

ESG risk score

14.91

Negligible Low Medium High Severe
Rank in category
4th percentile
Environmental risk
6.47
Social risk
4.64
Governance risk
3.80
Portfolio covered
100.0%

ESG risk of holdings

Displays the share of the covered portfolio held in companies with negligible, low, medium, high and severe ESG risk, sourced from Morningstar and Sustainalytics.
Negligible
5.10%
Low
82.01%
Medium
12.89%
High
0.00%
Severe
0.00%

0.00% of assets are in companies with high or severe controversies.

Carbon · 31 AUG 2026

Displays the portfolio carbon risk score (lower is less exposure to the transition to a low-carbon economy), the share of the portfolio in companies with fossil fuel revenue, and whether the fund earns Morningstar's Low Carbon Designation, sourced from Morningstar and Sustainalytics.

Carbon risk score

2.42

Low Medium High Severe

Category average 4.26

Carbon risk
Low Risk
Rank in category
9th percentile of 624 funds
Fossil fuel involvement
0.00%
Category average
0.68%
Low Carbon Designation
Yes
Portfolio covered
100.0%

Fund managers

Displays the people Morningstar lists as managers of the fund, sourced from Morningstar.
  • Peter H. Liao
  • Griffin Driscoll

Tenure

Displays how long the managers have run the fund: the average and longest tenure, who has served longest, the latest appointment and how many other funds the team manages, sourced from Morningstar.
Number of managers
2
Average tenure
8.8 years
Longest tenure
14.9 years
Longest serving
Peter H. Liao · since 20 DEC 2011
Most recent appointment
Griffin Driscoll · since 1 FEB 2024
Managed since
20 DEC 2011
Other funds managed
58
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