AI & Semis+41.6%

By assets, year to date100 ETFsthe largest of Thematic’s nine themes

Data as of Nov 4, 2026 · a scoreboard, not advice

Rank: 1st of 9
Funds: 100
Assets: $171.5B
Of Thematic: 44%
All Thematic: +21.8%

Story of the year · Largest fundsYTDThe Four LargestSMH · SOXX · DRAM · AIQ · $138.3B of $171.5B81%of the theme’s money is in these 4

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AI & Semis ETFs by AUM

YTD

SMH$65.8B · 38%VanEck Semiconductor ETF+44.0%SOXX$44.3B · 26%iShares Semiconductor ETF+54.7%DRAM$18.7B · 11%Roundhill Memory ETFnewNew fund · no YTD yet AIQ$9.5B · 6%+17.1%96 more funds$33.2B · 19% of the themeShow all 100 in the table →

End-of-day Nov 4, 2026 · 4 largest named · the other 96 open in the table

AI & Semis ETFs

YTD

+41.6%100 funds · $171.5B
asset-weighted

Share of Thematic money44%

Largest fundsYTD

SMH$65.8B+44.0%

SOXX$44.3B+54.7%

DRAM$18.7Bnew

AIQ$9.5B+17.1%

96 more funds$33.2B

End-of-day Nov 4, 2026 · theme YTD is asset-weighted

SOXX vs SMH

YTD

SOXXSMH3–1SOXX first

+54.7%Year to date+44.0%

+52.2%Past year+43.3%

0.33%Fee0.35%

$44.3BAssets$65.8B

End-of-day Nov 3, 2026

Largest AI & Semis ETFs

Today

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1	SMH	VanEck Semiconductor ETFVanEckRead Desk	0.35%	0.2%	+2.0%	−18.2%	−9.0%	+44.0%	+43.3%	+280.0%	+295.8%	$65.8B
2	SOXX	iShares Semiconductor ETFiSharesRead Desk	0.33%	0.3%	+2.5%	−21.1%	−12.3%	+54.7%	+52.2%	+219.4%	+211.3%	$44.3B
3	DRAM	Roundhill Memory ETFRoundhill · new fundRead Desk	0.65%	0.0%	+2.8%	−22.8%	−11.4%	new	—	—	—	$18.7B
4	AIQ	Global X - Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETFGlobal XRead Desk	0.68%	0.1%	+0.7%	−10.9%	−4.5%	+17.1%	+12.3%	+132.9%	+90.1%	$9.5B
5	ARTY	iShares Future AI & Tech ETFiSharesRead Desk	0.47%	0.1%	+1.8%	−16.8%	−7.0%	+39.5%	+31.5%	+139.2%	+56.3%	$3.6B
6	BOTZ	Global X - Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETFGlobal XRead Desk	0.68%	0.5%	+0.2%	−10.7%	−13.4%	−10.7%	−14.1%	+45.6%	−12.4%	$3.0B
7	SOXQ	Invesco PHLX Semiconductor ETFInvescoRead Desk	0.19%	0.4%	+2.6%	−19.5%	−11.6%	+50.0%	+47.2%	+234.5%	+224.0%	$2.7B
8	ALAI	Alger AI Enablers & Adopters ETFAlgerRead Desk	0.58%	1.3%	+2.1%	−13.6%	−8.4%	+13.9%	+8.4%	—	—	$2.5B
9	XSD	State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETFSPDRRead Desk	0.35%	0.2%	+3.4%	−17.6%	−10.6%	+41.7%	+29.5%	+167.8%	+119.7%	$2.4B
10	PSI	Invesco Semiconductors ETFInvescoRead Desk	0.55%	0.0%	+3.5%	−26.4%	−17.5%	+49.5%	+51.3%	+205.5%	+172.7%	$2.2B

1–10 of 100 · 100 AI & semis funds

VOOS&P 500, for referenceFee 0.03%YTD +11.5%1Y +11.9%3Y +90.9%Assets $1.00TOpen all 100 in desk

End-of-day Nov 4, 2026 · total returns · fee and yield per year

Closer In

Inside SMH

Today

20.5%of SMH is in NVDA alone · 26 holdings

By group

Processors & AI chipsNVDA · AMD29.4%

Chip equipment & materialsASML · KLAC17.5%

Analog & powerTXN · ADI16.0%

Networking & connectivityAVGO · QCOM14.0%

Foundry & packagingTSM9.7%

MemoryMU · SKHY8.8%

Other holdingsCDNS · SNPS4.6%

Top 8 holdings

NVDANvidia20.5%

TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing L9.7%

TXNTexas Instruments5.9%

AVGOBroadcom5.7%

AMDAdvanced Micro Devices5.1%

ADIAnalog Devices5.0%

MUMicron Technology4.6%

ASMLASML4.5%

End-of-day Nov 4, 2026 · top 10 holdings: 70% of the fund

NVDA Inside AI & Semis ETFs

Today

Of every $1,000 you put in, this much buys Nvidia.

SMH$205

20.5% of the fund is NVDA

SOXX$80

8.0% of the fund is NVDA

BOTZ$78

7.8% of the fund is NVDA

End-of-day Nov 4, 2026

AI & Semis ETF Fees

Today

$33a year on $10,000,
the cheapest, SOXX

SOXX0.33% a year$33

SMH0.35% a year$35

DRAM0.65% a year$65

AIQ0.68% a year$68

AIQ costs 2.1× what SOXX does.

End-of-day Nov 4, 2026

SMH Among Thematic ETFs

YTD

YTD return +44.0%beats93%

Fee 0.35%cheaper than89%

Income 0.2%beats48%

AUM $65.8Bbeats100%

Share of thematic ETFs SMH beats · Nov 4, 2026

SMH’s 52-Week Range

$518.52+2.0% today

Low $315.05High $671.83

22.8% below its 52-week high

Past year+43.3%

Volatility, 1Y41.12%

Worst drop, 1Y−24.6%

Risk indicator4 of 5

End-of-day Nov 4, 2026

AI & Semis Share of Thematic ETFs

Today

Money

AI & semis$171.5BOther 8 themes$216.1B

AI & semis runs 44% of the money in Thematic.

Funds

AI & semis100Other 8 themes168

It is 37% of the funds, so its average fund is bigger than the rest: $1.7B against $1.3B.

End-of-day Nov 4, 2026

Chips vs Market

YTD

SMHVOO

Past year+43.3%+11.9%

Fee0.35%0.03%

Assets$65.8B$1.00T

End-of-day Nov 3, 2026

AI & Semis vs Cyber

YTD

AI & semis

100 ETFs

+41.6%

Cyber & cloud

15 ETFs

+37.7%

$171BAssets$27.9B

SMH +44.0%Biggest fundCIBR +36.4%

+43.3%Biggest, past year+26.4%

3–0measures won · AI & semis

End-of-day Nov 3, 2026

SMH vs VOO

YTD

SMH · VanEck Semiconductor

+44.0%

VOO · S&P 500

+11.5%

Gap

32.4 pts

End-of-day Nov 3, 2026 · total return, dividends in

AI & Semis vs Thematic

Average · YTD

SOXX

+54.7%

SMH

+44.0%

Thematic average

+7.7%

End-of-day Nov 3, 2026

SOXX vs SMH

YTD

SOXXiShares · AI & semisSMHVanEck · AI & semis

Year to date

+54.7%

+44.0%

SOXX wins+10.7 pts

Past year

+52.2%

+43.3%

SOXX wins+8.9 pts

Fee

0.33%

0.35%

SOXX winslower fee

Yield

0.3%

0.2%

SOXX wins+0.1 pts

AUM

$44.3B

$65.8B

SMH1.5× more

4–0SOXX wins

End-of-day Nov 3, 2026 · AUM not scored

2x NVDA: NVDL vs NVDU

YTD

NVDLGraniteShares · 2x NVDANVDUDirexion · 2x NVDA

Year to date

+0.3%

+0.9%

NVDU wins+0.6 pts

Fee

1.65%

0.92%

NVDU winslower fee

Yield

0.0%

6.0%

NVDU wins+6.0 pts

NVDA per $1,000

$2,000

Levelboth 2x daily

AUM

$2.9B

$400M

NVDL7.3× more

3–0NVDU wins

End-of-day Nov 3, 2026 · both reset daily

The Other Eight Themes

Cyber & cloud2nd of 9+37.7%15 funds · $27.9BCIBRHACKSKYY Quantum3rd of 9+20.2%5 funds · $5.2BQTUMWQTMQTUP Infrastructure4th of 9+13.6%39 funds · $57.8BPAVEGRIDIGF Disruptive tech5th of 9+7.5%26 funds · $50.6BIGVBAIIGM Defense & space6th of 9+0.5%33 funds · $40.6BITAPPASHLD Clean energy & EV7th of 9−6.0%15 funds · $5.1BICLNLITTAN China8th of 9−19.8%25 funds · $18.6BMCHIKWEBFXI Nuclear & uranium9th of 9−24.0%10 funds · $10.3BURANLRURNM