SOXQ vs VWO: how much do they really overlap?
SOXQ (Invesco PHLX Semiconductor ETF, tracking the PHLX Semiconductor) and VWO (Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF, tracking the FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap) overlap by roughly 0% by weight. 0 of SOXQ's top 10 holdings also appear in VWO. A 50/50 blend of the two behaves like about 53 equally-weighted bets (diversification grade B). In short, the two funds hold almost none of the same securities — they are complementary, not redundant.
The same companies, in both funds
These 0 holdings appear in both SOXQ and VWO. The weight columns show how much of each fund each name represents.
| Holding | in SOXQ | in VWO |
|---|
Only in SOXQ
Invesco PHLX Semiconductor ETF — semiconductors. Its biggest holdings that VWO doesn’t have:
| NVDA NVIDIA Corporation | 10.47% |
| MU Micron Technology, Inc. | 8.91% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 7.87% |
| AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. | 5.83% |
| KLAC KLA Corporation | 5.47% |
| MRVL Marvell Technology, Inc. | 5.12% |
| LRCX Lam Research Corporation | 4.88% |
| ASML ASML Holding N.V. | 4.41% |
Only in VWO
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF — emerging markets. Its biggest holdings that SOXQ doesn’t have:
| 2330 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | 14.64% |
| 700 Tencent Holdings Ltd. | 2.74% |
| 9988 Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. | 2.26% |
| 2454 MediaTek Inc. | 1.62% |
| 2308 Delta Electronics Inc. | 1.20% |
| 2317 Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. | 0.90% |
| RELIANCE Reliance Industries Ltd. | 0.77% |
| 939 China Construction Bank Corp. Class H | 0.77% |
So — essentially different. Should you hold both?
SOXQ and VWO hold almost none of the same securities — they are complementary, not redundant. Held together they genuinely broaden your exposure — a 50/50 blend reaches ~53 effective positions (grade B), because they hold largely different securities.
Holdings as of — SOXQ: Jun 29, 2026 (Invesco); VWO: May 31, 2026 (Vanguard). Refreshed monthly. Overlap is measured across each fund’s largest holdings (top 50); the diffuse long tail barely moves the math.
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- How much do SOXQ and VWO overlap?
- SOXQ and VWO overlap by approximately 0% measured by portfolio weight — that is the share of the smaller fund's holdings (by weight) that also sit inside the other. 0 of SOXQ's 10 largest holdings are also held by VWO. They share 0 of their listed top holdings in total.
- Is it redundant to hold both SOXQ and VWO?
- Because they hold almost none of the same securities — they are complementary, not redundant, holding both is not redundant — each fund covers largely different holdings, so together they broaden your exposure. A 50/50 blend has an effective 53 positions and a B diversification grade.
- What does VWO hold that SOXQ doesn't?
- VWO's largest holdings that SOXQ doesn't hold include 2330, 700, 9988, 2454, 2308. Its category is emerging markets, versus SOXQ's semiconductors.
- Which is more concentrated, SOXQ or VWO?
- SOXQ's top 10 holdings are 63% of its listed weight; VWO's are 66%. The more concentrated fund leans harder on its largest names.