SCHB vs SOXX: 17% overlap

Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF and iShares Semiconductor ETF share 16.5% of their portfolios by weight — computed as Σ min(wA, wB) over every holding both funds own.

Different holding dates. These holdings were published about 2 months apart — SCHB as of 2026-05-31, the rest through 2026-07-23. Each fund is compared using its most recent file, so any trading in between shows up as a difference.

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1.8Effective Funds

You would hold two tickers and get the diversification of 1.8. Two funds that shared nothing would score 2.0; two identical funds score 1.0.

Overlap
16.5%
SCHB expense ratio
0.03%
SOXX expense ratio
0.34%

Top shared holdings

SCHB and SOXX hold 22 of the same securities. The ten contributing most to the overlap figure:

Holdingin SCHBin SOXXΔ
NVDA7.0%8.3%1.2%
AVGO2.9%7.3%4.4%
MU1.5%8.5%7.0%
AMD1.2%8.7%7.6%
INTC0.7%5.3%4.5%
LRCX0.5%4.2%3.7%
AMAT0.5%5.2%4.7%
TXN0.4%3.9%3.5%
QCOM0.4%2.8%2.5%
KLAC0.3%4.8%4.4%

Where SCHB and SOXX differ

Sector weights as a share of each fund, ordered by the size of the gap rather than the size of the sector — two funds that overlap heavily still usually diverge somewhere.

SectorSCHBSOXXΔ
Information Technology35.8%99.9%64.1pp
Financials11.1%0.0%+11.1pp
Communication Services9.6%0.0%+9.6pp
Consumer Discretionary9.3%0.0%+9.3pp
Industrials8.8%0.0%+8.8pp
Health Care8.4%0.0%+8.4pp
Consumer Staples4.3%0.0%+4.3pp
Unclassified3.5%0.0%+3.5pp

Δ is SCHB minus SOXX, in percentage points. Sector data is not published by every issuer, so “Unclassified” is a real category rather than a gap in the table.

What each fund holds alone

Only in SCHB
2,384 positions

83.4% of SCHB by weight, held in no part of SOXX.

Only in SOXX
9 positions

16.7% of SOXX by weight, held in no part of SCHB.

A large count with a small weight is the usual shape: the positions one fund adds are typically its smallest ones.

Concentration and cost

SCHBSOXX
Top 10 holdings34.9%60.9%
Positions held2,40732
Cost per $10,000 held, per year$3$34

Cost is the expense ratio applied to $10,000; it excludes any brokerage commission, bid-ask spread or tax consequence. Figures are facts about the funds, not a suggestion about which to hold.

Frequently asked

How much do SCHB and SOXX overlap?

SCHB and SOXX overlap 16.5% by portfolio weight — moderate overlap. They share 22 holdings. The figure comes from current issuer holdings files (SCHB as of 2026-05-31, SOXX as of 2026-07-23).

How is the overlap between SCHB and SOXX calculated?

As the sum of the smaller weight in each fund, over every holding both funds own: Σ min(wA, wB). If SCHB holds a stock at 6% and SOXX holds the same stock at 4%, 4% counts as shared. The result is bounded between 0% and 100%, and it is computed after looking through any fund-of-funds to the underlying holdings.

Is it redundant to hold both SCHB and SOXX?

That depends on your goals — we state facts, not advice. At 16.5% overlap, each fund still contributes meaningfully distinct exposure.

What does SCHB own that SOXX doesn't?

SCHB holds 2,407 positions and SOXX holds 32; 2,384 of SCHB's positions don't appear in SOXX at all, and they are 83.4% of SCHB by weight.

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Sources: issuer holdings files, SCHB as of 2026-05-31, SOXX as of 2026-07-23. Weights are fractions of each fund. Diagnostics, not advice.