State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF
$527.83−6.62 (−1.24%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.35%
- Fund size
- $3.0B
- 1Y return
- +65.5%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.15%
- Holdings
- 48
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $524.79
- 52W range
The ETF.net XSD Grade
Score 70 of 100 sits in the A band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 75Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.DScore 38Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 75Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 93Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 89Category rank
Our read on XSD
AThe chip fund that spreads the bet. XSD tracks a modified equal weighted index of US semiconductor stocks, roughly 50 names across large, mid and small caps, sized similarly instead of ranked by market value.
The fund seeks to track the total return of the S&P Semiconductor Select Industry Index before fees and expenses.
Why people hold it
- Modified equal weighting starts every holding at a similar size, so one mega-cap chipmaker does not set the tone for the whole fund.ssga.com
- Reaches into small and mid cap chip names, not just the giants. SMH, by contrast, holds the 25 largest US listed semiconductor companies.ssga.comvaneck.com
- Live since 2006 and now a multi-billion-dollar fund, with a long public record through the industry's boom and bust stretches.
- A clean, rules-based build: one index, one sub-industry, US listed stocks, and quarterly distributions. Not much guesswork about what you own.
Worth knowing
- The 0.35% fee sits right at the middle of the semiconductor pack. SOXQ (0.19%) and CHPS (0.15%) charge less for chip exposure.
- One cyclical industry, about 50 stocks, and equal weighting parks far more of the fund in smaller chipmakers than a market-cap index would.ssga.com
- Moderately traded rather than a volume monster, so bid-ask spreads can run wider than the category's busiest funds.
XSD Holdings
- Stocks
- 48
- 26%
- SWKS
Sectors
- Technology96.3%
- Energy2.2%
- Industrials1.5%
Geography
- United States95.96%
- Netherlands2.14%
- Cayman Islands1.90%
XSD Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
XSD$16,550
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | XSD |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +66.4% |
| 1 month | +7.3% |
| 3 months | −17.5% |
| 1 year | +65.5% |
| 3 years | +40.9% |
| 5 years | +21.3% |
| 10 years | +26.8% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | XSD |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +66.4% | |
| 2025 | +29.8% | |
| 2024 | +10.8% | |
| 2023 | +34.9% | |
| 2022 | −30.9% | |
| 2021 | +42.5% | |
| 2020 | +61.9% |
XSD in the news
XSD Dividends
- 0.15%
- $0.80
- $0.18 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | Pays Sep 23, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Jun 24, 2026 | $0.23 |
| Mar 23, 2026 | Mar 25, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Dec 24, 2025 | $0.21 |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Sep 24, 2025 | $0.16 |
| Jun 23, 2025 | Jun 25, 2025 | $0.26 |
| Mar 24, 2025 | Mar 26, 2025 | $0.20 |
| Dec 23, 2024 | Dec 26, 2024 | $0.11 |
| Sep 23, 2024 | Sep 25, 2024 | $0.17 |
| Jun 24, 2024 | Jun 26, 2024 | $0.13 |
| Mar 18, 2024 | Mar 21, 2024 | $0.08 |
| Dec 18, 2023 | Dec 21, 2023 | $0.19 |
XSD Risk
- 43.3%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.73
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −42.3%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 2.68
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
XSD Cost
0.35%
XSD0.35%
- The middle half of Semiconductors funds
- Median 0.60%
5 of the 25 Semiconductors funds charge less.