CHPS vs CHPX

CHPSAXtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ETF

CHPXBGlobal X AI Semiconductor & Quantum ETF

In short

CHPS Semiconductors without the semiconductor markup. CHPS tracks a global chip index with an ESG screen baked in, holds roughly 50 names, and charges 0.15%, undercutting the category's household names.

CHPX Most chip ETFs stop at the chip. CHPX buys the whole AI machine: processors, the servers around them, the cooling and power gear in the data center, plus early quantum computing names, global, in roughly 40 pure-play stocks.

Stated mandate

CHPS The fund seeks investment results corresponding generally to the performance of the Solactive Semiconductor ESG Screened Index before fees and expenses.

CHPX The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Global X AI Semiconductor & Quantum Index.

Why people hold it

• CHPS At 0.15%, one of the cheapest doors into chips. SMH and SOXX each charge more than double.
• Global mandate, so foreign foundries and equipment makers are in scope, not just the US-listed marquee names.
• The ESG screen sits inside the index itself: the chip universe gets filtered before the portfolio is built.
• Simple plumbing. Roughly 50 holdings, one published index, cash paid out quarterly.

• CHPX Four sleeves, not one: AI semiconductors, compute system enablers, data center infrastructure and cooling, and quantum computing technology.globalxetfs.comglobalxetfs.com 2
• Pure-play screen with teeth: a company must earn at least 50% of revenue from those activities to qualify, which keeps sprawling conglomerates out.globalxetfs.comglobalxetfs.com 2
• Weight rules stop one megacap from becoming the fund: 10% max per stock at each rebalance, and all 5%-plus positions combined are capped at 40% of the index.globalxetfs.comglobalxetfs.com 2
• Global by design across developed and emerging markets, with a $1B market-cap floor and a traded-value screen before a new stock can enter.globalxetfs.com

Worth knowing

• CHPS Trades thinly next to SMH and SOXX. Spreads can be wider, and size takes more care to get filled.
• Launched in 2023, so the record is short against chip funds that have lived through several boom-bust cycles.
• The screen excludes some chip companies outright, so the lineup can look different from unscreened rivals.

• CHPX At 0.50%, it costs more than the 0.35% median semiconductor ETF and roughly triple plain-index rivals like CHPS (0.15%) and SOXQ (0.19%).
• Launched in 2025 and moderately traded, so there is little live history and less market depth than the entrenched chip funds.
• Roughly 40 names in a single theme, including quantum companies in an industry still early in commercialization. Concentrated swings come with the design.globalxetfs.com

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