Semiconductor exchange-traded funds (ETF) are the class of ETFs which invest in the stocks of companies involved in the business of researching, developing, manufacturing and operating semiconductors and other related electronic units. A lot of variations are available in the semiconductors ETF marketplace. With growing needs in the electronic gadgets space, the sector is witnessing a big boom. However, investors should take note of the expense ratio before investing in such semiconductor ETFs, as the charges may vary over a wide range depending upon the active or passive investment style, investment in foreign semiconductor companies and several other factors. Following is the list of all 11 exchange-traded funds that FKnol has in its database for ETFs which belong to the Semiconductors category:
The First Trust NASDAQ Semiconductor ETF tracks the most liquid US semiconductor companies, weighted according to factors related to value, volatility and growth. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Quarterly Dividend History
Category: Technology Equities
KraneShares CICC China 5G & Semiconductor Index ETF (KFVG)
The investment seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of a specific eq ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: NA
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$14.62
-1.75%
0.65%
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ETF Semiconductors ZVZZT Corp Ltd. (ZVZZT)
The ETF Semiconductors belonging to the Equity category, Multi-Cap sub-sector and trading in the US market has the following ETF profile. ...See
The VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF tracks a market-cap-weighted index of 25 of the largest US-listed semiconductors companies. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Annually Dividend History
Category: Technology Equities
The Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull ETF provides 3x daily exposure to a modified market-cap-weighted index of companies primarily involved in the design, distribution, manufacture and sale of semiconductors. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Quarterly Dividend History
Category: Leveraged Equities
$39.78
26.69%
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ETF Semiconductors ZVZZT Corp Ltd. (ZVZZT)
The ETF Semiconductors belonging to the Equity category, sub-sector and trading in the US market has the following ETF profile. ...See
The Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear ETF provides daily 3x leveraged inverse exposure to a modified market-cap-weighted index of companies primarily involved in the design, distribution, manufacture and sale of semiconductors. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Quarterly Dividend History
Category: Leveraged Equities
The iShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF tracks a modified market-cap-weighted index of US-listed semiconductor companies. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Quarterly Dividend History
Category: Technology Equities
Most of such semiconductors ETFs invest in global companies, which include big names like Intel Inc. (INTC), Apple Inc. (AAPL), Samsung, Huawei, and others. Though majority of the portfolio of such semiconductors ETFs comprises of American companies, a lot of global electronic giants are also included. Such semiconductors ETFs work by either investing in stocks of semiconductor companies based on their own active research, or by passively tracking and replicating the constituents of a semiconductor sector market index which is categorized as passive investment. Since this a sector-specific ETF, such investments are prone to overall sector specific performance. For instance, a boom in cryptocurrency industry during the earlier half of 2018 led to many individuals as well as businesses going for cryptocurrency mining ventures. It increased the demand for CPUs and GPUs which benefited the semiconductors stocks and hence the semiconductors ETFs generated great returns. As the cryptocurrency mania settled down later, the returns from the semiconductors stocks and those from the semiconductors ETFs retreated to lower levels.
Where do Semiconductors ETFs Invest?
A long list of companies and different financial instruments exist where the Semiconductors exchange-traded funds may invest the money collected from the ETF investors. Below is a small sample of companies whose stocks may qualify for investment by Semiconductors ETFs, though there can be many more businesses and financial instruments where these ETFs can park the capital for returns:
▶ Intel Corp. (INTC): Intel Corporation, incorporated on March 1, 1989, is engaged in designing and manufacturing products and technologies, such as the cloud. The Companys segments are Client Computing Group (CCG), Data Center ....Detailed Company Profile....Dividend History
▶ Texas Instruments (TXN): Texas Instruments Incorporated, incorporated on December 23, 1938, designs, makes and sells semiconductors to electronics designers and manufacturers across the world. The Company operates through two segments: Analog and Embedded ....Detailed Company Profile....Dividend History
▶ Micron Technology (MU): Micron Technology, Inc., incorporated on April 6, 1984, is engaged in semiconductor systems. The Companys portfolio of memory technologies, including dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), negative-AND (NAND) Flash and NOR Flash ....Detailed Company Profile....Dividend History
▶ MoSys, Inc. (MOSY): MoSys, Inc. (MoSys), incorporated on August 1, 2000, together with its subsidiaries, is a fabless semiconductor company focused on the development and sale of integrated circuits (ICs) for the high-speed ....Detailed Company Profile....Dividend History
▶ SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (SEDG): SolarEdge Technologies, Inc., incorporated on August 7, 2006, offers an inverter solution for a solar photovoltaic (PV) system. The Companys products include SolarEdge Power Optimizer, SolarEdge Inverter, StorEdge Solutions and ....Detailed Company Profile....Dividend History
▶ Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD): Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD), incorporated on May 1, 1969, is a global semiconductor company. The Company is engaged in offering x86 microprocessors, as standalone devices or as incorporated into ....Detailed Company Profile....Dividend History
▶ Cirrus Logic, Inc. (CRUS): Cirrus Logic, Inc., incorporated on August 26, 1998, is engaged in providing integrated circuits (ICs) for audio and voice signal processing applications. The Company develops analog and mixed-signal ICs for ....Detailed Company Profile....Dividend History