NUGT vs SMH

Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bull 2X ETF vs VanEck Semiconductor ETF

Quick take
  • SMH has the lower expense ratio at 0.35% vs 1.13% for NUGT.
  • NUGT pays a higher dividend yield (0.61%).

Side-by-side metrics

MetricNUGTSMH
Expense ratio
Annual fee. Lower is better.
1.13%0.35%
Dividend yield
Trailing 12-month yield.
0.61%0.17%
AUM
Assets under management — bigger funds are typically more liquid.
$856M$77.20B
YTD return
-39.57%64.66%
1-year return
3-year return
Annualized.
5-year return
Annualized.
10-year return
Annualized.
Beta (3Y)
Volatility relative to the market. Closer to 1 = market-like.
0.611.98
P/E ratio
13.6539.75
Last price
$117.85$613.98
Inception
Issuer
DirexionVanEck

NUGT top holdings

Top holdings · NUGT
GDXVanEck Gold Miners ETF60.30%
Sector breakdown · NUGT
Basic Materials100.0%

SMH top holdings

Top holdings · SMH
NVDANVIDIA Corp17.75%
TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd ADR9.19%
MUMicron Technology Inc5.84%
AMATApplied Materials Inc5.73%
AMDAdvanced Micro Devices Inc5.43%
AVGOBroadcom Inc5.41%
KLACKLA Corp5.34%
LRCXLam Research Corp5.23%
INTCIntel Corp5.04%
ASMLASML Holding NV ADR4.95%
Sector breakdown · SMH
Technology100.0%

About NUGT

NUGT (Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bull 2X ETF) is 2x daily performance of gold mining stocks. Managed by Direxion, the fund carries $856M in assets under management, an expense ratio of 1.13%, a dividend yield of 0.61%. Its largest holding is VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX), which represents 60.3% of the portfolio. Basic Materials is the fund's largest sector exposure at 100.0%.

About SMH

SMH (VanEck Semiconductor ETF) is 25 largest semiconductor companies. Managed by VanEck, the fund carries $77.2B in assets under management, an expense ratio of 0.35%, a dividend yield of 0.17%. Its largest holding is NVIDIA Corp (NVDA), which represents 17.8% of the portfolio. Technology is the fund's largest sector exposure at 100.0%.