Constituent dispersion · breadth vs the index

SMH — VanEck Semiconductor

25/25 covered · 100% by weight · benchmark: SMH price · closes through 2026-08-03 ·holdings as of 2026-06-16

Concentration 45.99% in top 5 14.93 effective names · HHI 670
RS vs S&P 500 21d -9.64pp sector return − SPY
RS vs Nasdaq-100 21d -6.15pp sector return − QQQ
Broad decline - breadth is falling with price. Last 21 sessions — price -7.91% · A/D -69 (-2.76/name)
SMH price
Cumulative advance / decline of constituents — rises when more names are up than down; turns before price at inflections

Divergence over time — price vs breadth, by horizon

The hero read is the 1-month picture; here the same price↔breadth divergence across 1 week / 1 month / 1 quarter, computed over the 126-session history. A/D /name is net advancers-minus-decliners per covered constituent; % beating Δ and median−ETF Δ show how participation shifted. Price rising while those fall = the move is narrowing under the surface.

HorizonPriceA/D /name% beating ΔMedian−ETF ΔRead
1 week -0.56% -0.84 -8pp -0.08pp Weakening
1 month -7.91% -2.76 -4pp +1.34pp Confirming ↓
1 quarter +6.99% -0.96 -24pp -9.34pp Weakening

Over the last 126 sessions: price up +33.70%, breadth up (+5.96/name) · % beating 52→36 · median−ETF +0.34pp→-3.22pp.

Stocks above their moving average — participation breadth

Of the 25 covered constituents, the share trading above each simple moving average — the classic breadth gauge. A firm index price with a low %-above-MA is a narrow, top-heavy tape. As of 2026-08-03.

5-day 72% 18/25 above
20-day 20% 5/25 above
50-day 4% 1/25 above
100-day 44% 11/25 above
150-day 72% 18/25 above
200-day 76% 19/25 above
% of constituents above their 50-day average — breadth over the last year; 50% is the participation midpoint

New highs & new lows — by horizon

How many of the 25 covered constituents closed today at a new high (or low) over each window, and the net. A shrinking net as the index holds up = fewer names leading.

HorizonNew highsNew lowsNet
5-Day 7 (28%) 2 (8%) +5
1-Month 0 (0%) 2 (8%) -2
3-Month 0 (0%) 2 (8%) -2
6-Month 0 (0%) 0 (0%) +0
52-Week 0 (0%) 0 (0%) +0
YTD 0 (0%) 0 (0%) +0

Generation Rotation — breadth by layer

The chip chain split into four layers. Which layer leads shows where leadership sits — the front-end Architects, the Equipment + EDA toolmakers, Memory + Substrates, or the Power + Cooling + Optical enablers. Sorted by 21-day median; the leading layer is highlighted. "21d contrib" is the layer's weight-times-return contribution to SMH's 21-day move.

LayerNamesWeight Median 1d5d21d Up / Dn21d contrib
Architectscompute + foundry 5 40.9% +1.78% +1.76% -6.41% 5 / 0 -0.25pp
Power + Cooling + Opticalpower, analog, interconnect 10 18.6% -1.49% -2.96% -11.50% 3 / 7 -2.22pp
Equipment + EDAtools + design software 8 25.28% +0.25% -0.19% -12.19% 4 / 4 -3.59pp
Memory + Packaging + Substratesmemory + substrates 2 15.18% +0.84% -4.29% -19.67% 2 / 0 -2.99pp

Dispersion by window

WindowETFMedianMedian − ETF Up / DownBeat / Lag±1% bandDispersion
1d +0.91% +0.54% -0.37pp 14 / 11 7 / 18 10 of 25 ±2.05%
5d -0.56% -0.73% -0.17pp 10 / 15 10 / 15 5 of 25 ±6.53%
21d -7.91% -11.13% -3.22pp 3 / 22 9 / 16 2 of 25 ±9.51%
YTD +51.46% +51.34% -0.12pp 21 / 3 12 / 12 0 of 24 ±55.62%

Median − ETF below zero means the typical name is lagging the cap-weighted index — the move is top-heavy. "Beat" counts constituents outperforming the ETF over the window. Dispersion is the cross-sectional standard deviation of constituent returns — high = a stock-picker's tape, low = pure beta.

What drove the move — contribution = weight × return

Today (1d)

  • NVDA+2.93%+0.42pp
  • MRVL+3.31%+0.14pp
  • AMD+1.78%+0.13pp
  • QCOM+2.68%+0.11pp
  • AMAT+2.08%+0.1pp
  • TXN-2.43%-0.11pp
  • MPWR-5.73%-0.06pp
  • ADI-1.51%-0.06pp
  • NXPI-2.18%-0.03pp
  • CDNS-1.14%-0.02pp

This month (21d)

  • NVDA+6.06%+0.87pp
  • AVGO+8.82%+0.52pp
  • MPWR+4.36%+0.05pp
  • INTC-24.39%-1.85pp
  • MU-14.96%-1.14pp
  • KLAC-22.42%-1.14pp
  • MRVL-20.98%-0.86pp
  • LRCX-16.16%-0.79pp

Each name's contribution = its index weight × its return — the percentage points it added to (green) or subtracted from (red) the ETF's move. Computed across covered names.

Leaders & laggards (21-day)

  • AVGO+8.82%
  • NVDA+6.06%
  • MPWR+4.36%
  • TER-0.89%
  • SWKS-2.03%
  • INTC-24.39%
  • ARM-24.18%
  • STM-23.64%
  • KLAC-22.42%
  • ALAB-21.01%

SMH — constituent leadership race

$100 in each covered SMH constituent at 2025-12-30, rebased to 100. Watch leadership change hands.

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Each covered constituent started at $100 at the window open; the bars race by total return (top 12 shown). Decision-support, not investment advice.

Constituents — 25 covered · click a column to sort

Symbol Weight Last 1d 5d 21d YTD RS rank
NVDA Nvidia Corp 14.31% 206.64 +2.93% +5.15% +6.06% +10.93% 92
TSM Taiwan Semiconductor ADR 9.19% 406.11 +0.46% +1.76% -6.46% +33.94% 68
MU Micron Technology 7.60% 829.50 +0.79% -7.85% -14.96% +190.76% 32
INTC Intel Corp 7.58% 91.00 +0.89% -0.73% -24.39% +146.61% 0
AMD Adv Micro Devices 7.29% 484.64 +1.78% -2.08% -6.41% +126.30% 72
AVGO Broadcom Ltd 5.95% 392.23 +0.76% +2.35% +8.82% +13.57% 96
KLAC K L A-Tencor Corp 5.07% 182.75 -0.04% -10.13% -22.42% 12
LRCX Lam Research Corp 4.89% 294.61 +0.54% +1.03% -16.16% +72.43% 28
AMAT Applied Materials 4.72% 518.21 +2.08% +0.26% -14.07% +101.90% 36
TXN Texas Instruments 4.42% 269.04 -2.43% -3.22% -8.20% +56.09% 60
ASML ASML Holdings NY Reg ADR 4.36% 1642.52 +0.83% -0.64% -7.17% +54.06% 64
QCOM Qualcomm Inc 4.16% 151.57 +2.68% -10.86% -14.00% -10.82% 40
MRVL Marvell Technology Inc 4.12% 193.78 +3.31% +2.43% -20.98% +128.30% 20
ADI Analog Devices 3.82% 361.88 -1.51% -2.69% -4.05% +33.85% 76
CDNS Cadence Design Sys 2.09% 336.15 -1.14% -0.73% -9.91% +7.54% 56
SNPS Synopsys Inc 1.77% 392.07 +0.85% +0.79% -10.31% -16.53% 52
STM Stmicroelectronics N.V. ADR 1.24% 52.19 -0.38% -2.36% -23.64% +101.77% 8
ARM Arm Holdings Plc ADR 1.19% 239.06 -0.26% -10.24% -24.18% +118.70% 4
TER Teradyne Inc 1.19% 365.80 -0.51% +9.27% -0.89% +89.06% 84
NXPI Nxp Semiconductors 1.19% 224.17 -2.18% -16.25% -17.99% +3.81% 24
MPWR Monolithic Power Sys 1.10% 1344.37 -5.73% +0.40% +4.36% +48.62% 88
ALAB Astera Labs Inc 0.92% 321.05 +3.16% +13.64% -21.01% +92.99% 16
MCHP Microchip Technology 0.91% 75.22 +1.25% -3.44% -11.13% +18.74% 48
ON On Semiconductor 0.70% 80.40 -1.48% -9.70% -11.86% +48.48% 44
SWKS Skyworks Solutions 0.18% 61.29 -1.59% -3.39% -2.03% -1.34% 80

RS rank = the constituent's 21-day return percentile within the index (100 = strongest of the covered names). Weight is the index weight; returns use adjusted closes. Default sort: weight.

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Dispersion is computed across the constituents we cover in our data lake (see coverage badge). Decision-support, not investment advice.