VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH)
Semiconductors ETF
VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) is a Semiconductors ETF from VanEck. As of October 23, 2026, SMH closed at $527.20. It charges a 0.35% expense ratio, or $35 a year per $10,000 invested. Including dividends it returned +53.4% over the past year and +32.4% a year over five years.
- Assets under management: $74.9 billion
- Dividend yield: 0.21%
- Annualized return since 2000: 10.1%
- Worst peak-to-trough drop: -86%
SMH price chart
1Y price change: +52.9% (price only; total returns below include dividends)
| Total return | 1M | YTD | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | 10Y | MAX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMH | -12.3% | +46.4% | +53.4% | +55.3% | +32.4% | +32.8% | +10.1% |
Dividends reinvested. 3Y and longer are annualized; MAX is annualized since 2000.
SMH key facts
- Expense ratio
- 0.35%
- $35/yr per $10K
- Assets (AUM)
- $74.9B
- Dividend yield
- 0.21%
- Annualized return
- 10.1%
- since 2000
- Volatility
- 35%
- annualized
- Max drawdown
- -86%
- 52-week range
- $315.05 – $671.83
- Fund family
- VanEck
SMH dividend
- Dividend yield
- 0.21%
- Annual dividend
- $1.10
- Years of increases
- 2
- 5-yr dividend growth
- 8.0%
- per year
- Payments per year
- 1
Regular dividends per share by calendar year; special dividends excluded. Current year omitted until complete.
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|---|---|---|---|
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 VTI Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF | -0.50% | +14% | 1.06% |
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SMH ETF FAQ
What is SMH's expense ratio?
SMH has an expense ratio of 0.35%: $35 a year on a $10,000 investment.
What is SMH's dividend yield?
SMH yields 0.21% based on its trailing distributions of $1.10 per share.
What is SMH's historical return?
With dividends reinvested, SMH returned +53.4% over one year, +32.4% a year over five years, +32.8% a year over ten years through October 23, 2026.
How much can SMH fall?
SMH's largest peak-to-trough decline since 2000 was -86%. Past drawdowns don't cap future ones.
Sources: fund data and prices from Yahoo Finance (delayed); FI Handbook calculations. Last close October 23, 2026.