Key Highlights

  • The fund tracks the Solactive Global Semiconductor 30 Index and holds 31 companies.
  • The top ten account for 76.18%, led by Micron Technology and NVIDIA at about 11% each.
  • The management fee is 0.45%, and the fund reports a beta of 4.32.
  • The July 2026 distribution of $2.853 is higher than the $1.269 paid in July 2025.

Global X Semiconductor ETF (ASX:SEMI) aims to provide investors with a return that, before fees and expenses, tracks the performance of the Solactive Global Semiconductor 30 Index. The fund was admitted to the ASX on 31 August 2021 and last traded at $37.22 on 13 October 2026. It reports a fund size of $1.09 billion.

Detail

Information

Ticker

ASX:SEMI

Fund

Global X Semiconductor ETF

Category

Equity Global Technology

Benchmark

Solactive Glb Semicond 30 TR USD

Fund size

$1.09 billion

Management fee

0.45%

Total holdings

31

ASX admission date

31 August 2021

Holdings

The ten largest positions account for 76.18% of the fund. Micron Technology leads at 10.96%, followed by NVIDIA (10.87%), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (9.86%), Advanced Micro Devices (9.41%) and Broadcom (8.92%).

SK hynix holds 7.00%, ASML Holding 6.60%, Intel 4.75%, Applied Materials 3.88% and Lam Research 3.86%.

Sector and country exposure

Technology accounts for 100% of the fund, compared with 90.65% for the category. The United States holds 66.34% of the portfolio, below the 77.83% category figure. Taiwan holds 13.35%, South Korea 7.60%, the Netherlands 6.61% and Japan 4.65%.

Germany and China each hold less than 1%. All holdings exceed $1 billion in market capitalisation.

Fee, risk and distributions

The management fee is 0.45% a year. The fund reports a beta of 4.32 and a standard deviation of 50.87, which indicates very wide price variation. The final distribution of $2.853 per unit had an ex-date of 2 July 2026, a record date of 3 July and payment on 16 July, equal to an annual yield of 7.41%.

That is higher than the $0.035 paid in January 2026, $1.269 in July 2025, $0.025 in January 2025 and $0.571 in July 2024.

Category classification and liquidity

Morningstar places the fund in the Equity Global Technology category, which covers funds investing primarily in technology companies listed around the globe, without a specific regional bias in company selection, most commonly computer, internet and communications stocks.

Liquidity indicators add a further view. There are 28,070,112 units on issue, and average daily trading volume is 235,185 units. Over the five sessions from 7 to 13 October 2026, daily volume ranged from 87,600 to 206,700 units, with 206,780 recorded on 13 October while the market was still open. The bid-offer range stood at $37.20 to $37.22, and the day range at $37.06 to $38.49. These figures change through the trading day and reflect market activity rather than the fund's holdings.

Recent announcements

The issuer lodged Units on Issue for September 2026 on 7 October, the Annual Financial Report on 28 September and Annual Statements 2026 on 16 September. A Quarterly Exit Periodic Statement followed on 14 August.

Closing Perspective

SEMI is a single-industry fund with 76.18% in ten companies, and it reports a standard deviation of 50.87. The 0.45% fee and uneven distributions, ranging from $0.025 to $2.853, are part of its profile. These details describe the portfolio and do not suggest outcomes.