Strive US Semiconductor ETF

SHOC

Market cap $161M

Strive U.S. Semiconductor ETF earns a buy rating for its concentrated exposure to top-performing U.S. semiconductor companies with accelerating growth. SHOC's portfolio is heavily weighted toward Nvidia and Broadcom, both benefiting from AI and data center tailwinds, but lacks exposure to TSM. Despite a competitive 0.40% expense ratio, SHOC trades at a higher P/E and P/B versus peers due to recent outperformance.

China's inflation surge raises cost risks for global chipmakers, pushing investors toward US-leaning semiconductor ETFs like PSI.

Top-ranked ETF areas that beat SPY in 2025 included semiconductors, Japan, financials and pharma. Winning ETFs were FTXL, EWJV, KBWB and IHE.

Investor focus on artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors, and digital infrastructure shaped capital flows across technology markets in 2025, lifting a small group of specialized exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to the top of the performance tables.

Fed turns dovish and trade tensions ease. Amid this scenario, tech & growth ETFs could soar along with some other areas.

Strive U.S. Semiconductor ETF matches SOXX's performance, despite lower AUM, higher fees, and less popularity, making it a compelling, but overlooked semiconductor ETF. SHOC's concentrated portfolio, especially its heavy Nvidia weighting, aligns with my bullish view on Nvidia's AI-driven growth, despite some allocation concerns. Performance data shows SHOC consistently outperforms SOXX marginally, justifying a Buy rating, though its success is highly tied to Nvidia's continued dominance.

NVDA reclaims the top spot with a $3.45T valuation, and ETFs with heavy exposure to the stock offer investors a way to ride the AI wave.

The emergence of China-based AI startup DeepSeek triggers a trillion-dollar sell-off in U.S. and European technology stocks.

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has significantly boosted the stock performance of Palantir Technologies Inc. PLTR this year (up 386.7% YTD). The stock even outperformed the gem of AI — NVIDIA Corporation NVDA (up about 190% YTD) — in 2024.

Semiconductor ETFs have been on a remarkable rally in the past month post earnings.