Broad Technology Exposure or the Semiconductor Industry Powering AI? VGT vs. SOXX [Yahoo! Finance]
VANGUARD INFO TECH ETF (VGT)
Company Research
Source: Yahoo! Finance
Vanguard Information Technology ETF ( NYSEMKT:VGT ) offers broad tech sector coverage at a low cost, while iShares Semiconductor ETF ( NASDAQ:SOXX ) focuses tightly on chipmakers, charges a higher fee, and has delivered higher recent returns but with greater risk. Both VGT and SOXX target technology stocks, but their scopes diverge: VGT tracks the entire U.S. tech sector, covering over 300 companies, while SOXX zeroes in on just 30 semiconductor names. This comparison looks at cost, performance, risk, and portfolio makeup to help clarify which approach may appeal depending on investor goals. Snapshot (cost & size) Metric VGT SOXX Issuer Vanguard IShares Expense ratio 1-yr return (as of 2026-03-11) Dividend yield Beta AUM $130.3 billion $21.3 billion Beta measures price volatility relative to the S&P 500; beta is calculated from five-year monthly returns. The 1-yr return represents total return over the trailing 12 months. SOXX charges a much higher e
Show less
Read more
Impact Snapshot
Event Time:
VGT
Last Price
Price Change
Price Change%
Volume Shares
Max Up
Max Down
%
Volume Ratio
Performance Comparison
Updated
|
Event Day
Stock performance from the time of news release until the following 4pm ET market close
|
Last price at news event
|
Since Event
Multi-day stock performance from the time of the news release
|
|---|---|---|
|
EVENT DAY
Stock performance from the time of news release until the following 4pm ET market close
|
LAST
PRICE AT NEWS EVENT |
SINCE EVENT
Multi-day stock performance from the time of the news release
|
| Last Price | ||
| VWAP | ||
|
High:
|
Max Up |
High:
|
|
Low:
|
Max Down |
Low:
|
|
%
|
Post news range |
%
|
|
|
Price change |
|
|
|
Price Change Percentage |
|
|
|
S&P 500 (SPX) |
|
|
%
|
Volume ratio |
%
|
| Volume | ||
| Ticks | ||
|
|
Avg transaction size |
|
Don't Miss Out On The Next BIG Stock Move
Event day
Event Day Chart will not be displayed beyond 90-day period of the event
Performance since event
Time And Velocity Analysis
Be the first to know
Opt in for alerts from News Quantifed
Sign Up Today
Opt-in for
VGT alerts
Learn More With NQ
Reading the Impact Report
Help Me Understand This Data
Help Me Understand This Data
How NQ Works
What is news-based trading?
And why is it so successful?
And why is it so successful?
Movers & Shakers
The biggest gainers and losers and WHY it moved
VGT alerts
High impacting VANGUARD INFO TECH ETF news events
Weekly update
A roundup of the hottest topics