Semiconductors vs SMH
2 of 5 semiconductors headliners beat SMH over the last year (3 of 5 over six months, 4 of 5 over three). Every line is measured against the benchmark itself, so the zero line is SMH.
Weekly closes through 2026-10-29. The zero line is the benchmark: a name "beats" when its total return over the window is higher than SMH's. Rebuilt every morning.
Total return
| Name | 6M | vs bench | 1Y | vs bench | 3Y | vs bench | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMH benchmark | -1.5% | 0 | +60.3% | 0 | +273.3% | 0 | — |
| NVDA | -1.1% | +0.4 | +13.1% | -47.2 | +372.9% | +99.6 | 2021-10 |
| AVGO | -20.1% | -18.6 | -1.7% | -62.0 | +289.1% | +15.8 | 2021-10 |
| AMD | +23.6% | +25.1 | +140.9% | +80.6 | +401.1% | +127.8 | 2021-10 |
| TSM | +4.4% | +5.9 | +50.1% | -10.2 | +368.4% | +95.1 | 2021-10 |
| INTC | -26.9% | -25.4 | +139.5% | +79.2 | +139.5% | -133.8 | 2021-10 |
A name whose history starts inside a window is measured from its first bar, not the window start — the "Since" column says where. Its "vs bench" (marked *) compares it with SMH over that same shorter span.
Headliners
Benchmarks available on the dashboard: SMH, SOXX, XSD.
The wider semiconductors universe
The dashboard's Sleepers view screens these 33 lesser-covered names for the ones beating XSD on a trailing basis, with liquidity, price and coverage floors so nothing untradeable or already crowded gets through.
Other baskets
Interactive chart with 6M–5Y windows, relative / indexed / drawdown modes and the sleeper screen: Baskets tab.
How calls are checked
Every call is checked on the firm's own terms. A price target is followed until its own deadline (12 months unless the firm publishes a different horizon) and ends as reached (the stock closed at or beyond it while it stood), replaced (the same firm set a new target first) or short at deadline. A rating is compared with the stock's sector SPDR ETF on total return over the rating's life, because most big-firm ratings are relative: Overweight means "beat its peers", not "go up". Hold-type ratings are tracked, not graded. A firm is numbered only with 30+ resolved targets, and a letter prints only for a firm's whole record where an exact test separates it from a coin flip. None of this is a verdict on anyone's skill, and one day is never a grade. The full method →
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