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Broadcom's AI revenues are surging, but softer guidance has weighed on shares, highlighting ETFs that offer diversified exposure to its growth.
SMH delivered a jaw-dropping year, yet three semiconductor funds quietly left it in the dust by betting on corners of the chip market that most investors completely ignored.
Semiconductor exposure is the most concentrated bet most retirement investors already own without realizing it, because chipmakers dominate the top of both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100.
The First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:FTXL) has been one of the cleanest ways to own the AI buildout without picking a single winner, and holders have been paid handsomely: FTXL is up roughly 76% year to date and about 134% over the last year, closing at $228.
Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) is back above the $1,000 mark, extending a 2026 rally that has made the memory-chip stock one of the market's hottest AI trades, keeping its leveraged ETF counterparts firmly in the spotlight.
First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF (FTXL) remains well positioned to benefit from ongoing AI infrastructure buildout, despite recent underperformance versus software-focused peers. FTXL's holdings in Intel, AMD, Broadcom, and Micron—totaling 36% weight—are poised to outperform as AI inference demand accelerates, favoring CPUs and memory over GPUs. FTXL trades at a 14% discount to SOXX on P/E, with a target price of $268.5, reflecting both valuation upside and exposure to the next AI growth phase.
Designed to provide broad exposure to the Technology ETFs category of the market, the First Trust NASDAQ Semiconductor ETF (FTXL) is a smart beta exchange traded fund launched on 09/20/2016.
If you're interested in broad exposure to the Technology - Semiconductors segment of the equity market, look no further than the First Trust NASDAQ Semiconductor ETF (FTXL), a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on September 20, 2016.