All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
SMH real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, SMH returned +129.53% over the past year and +67.23% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 5, 2000, SMH is up +1,295.47% in real purchasing-power return, or +10.62%/yr, and is currently −3.60% below its real total-return high on Jun. 15, 2026.
Data ending Wed Jun. 17, 2026
| Fri 2000-05-05💬 to Wed 2026-06-17 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMH × |
+67.23%
2026-06-17 |
+129.53%
2026-06-17 |
||||
| VanEck Semiconductor ETF NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Fri 2000-05-05💬 to Wed 2026-06-17 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMH × |
+1,295.47%
+10.62%/yr |
+12.93%/yr
(R2=0.771) |
||||
| VanEck Semiconductor ETF NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Fri 2000-05-05💬 to Wed 2026-06-17 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMH × |
$10,000.00
2000-05-05 |
$139,546.70
2026-06-17 |
||||
| VanEck Semiconductor ETF NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Year | SMH |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +67.23% |
| 2025 | +45.29% |
| 2024 | +35.20% |
| 2023 | +67.76% |
| 2022 | −37.57% |
| 2021 | +32.79% |
| 2020 | +53.44% |
| 2019 | +60.78% |
| 2018 | −10.75% |
| 2017 | +35.61% |
| 2016 | +32.79% |
| 2015 | −1.06% |
| 2014 | +29.25% |
| 2013 | +31.36% |
| 2012 | +10.01% |
| 2011 | +6.02% |
| 2010 | +19.33% |
| 2009 | +63.90% |
| 2008 | −43.82% |
| 2007 | +11.86% |
| 2006 | −8.91% |
| 2005 | +7.32% |
| 2004 | −21.86% |
| 2003 | +84.27% |
| 2002 | −48.22% |
| 2001 | −15.80% |
| 2000 | −47.86% |
| Fri 2000-05-05💬 to Wed 2026-06-17 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMH × |
−3.60%
from 2026-06-15 peak |
−85.33%
2008-11-20 from 2000-06-21 peak |
||||
| VanEck Semiconductor ETF NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Wed 2026-06-17 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMH × | +129.53% |
+115.87% +46.93%/yr |
+274.17% +55.25%/yr |
+309.13% +32.55%/yr |
+1,654.17% +33.17%/yr |
|
| VanEck Semiconductor ETF NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||