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IFRA vs ITA
2% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, IFRA and ITA hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | IFRA | ITA |
|---|---|---|
| CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 1.05% | 2.15% |
| ATI INC | 0.94% | 1.89% |
| Only in IFRA | Only in ITA |
|---|---|
| CATERPILLAR INC. 4.57% | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 22.63% |
| NEXTERA ENERGY, INC. 3.97% | RTX CORPORATION 14.83% |
| UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION 3.88% | THE BOEING COMPANY 8.90% |
| QUANTA SERVICES, INC. 3.77% | TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED 4.59% |
| CSX Corporation 3.10% | HOWMET AEROSPACE INC. 4.50% |
| THE SOUTHERN COMPANY 2.92% | GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION 4.34% |
| DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION 2.67% | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 4.05% |
| CRH PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 2.51% | Northrop Grumman Corporation 3.92% |
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings as filed for Jun 30, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | vs the S&P 500 | vs the Nasdaq-100 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IFRA | ITA | IFRA | ITA | IFRA | ITA | |
| 3 months | −3.0% | −1.6% | −7.7 pts | −6.3 pts | −5.1 pts | −3.7 pts |
| 6 months | +2.3% | −6.7% | −12.8 pts | −21.9 pts | −17.8 pts | −26.9 pts |
| 1 year | +16.3% | +14.2% | −3.7 pts | −5.7 pts | −9.3 pts | −11.4 pts |
| 3 years | +63.9% | +100.8% | −14.1 pts | +22.9 pts | −29.6 pts | +7.4 pts |
| Since launch | +173.3% | +937.0% | −55.9 pts | +125.7 pts | −199.2 pts | −747.0 pts |
| IFRA iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF | ITA iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | iShares | iShares |
| Theme | Infrastructure | Defense |
| In the S&P 500 | 75.7% | 76.6% |
| Active share vs the S&P 500 | 95.4% | 97.9% |
| In the Nasdaq-100 | 10.0% | 3.2% |
| Holdings | 161 | 49 |
| Top ten, share of the fund | 32.4% | 75.2% |
| Expense ratio | not published | not published |
| Fee for the differing part | not published | not published |
| Total return, 1 year | +16.3% | +14.2% |
| vs the S&P 500 | −3.7 pts | −5.7 pts |
| vs the Nasdaq-100 | −9.3 pts | −11.4 pts |
| Below its high | −7.5% | −10.9% |
IFRA in plain words
By weight, 76% of IFRA's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 95%. The top ten holdings are 32% of the fund across 161 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +16.3% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 3.7 pts. It sits 7.5% below its all-time high of Jun 25, 2026.
ITA in plain words
By weight, 77% of ITA's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 75% of the fund across 49 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +14.2% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 5.7 pts. It sits 10.9% below its all-time high of Aug 14, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Do IFRA and ITA hold the same stocks?
- By their latest filings, 2% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is mostly different names. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
- Which is more different from the S&P 500, IFRA or ITA?
- IFRA has 76% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ITA has 77%, so ITA differs more from the index.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, IFRA against ITA, data as of Sep 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/IFRA-ITA.html Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.