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PPA vs XSD

Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF and State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Semiconductor ETF, side by side on the themes desk.

0% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, PPA and XSD hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in PPAOnly in XSD
Boeing Co. (The) 9.11%MaxLinear Inc 3.75%
General Electric Co. 7.85%Allegro MicroSystems Inc 3.30%
RTX Corp. 7.13%Astera Labs Inc 3.08%
Lockheed Martin Corp. 6.39%Ambarella Inc 2.89%
General Dynamics Corp. 4.52%Intel Corp 2.75%
Northrop Grumman Corp. 4.46%Penguin Solutions Inc 2.74%
Honeywell International Inc. 4.39%Micron Technology Inc 2.73%
Howmet Aerospace Inc. 4.18%Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.71%

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 Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

Performance, window by window

PPA and XSD over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
PPAXSDPPAXSDPPAXSD
3 months−3.0%−14.0%−7.7 pts−18.7 pts−5.1 pts−16.1 pts
6 months−8.5%+52.8%−23.7 pts+37.7 pts−28.7 pts+32.7 pts
1 year+12.6%+71.8%−7.3 pts+51.8 pts−13.0 pts+46.2 pts
3 years+100.0%+133.1%+22.1 pts+55.2 pts+6.5 pts+39.7 pts
Since launch+1021.7%+2140.8%+210.4 pts+1329.5 pts−662.3 pts+456.8 pts
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PPA and XSD on the themes desk fields, as of Sep 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
PPA
Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF
XSD
State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Semiconductor ETF
IssuerInvescoState Street
ThemeDefenseSemiconductors
In the S&P 50071.1%33.4%
Active share vs the S&P 50096.4%89.4%
In the Nasdaq-1007.3%27.5%
Holdings6047
Top ten, share of the fund55.5%29.0%
Expense ratio0.58%0.35%
Fee for the differing part0.60%0.39%
Total return, 1 year+12.6%+71.8%
vs the S&P 500−7.3 pts+51.8 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−13.0 pts+46.2 pts
Below its high−10.9%−24.3%

PPA in plain words

By weight, 71% of PPA's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 96%. The top ten holdings are 56% of the fund across 60 positions, as filed for Apr 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +12.6% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 7.3 pts. It sits 10.9% below its all-time high of Mar 2, 2026.

XSD in plain words

By weight, 33% of XSD's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 89%. The top ten holdings are 29% of the fund across 47 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +71.8% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 51.8 pts. It sits 24.3% below its all-time high of Jun 3, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do PPA and XSD hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 0% 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, PPA or XSD?
PPA has 71% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XSD has 33%, so PPA differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, PPA or XSD?
PPA charges 0.58% a year and XSD charges 0.35%, so XSD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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PPA against XSD, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 4, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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