Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
AV vs ITA: Holdings Overlap & Returns
AV and ITA hold 56% of their weight in the same names.
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Net assets on Nov 4, 2026: $800,703 for Corgi Aerospace & Commercial Aviation ETF and $12.2bn for iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF.
67% of AV's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 33% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 4, 2026.
81% of ITA's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 19% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 3, 2026.
Pair scorecard
AV costs 0.02 points a year less.
| Measure | AV | ITA |
|---|---|---|
| Return | ||
| Total return, 1 year | not published | +0.8% |
| Drawdown | ||
| Below its all-time high | 10.0%, high on Aug 5, 2026 | 15.8%, high on Aug 14, 2026 |
| Benchmark | ||
| What it tracks | Defense | Defense |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 0.37% |
| Net assets | $800,703 | $12.2bn |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 56% | |
How different its holdings are from the S&P 500, ranked against 114 thematic ETFs with at least half their money in S&P 500 companies. 100 is best. How it is computed
Weight not shared with the S&P 500 only; it says nothing about returns, fees or whether the theme pays off. All thematic ETFs ranked by it →
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, AV and ITA hold 56% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
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56% in common
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Window by window
| Total return | ||
|---|---|---|
| Window | AV | ITA |
| 3 months | −10.0% | −15.5% |
| 6 months | +1.0% | −4.6% |
| 1 year | – | +0.8% |
| 3 years | – | +91.7% |
| Since launchNot the same days: AV May 2026 · ITA May 2006 | +1.0% | +916.6% |
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Side by side
As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
56% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.
AV
By weight, 67% of AV'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 56% of the fund across 39 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 4, 2026. Since it first traded on May 6, 2026 the fund returned +1.0% with distributions reinvested. It sits 10.0% below its all-time high of Aug 5, 2026.
ITA
By weight, 81% 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 76% of the fund across 51 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +0.8% with distributions reinvested. It sits 15.8% below its all-time high of Aug 14, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Do AV and ITA hold the same stocks?
- By their latest filings, 56% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
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How this is computed
It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.
Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.
Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.
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