Do DUTY and ITA hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 26% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.

Which is more different from the S&P 500, DUTY or ITA?

DUTY has 62% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ITA has 81%, so DUTY differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, DUTY or ITA?

DUTY charges 0.45% a year and ITA charges 0.37%, so ITA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Thematic ETFs

DUTY vs ITA: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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DUTY and ITA hold 26% of their weight in the same names.

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Net assets: $2.1m on Jun 30, 2026 for U.S. Defense ETF, and $12.2bn on Nov 4, 2026 for iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF.

DUTY on its own →ITA on its own →

At a glance

61.7%

DUTY in the S&P 500

80.8%

ITA in the S&P 500

+7.2%

DUTY total return, since launch, Apr 8, 2026

+0.8%

ITA total return, 1 year

DUTY · 6 months to Nov 4, 2026 38% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

62% of DUTY's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 38% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.

ITA · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 19% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

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

ITA costs 0.08 points a year less.

DUTY vs ITA: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	DUTY	ITA
Return
Measure	DUTY	ITA
Total return, 1 year	not published	+0.8%
Drawdown
Measure	DUTY	ITA
Below its all-time high	9.0%, high on Aug 13, 2026	15.8%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DUTY	ITA
What it tracks	Defense	Defense
Cost and size
Measure	DUTY	ITA
Expense ratio	0.45%	0.37%
Net assets, DUTY as of Jun 30, 2026 and ITA as of Nov 4, 2026	$2.1m	$12.2bn
Holdings
Measure	DUTY	ITA
Holdings in common	26%

ETFIQ S&P 500 Difference Score · DUTY scores higher How much of its weight does it not share with the S&P 500?

IQ Themes Score90.4DUTY86.4ITA

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

DUTY 90.4

ITA 86.4

0.4, the lowest in this set 99.6, the highest

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 →

Method

Risk and return

Apr 17, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026 · 28 weekly returns

DUTY ITA

Return

Total return edge DUTY +14.8% −9.4%

Price return edge DUTY +14.8% −9.6%

Risk

Max drawdown edge DUTY −12.0% −20.0%

Reading

From Apr 2026 to Oct 2026, DUTY returned more: +14.8% to −9.4%. DUTY fell less at its worst: −12.0% to −20.0%.

Full scorecard

3 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: DUTY vs ITA: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	DUTY	ITA	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+14.8%	−9.4%	DUTY	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Price return	+14.8%	−9.6%	DUTY	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Max drawdown	−12.0%	−20.0%	DUTY	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 28 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

26%

By the books each fund has filed, DUTY and ITA hold 26% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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26% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DUTY ITA

Lockheed Martin Corp 7.32% 5.53%

Northrop Grumman Corp 6.60% 4.84%

General Dynamics Corp 7.55% 4.82%

L3Harris Technologies Inc 6.83% 3.85%

Rocket Lab Corp 5.34% 2.23%

Huntington Ingalls Industries 2.45% 0.93%

Moog Inc 2.53% 0.76%

Kratos Defense & Security Solu 2.06% 0.57%

Karman Holdings Inc 1.00% 0.37%

AeroVironment Inc 1.03% 0.35%

Mercury Systems Inc 1.33% 0.33%

Leonardo DRS Inc 0.53% 0.22%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in DUTY

Palantir Technologies Inc 5.96%

Palo Alto Networks Inc 5.20%

Fortinet Inc 4.91%

Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 4.63%

Okta Inc 4.61%

Teledyne Technologies Inc 4.34%

Akamai Technologies Inc 3.14%

Check Point Software Technolog 2.88%

Only in ITA

GE AEROSPACE 20.61%

RTX 17.02%

BOEING 6.68%

TRANSDIGM GROUP 4.87%

HOWMET AEROSPACE 4.35%

HONEYWELL AEROSPACE INC 3.71%

AXON ENTERPRISE 2.52%

ATI 1.83%

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Window by window

Window by window: DUTY vs ITA: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return
Window	DUTY	ITA
3 months	−2.5%	−15.5%
6 months	+13.4%	−4.6%
1 year	–	+0.8%
3 years	–	+91.7%
Since launchNot the same days: DUTY Apr 2026 · ITA May 2006	+7.2%	+916.6%

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Side by side

DUTY U.S. Defense ETF · Holds 50 stocks in defense, 62% of its weight in S&P 500 companies ITA iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF · Holds 51 stocks in defense, 81% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Aura iShares

Theme Defense Defense

In the S&P 500 61.7% 80.8%

Active share vs the S&P 500 98.1% 97.7%

In the Nasdaq-100 26.0% 8.5%

Holdings 50 51

Top ten, share of the fund 59.0% 76.3%

Expense ratio 0.45% 0.37%

Fee for the differing part 0.46% 0.38%

Total return, 1 year +7.2% (since launch, Apr 8, 2026) +0.8%

vs its benchmark not measured not measured

Below its high −9.0% −15.8%

Net assets, DUTY as of Jun 30, 2026 and ITA as of Nov 4, 2026 $2.1m $12.2bn

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

26% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Client brief

No client brief for this pair: ETFIQ prints no one-year total return for DUTY; the two funds' holdings are dated 126 days apart.

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About each fund

DUTY

By weight, 62% of DUTY'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 59% of the fund across 50 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it first traded on Apr 8, 2026 the fund returned +7.2% with distributions reinvested. It sits 9.0% below its all-time high of Aug 13, 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 DUTY and ITA hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 26% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, DUTY or ITA?: DUTY has 62% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ITA has 81%, so DUTY differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, DUTY or ITA?: DUTY charges 0.45% a year and ITA charges 0.37%, so ITA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

DUTY on its own →ITA on its own →DUTY holdings →ITA dividend history →ITA holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

DUTY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DUTY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Aura website ↗

ITA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ITA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ITA ↗

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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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