Data as of .
DUTY vs ITA: which is really different?
DUTY and ITA hold 26% of their weight in the same names.
ETFIQ Off-Index Score: DUTY scores higher
How much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?
A percentile among the 379 thematic ETFs with a holdings filing. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All thematic ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed
26% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, DUTY and ITA hold 26% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | DUTY | ITA |
|---|---|---|
| Northrop Grumman Corp | 6.62% | 4.69% |
| Lockheed Martin Corp | 7.34% | 4.66% |
| General Dynamics Corp | 7.57% | 4.59% |
| L3Harris Technologies Inc | 6.85% | 3.46% |
| Rocket Lab Corp | 5.35% | 2.67% |
| Huntington Ingalls Industries | 2.45% | 0.81% |
| Kratos Defense & Security Solu | 2.06% | 0.67% |
| AeroVironment Inc | 1.04% | 0.46% |
| Mercury Systems Inc | 1.33% | 0.36% |
| Karman Holdings Inc | 1.00% | 0.34% |
| Archer Aviation Inc | 0.55% | 0.26% |
| Leonardo DRS Inc | 0.53% | 0.22% |
| Only in DUTY | Only in ITA |
|---|---|
| Palantir Technologies Inc 5.98% | GE AEROSPACE 20.42% |
| Palo Alto Networks Inc 5.21% | RTX 16.38% |
| Fortinet Inc 4.92% | BOEING 7.72% |
| Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 4.64% | HOWMET AEROSPACE 4.53% |
| Okta Inc 4.62% | TRANSDIGM GROUP 4.43% |
| Teledyne Technologies Inc 4.35% | HONEYWELL AEROSPACE INC 3.91% |
| Akamai Technologies Inc 3.15% | AXON ENTERPRISE 2.74% |
| Check Point Software Technolog 2.89% | ATI 1.96% |
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 dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | vs the S&P 500 | vs the Nasdaq-100 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUTY | ITA | DUTY | ITA | DUTY | ITA | |
| 3 months | +5.7% | −10.4% | +3.5 pts | −12.7 pts | +8.2 pts | −7.9 pts |
| 6 months | not published | −3.7% | not published | −21.8 pts | not published | −28.0 pts |
| 1 year | not published | +5.6% | not published | −10.9 pts | not published | −16.1 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +100.0% | not published | +21.6 pts | not published | +1.9 pts |
| Since launch | +6.9% | +884.1% | −6.3 pts | +80.5 pts | −12.3 pts | −806.1 pts |
| 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 52 stocks in defense, 79% of its weight in S&P 500 companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Aura | iShares |
| Theme | Defense | Defense |
| In the S&P 500 | 61.8% | 79.3% |
| Active share vs the S&P 500 | 98.1% | 97.9% |
| In the Nasdaq-100 | 23.5% | 2.9% |
| Holdings | 50 | 52 |
| Top ten, share of the fund | 59.1% | 77.3% |
| Expense ratio | 0.45% | 0.37% |
| Fee for the differing part | 0.46% | 0.38% |
| Total return, 1 year | +6.9% (since launch on Apr 8, 2026) | +5.6% |
| vs the S&P 500 | −6.3 pts | −10.9 pts |
| vs the Nasdaq-100 | −12.3 pts | −16.1 pts |
| Below its high | −9.2% | −15.4% |
| Net assets | $2m | $12.5bn |
DUTY in plain words
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 launched on Apr 8, 2026 the fund returned +6.9% with distributions reinvested against +13.2% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 6.3 pts. It sits 9.2% below its all-time high of Aug 13, 2026.
ITA in plain words
By weight, 79% 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 77% of the fund across 52 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +5.6% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 10.9 pts. It sits 15.4% 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, which is a meaningful overlap. 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 79%, 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 these figures came from
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