Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
ITA vs TSSD: Holdings Overlap & Returns
ITA and TSSD hold 34% of their weight in the same names.
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Net assets: $12.2bn on Nov 4, 2026 for iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF, and $7.0m on Jun 30, 2026 for Truth Social American Security & Defense ETF.
81% of ITA's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 19% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 3, 2026.
71% of TSSD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 29% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.
Pair scorecard
ITA costs 0.28 points a year less.
| Measure | ITA | TSSD |
|---|---|---|
| Return | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +0.8% | not published |
| Drawdown | ||
| Below its all-time high | 15.8%, high on Aug 14, 2026 | 9.4%, high on Aug 13, 2026 |
| Benchmark | ||
| What it tracks | Defense | Defense |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.37% | 0.65% |
| Net assets, ITA as of Nov 4, 2026 and TSSD as of Jun 30, 2026 | $12.2bn | $7.0m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 34% | |
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
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What they share
By the books each fund has filed, ITA and TSSD hold 34% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.
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34% in common
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Window by window
| Total return | ||
|---|---|---|
| Window | ITA | TSSD |
| 3 months | −15.5% | −4.9% |
| 6 months | −4.6% | +19.4% |
| 1 year | +0.8% | – |
| 3 years | +91.7% | – |
| Since launchNot the same days: ITA May 2006 · TSSD Dec 2025 | +916.6% | +17.1% |
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Side by side
As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
34% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.
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.
TSSD
By weight, 71% of TSSD'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 60% of the fund across 62 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it first traded on Dec 30, 2025 the fund returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested. It sits 9.4% below its all-time high of Aug 13, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Do ITA and TSSD hold the same stocks?
- By their latest filings, 34% 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
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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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