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XAR vs XT: which is really different?

XT holds 64.0% of its weight in S&P 500 companies and XAR 35.0%.

State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Aerospace & Defense ETF and iShares Future Exponential Technologies ETF, side by side, thematic ETFs on ETFIQ.

35.0%XAR in the S&P 500
64.0%XT in the S&P 500
+11.8%XAR total return, 1 year
+25.7%XT total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: XAR scores higher

How much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

XAR 48.2XT 3.20.1, the lowest in this set91.6, the highest

A percentile among the 371 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

XAR65% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
35%65%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 31% of the fund · 49 holdings filed Sep 10, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 3% in35%65%inoutside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 31% of the fund
XT36% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
64%36%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 67% · top ten 34% of the fund · 192 holdings filed Sep 10, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 39% in64%36%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 67% · top ten 34% of the fund

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, XAR and XT 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 XAROnly in XT
RTX CORP 3.34%MICROSOFT 4.21%
VSE CORP 3.33%NVIDIA 4.18%
ATI INC 3.25%ELI LILLY 3.90%
ARCHER AVIATION INC A 3.23%TESLA INC 3.55%
AXON ENTERPRISE INC 3.20%TEXAS INSTRUMENT INC 3.55%
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP 3.11%JOHNSON & JOHNSON 3.48%
GENERAL ELECTRIC 3.04%ANALOG DEVICES 2.88%
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP 3.02%AMAZON.COM INC 2.87%

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 Sep 10, 2026.

Performance, window by window

XAR and XT over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
XARXTXARXTXARXT
3 months−12.1%+0.7%−15.4 pts−2.6 pts−11.3 pts+1.5 pts
6 months−7.2%+18.0%−23.2 pts+2.0 pts−27.9 pts−2.7 pts
1 year+11.8%+25.7%−5.7 pts+8.2 pts−11.2 pts+2.8 pts
3 years+114.1%+63.3%+36.2 pts−14.6 pts+19.0 pts−31.8 pts
Since launch+1042.3%+279.7%+288.5 pts−61.9 pts−366.6 pts−340.9 pts
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XAR and XT on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
XAR
State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Aerospace & Defense ETF
Holds 49 stocks in defense, 35% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
XT
iShares Future Exponential Technologies ETF
Holds 192 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 64% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerState StreetiShares
ThemeDefenseBroad innovation and megatrends
In the S&P 50035.0%64.0%
Active share vs the S&P 50097.9%67.4%
In the Nasdaq-1003.2%38.8%
Holdings49192
Top ten, share of the fund31.4%33.8%
Expense ratio0.35%0.46%
Fee for the differing part0.36%0.68%
Total return, 1 year+11.8%+25.7%
vs the S&P 500−5.7 pts+8.2 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−11.2 pts+2.8 pts
Below its high−17.1%−3.2%

XAR in plain words

By weight, 35% of XAR'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 31% of the fund across 49 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 10, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +11.8% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 5.7 pts. It sits 17.1% below its all-time high of Aug 14, 2026.

XT in plain words

By weight, 64% of XT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 67%. The top ten holdings are 34% of the fund across 192 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 10, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +25.7% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 8.2 pts.

Questions people ask

Which is more different from the S&P 500, XAR or XT?
XAR has 35% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XT has 64%, so XAR differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, XAR or XT?
XAR charges 0.35% a year and XT charges 0.46%, so XAR is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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XAR against XT, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 11, 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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