ITA · iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF
ITA holds 49 stocks. 98% of it is not in the S&P 500, and its top ten are 75% of the fund.
Its ten largest positions
| Holding | Ticker | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | 22.63% | ||
| RTX CORPORATION | 14.83% | ||
| THE BOEING COMPANY | 8.90% | ||
| TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED | 4.59% | ||
| HOWMET AEROSPACE INC. | 4.50% | ||
| GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION | 4.34% | ||
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | 4.05% | ||
| Northrop Grumman Corporation | 3.92% | ||
| L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 3.80% | ||
| ROCKET LAB CORPORATION | 3.63% |
Period by period
| Window | Total return | S&P 500 | Gap to S&P 500 | Gap to Nasdaq-100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 months | −1.6% | +4.7% | −6.3 pts | −3.7 pts |
| 6 months | −6.7% | +15.2% | −21.9 pts | −26.9 pts |
| 1 year | +14.2% | +20.0% | −5.7 pts | −11.4 pts |
| 3 years | +100.8% | +78.0% | +22.9 pts | +7.4 pts |
| Since launch | +937.0% | +811.4% | +125.7 pts | −747.0 pts |
In plain words
The top ten holdings are 75% of the fund across 49 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +14.2% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 5.7 pts. It sits 10.9% below its all-time high of Aug 14, 2026.
| Theme (ETFIQ, editorial) | Defense |
|---|---|
| Launched | Jan 4, 2010 |
| Already in the S&P 500, by weight (ETFIQ) | 76.6% |
| Active share vs the S&P 500 (ETFIQ) | 97.9% |
| Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight (ETFIQ) | 3.2% |
| Active share vs the Nasdaq-100 (ETFIQ) | 99.8% |
| Top ten holdings weight | 75.2% |
| Holdings | 49 |
| Holdings as of (SEC N-PORT) | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Top holdings | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 22.6%, RTX CORPORATION 14.8%, THE BOEING COMPANY 8.9%, TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED 4.6%, HOWMET AEROSPACE INC. 4.5%, GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION 4.3%, LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 4.0%, Northrop Grumman Corporation 3.9%, L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3.8%, ROCKET LAB CORPORATION 3.6% |
| Net assets (SEC filing, whole fund, as filed for Jun 30, 2026) | $14.4bn |
| Below its all-time high (ETFIQ) | −10.9% |
| Closest funds by holdings overlap | PPA 66%, MISL 63%, NATO 59%, XAR 50%, GCAD 43% |
Holdings from the fund’s latest public SEC N-PORT filing; overlap and active share computed by ETFIQ against the IVV and QQQM books; returns from Tiingo end-of-day prices with distributions reinvested. How this desk computes every figure
Questions people ask
- How much of ITA is already in the S&P 500?
- By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 77% of ITA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Its active share against the index is 98%, so that share is the part doing something different.
- What does ITA hold?
- 49 positions as filed for Jun 30, 2026, with the top ten at 75% of the fund. The largest are GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY at 22.6%, RTX CORPORATION at 14.8%, THE BOEING COMPANY at 8.9%.
- Has ITA beaten the S&P 500?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 ITA returned +14.2% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so it finished behind the index by 5.7 points.
The words on this page
- Active share
- The part of the fund doing something the index is not, as a percentage. It is the part a fee is actually buying.
- Weight overlap
- The share of money two portfolios hold in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice.
- Already in the index
- The fund’s weight in securities the S&P 500 holds at all. A fund can be made entirely of index names and still have high active share, because it holds them at very different weights.
- Top ten
- What the ten largest positions add up to. The higher it is, the more the fund is a bet on a few companies rather than a theme.
Every term this desk uses, defined in full on the themes desk vocabulary page.
Where these figures came from
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