Data as of . 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.
ITA · iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF
iShares · Themes desk
Open the live card on ETFIQBy weight, 77% 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 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 |
| Net assets (latest filing) | $14,444M |
| 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% |
| 3 months: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ) | −1.6% / +4.7% / −6.3 pts / −3.7 pts |
| 6 months: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ) | −6.7% / +15.2% / −21.9 pts / −26.9 pts |
| 1 year: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ) | +14.2% / +20.0% / −5.7 pts / −11.4 pts |
| 3 years: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ) | +100.8% / +78.0% / +22.9 pts / +7.4 pts |
| since launch: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ) | +937.0% / +811.4% / +125.7 pts / −747.0 pts |
| Below its all-time high (ETFIQ) | −10.9% |
| Closest funds by holdings overlap | PPA 66%, MISL 63%, NATO 59%, XAR 50%, GCAD 43% |
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.
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