GCAD Gabelli Commercial Aerospace and Defense ETF
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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GCAD returned 6.7%, against 13.7% for VOO.
Promise check: Not measuredIts theme exposure is measured once ETFIQ defines its theme company by company.
GCAD risk and return scorecard
vs VOO · Jan 2023 to Oct 2026 · 197 weekly returns · dividend-adjusted
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data
Money in and out
Net fund flows · Jun 30, 2026What you earned
What did you actually buy?
Defense · holdings as of Jun 30, 2026More on GCAD
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$48.46+0.3%1 day, priceClose, Oct 28, 2026
Price only. Total return over the same days, distributions reinvested, was +6.7%. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Oct 28, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Window | Total return | Benchmark (VOO) | Gap to VOO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M Sep 28 – Oct 28, 2026 | −0.6% | +0.9% | −1.5 pts |
| 3M Jul 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | −10.6% | +6.1% | −16.7 pts |
| 6M Apr 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | −2.6% | +9.1% | −11.7 pts |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | +4.4% | +14.2% | −9.8 pts |
| 1Y Oct 28, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | +6.7% | +13.7% | −7.0 pts |
| 3Y Oct 27, 2023 – Oct 28, 2026 | +118.8% | +95.5% | +23.3 pts |
| Since launch Jan 4, 2023 – Oct 28, 2026 | +116.3% | +111.7% | +4.6 pts |
| Since launch, annualised Jan 4, 2023 – Oct 28, 2026 | +22.4% | – | – |
Total returns, distributions reinvested.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.
Money in and out
Monthly data · as of Jun 30, 2026GCAD: in the month to Jun 30, 2026, net $8.6m came in, by its SEC filing.
Jul 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
Jul 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
monthly, from SEC filings
Computed by ETFIQ from the monthly sales and redemptions GCAD files with the SEC on Form N-PORT.
How this is computed
ETFIQ reads no daily data for this fund, so its flows are monthly, and the latest month filed is Jun 2026. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for GCAD, back to Jan 2023, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare GCAD with other funds in the flows tool
Month by month, money in and money outJul 2023 to Jun 2026
GCAD, money in and money out each month from Jul 2023 to Jun 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from GCAD’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 16 and went out in 1.
Every bar is from GCAD’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 16 and went out in 1.
Most recent first.
How this is computed
N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions.
N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily data; the Source column names any missing day.
Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Jun 30, 2026. Updated when the fund files its next report.
GCAD key stats
Trading
as of Jun 24, 2026
GCAD top ten by weight, 47.5% of the fund, of its 51 equity positions, from the holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026. Source: the fund’s SEC filing.
Source: Holdings filing (SEC Form N-PORT).
About GCAD
How we measure
12 seats on GCAD, as of Oct 28, 2026: 1 Mixed, 9 Challenges, 2 Not enough data.
Questions people ask about GCAD
- How much of GCAD is in S&P 500 companies?
- By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 40% of GCAD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Its active share against the index is 97%, so that share is the part doing something different.
- What does GCAD hold?
- 51 positions as filed for Jun 30, 2026, with the top ten at 48% of the fund. The largest are ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP at 6.8%, MOOG INC at 6.2%, BOEING COMPANY (THE) at 5.2%.
- Has GCAD beaten the S&P 500?
- Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 GCAD returned +6.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for the S&P 500, so it finished behind the index by 6.9 points.
- What does GCAD cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% a year. Because 97% of the fund differs from the S&P 500, the fee on that differing part works out at 0.10%.
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