iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF

About

iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (US4642887602) is a US-listed equity ETF tracking the Dow Jones U.S. Select Aerospace & Defense Index. With a expense ratio of 0.38%, it is moderately priced, paying distributions. The fund holds 53 positions across 1 region with 14.2B in assets, with heavy concentration — 100% in United States, 100% in Industrials.

Score Breakdown

Scores are scaled 1–10 on a logarithmic curve relative to all ETFs in the database. Last updated: Jun 22, 2026

Component	Score	Details
Cost (30%)	7.9	Tracking Difference: 10.0 · TD Consistency: — · Expense Ratio: 3.0
Liquidity (25%)	10.0	Assets Under Management

Data sources: provider factsheets, exchange data, and NAV history. Information for educational purposes only — not investment advice.

Ticker ITA

ISIN

Fund Size $14.2B

Issuer iShares

Distribution Pays Distributions

Replication Physical

Inception May 2006

Base Currency USD

Index Dow Jones U.S. Select Aerospace & Defense Index

Asset Class Equities

Category Thematic Equity

Costs

7.9

This fund has low total costs, with competitive tracking and expense ratios.

Expense Ratio0.00%

Metric	Value
Expense Ratio	0.38%

Cumulative Returns

Performance across different time periods.

Year to Date+0.00%

1 Year+0.00%

3 Years+0.00%

5 Years+0.00%

Inception+0.00%

Period	Cumulative Return
1 Month	—
3 Months	—
6 Months	—
1 Year	+33.61%
3 Years	+30.41%
5 Years	+17.36%
10 Years	+15.44%
YTD	+9.81%
Since Inception	+12.95%

Holdings

This fund invests into 53 individual investments.

General Electric Co

21.91%

RTX Corp

14.68%

Boeing Co/The

9.27%

Howmet Aerospace Inc

4.70%

TransDigm Group Inc

4.63%

General Dynamics Corp

4.34%

Lockheed Martin Corp

4.11%

Northrop Grumman Corp

4.06%

L3Harris Technologies Inc

3.90%

#10

Rocket Lab Corp

3.88%

View all holdings (50)

#	Holding	Ticker	Weight
1	General Electric Co	GE	2191.12%
2	RTX Corp	RTX	1467.69%
3	Boeing Co/The	BA	926.76%
4	Howmet Aerospace Inc	HWM	470.25%
5	TransDigm Group Inc	TDG	462.94%
6	General Dynamics Corp	GD	433.61%
7	Lockheed Martin Corp	LMT	411.15%
8	Northrop Grumman Corp	NOC	406.36%
9	L3Harris Technologies Inc	LHX	390.04%
10	Rocket Lab Corp	RKLB	387.89%
11	Axon Enterprise Inc	AXON	242.38%
12	Carpenter Technology Corp	CRS	206.96%
13	Curtiss-Wright Corp	CW	202.53%
14	FTAI Aviation Ltd	FTAI	201.17%
15	ATI Inc	ATI	195.15%
16	Woodward Inc	WWD	182.00%
17	HEICO Corp	HEIA	136.49%
18	BWX Technologies Inc	BWXT	133.65%
19	Textron Inc	TXT	110.50%
20	HEICO Corp	HEI	96.39%
21	Moog Inc	MOGA	82.64%
22	Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc	HII	79.88%
23	Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc	KTOS	72.20%
24	Hexcel Corp	HXL	52.30%
25	VSE Corp	VSEC	43.69%
26	Mercury Systems Inc	MRCY	42.75%
27	AeroVironment Inc	AVAV	38.84%
28	AAR Corp	AIR	37.58%
29	StandardAero Inc	SARO	37.34%
30	Karman Holdings Inc	KRMN	32.71%
31	Leonardo DRS Inc	DRS	25.32%
32	Archer Aviation Inc	ACHR	25.24%
33	Intuitive Machines Inc	LUNR	20.51%
34	Loar Holdings Inc	LOAR	18.11%
35	Astronics Corp	ATRO	18.10%
36	Ducommun Inc	DCO	16.18%
37	USD CASH	USD	16.17%
38	V2X Inc	VVX	12.37%
39	Redwire Corp	RDW	11.35%
40	Red Cat Holdings Inc	RCAT	10.73%
41	Firefly Aerospace Inc	FLY	7.21%
42	BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY	XTSLA	6.85%
43	Cadre Holdings Inc	CDRE	6.10%
44	SMITH WESSON BRANDS INC	SWBI	5.08%
45	National Presto Industries Inc	NPK	4.96%
46	Sturm Ruger & Co Inc	RGR	4.55%
47	ASTRONICS CORP CLASS B	ATROB	3.91%
48	BETA TECHNOLOGIES INC CLASS A	BETA	3.56%
49	YORK SPACE SYSTEMS INC	YSS	3.14%
50	Voyager Technologies Inc	VOYG	2.57%