State Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF (XAR)
AMEX · inception 2011-09-29 · beta 1.26 · avg volume 246,123 · holdings as of 2026-10-15 · prices through 2026-10-16
AUM$3.8B
Holdings50
Top-10 weight30.8%
1-yr return-7.2%
Max drawdown 5y-27.5%
Volatility 1y29.5%
Performance vs S&P 500 (SPY)
■ XAR■ SPY
Total return
1m
3m
6m
YTD
1y
3y
5y
XAR
-6.9%
-13.4%
-18.8%
-10.3%
-7.2%
+94.0%
+87.5%
SPY
+0.3%
+2.9%
+7.5%
+11.7%
+15.1%
+80.0%
+84.9%
Rebased to 100 five years ago, weekly adjusted closes. Max drawdown is the largest peak-to-trough fall in that window (trough 2022-09-30). 3y and 5y returns are cumulative.
Top holdings
#
Ticker
Name
Weight
1
HONA
HONEYWELL AEROSPACE INC
3.26%
2
MOG-A
MOOG INC CLASS A
3.18%
3
LMT
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP
3.14%
4
TDG
TRANSDIGM GROUP INC
3.11%
5
WWD
WOODWARD INC
3.07%
6
NOC
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP
3.04%
7
HEI
HEICO CORP
3.02%
8
GD
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
3.00%
9
LHX
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INC
2.99%
10
RTX
RTX CORP
2.98%
Exposure
Sector
Industrials97.3%
Basic Materials2.6%
Unclassified0.1%
Country
US99.9%
Unclassified0.1%
Weights of holdings joined to company profiles; bonds, cash and derivatives fall under Unclassified.
InsiderStreet scores of the holdings
Holdings-weighted score
Score
Percentile vs ETFs
Overall
56/100
34
Quality
61/100
9
Profitability
40/100
5
Balance sheet
56/100
20
Earnings quality
64/100
20
Growth
67/100
88
Value
41/100
6
Momentum
78/100
55
Risk (safety)
86/100
73
Portfolio fundamentals
Value
P/E
32.3
P/B
6.7
P/S
2.8
Earnings yield
3.1%
FCF yield
3.4%
ROE
21.8%
Net margin
8.6%
Revenue growth (yoy)
+30.9%
Dividend yield
0.55%
Debt / equity
1.01
Scores are weighted by holding; 95% of the fund's weight is in companies we score. Percentile ranks the fund among ETFs with at least half their weight scored. A score describes the holdings, not the outlook for the fund.
Most similar ETFs by holdings overlap
ETF
Name
Overlap
Shared holdings
AUM
FLDZ
TrueShares Patriot Defense ETF
64.2%
50
$3.4M
GCAD
Gabelli Commercial Aerospace and Defense ETF
55.1%
32
$13.2M
ITA
iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF
53.3%
47
$12.1B
DFEN
Direxion Daily Aerospace & Defense Bull 3X
52.9%
46
$385.6M
MISL
First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF
50.6%
31
$193.7M
PPA
Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF
47.6%
37
$7.4B
Overlap = sum over shared holdings of the smaller of the two weights.