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ITAiShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF

Grow my money20y track recordRanked #222 of 2,993 in this goal

Tracks the investment results of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Aerospace & Defense Index.

By iShares · Launched 2006

Annual Cost

0.38%

#1,824 of 5,853 · low cost

Fund Size

$14.4B

#204 of 5,853 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+21.3%

Track Record

20 years

#283 of 5,853 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$11,936+19.4%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Focus

Defense Innovation

Index tracked

Dow Jones US Select Aerospace & Defense Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 74.9% of fundconcentrated

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
19.0%
RTX CORPORATION
16.6%
THE BOEING COMPANY
8.9%
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION
4.8%
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
4.7%
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
4.6%
Northrop Grumman Corporation
4.6%
TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED
4.5%
HOWMET AEROSPACE INC.
4.5%
AXON ENTERPRISE, INC.
2.8%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.9%
Cash
0.1%

By sector

Industrials
100.0%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
22.5%High

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-51.0%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
1.17Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.73Good downside protection

Listing

Exchange
Cboe BZX

Full fund details

Objective
Tracks the investment results of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Aerospace & Defense Index.
Strategy
Invests primarily in U.S. equities in the aerospace and defense sector, tracking the Dow Jones U.S. Select Aerospace & Defense Index. Includes large-, mid-, and small-cap companies, using a representative sampling indexing strategy.
Inception date
May 1, 2006
Fund family
iShares

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Data updated on 2026-08-02