ITAiShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF
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 · USDGrowth of $10,000
$11,936+19.4%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
North americaCap
Multi cap
Strategy
Index tracking
Sector
IndustrialsFocus
Defense Innovation
Index tracked
Dow Jones US Select Aerospace & Defense Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
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+ yearsVolatility (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