MISLFirst Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF
Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the Indxx US Aerospace & Defense Index.
By First Trust · Launched 2022
Annual Cost
0.60%
#3,228 of 5,854 · average
Fund Size
$802M
#1,267 of 5,854 · large
Return (1Y)Goal
+10.1%
Track Record
3 years
#2,760 of 5,854 · seasoned
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$11,127+11.3%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
North americaStrategy
Index tracking
Sector
IndustrialsFocus
Defense Innovation
Index tracked
Indxx US Aerospace & Defense Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 62.5% of fundconcentrated
Lockheed Martin Corporation
9.6%
RTX Corp.
8.8%
General Dynamics Corporation
8.3%
GE Aerospace
7.6%
Boeing Co.
7.3%
Northrop Grumman Corporation
4.7%
Howmet Aerospace Inc
4.5%
L3 Harris Technologies Inc
4.4%
AST SpaceMobile Inc.
3.6%
TRANSDIGM GROUP INC
3.6%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.8%
Cash
0.2%
By sector
Industrials
86.3%
Technology
13.7%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
24.5%High
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-17.9%Moderate
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.94Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.40Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the Indxx US Aerospace & Defense Index.
- Strategy
- Invests at least 80% of net assets in securities that comprise the Indxx US Aerospace & Defense Index using a full replication strategy. Concentrated in the Aerospace & Defense sector, primarily in U.S. companies, focusing on the top 50 by market capitalization.
- Inception date
- October 25, 2022
- Fund family
- First Trust
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Data updated on 2026-08-03