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MISLFirst Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF

Grow my money3y track recordRanked #855 of 2,992 in this goal

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 · USD
Growth of $10,000
$11,127+11.3%

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

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Strategy

Index tracking

Focus

Defense Innovation

Index tracked

Indxx US Aerospace & Defense Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

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+ years
Volatility (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