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MISLFirst Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF

Grow my money3y track recordRanked #844 of 2,960 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%

#3,108 of 5,562 · average

Fund Size

$826M

#1,224 of 5,562 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+31.1%

Track Record

3 years

#2,828 of 5,562 · seasoned

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$13,179+31.8%

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

Classification

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 = 62.6% of fundconcentrated

RTX Corp
9.2%
Boeing Co/The
8.8%
General Electric Co
8.3%
General Dynamics Corp
8.0%
Lockheed Martin Corp
7.5%
Howmet Aerospace Inc
4.4%
Rocket Lab Corp
4.3%
HEICO Corp
4.1%
TransDigm Group Inc
4.1%
L3Harris Technologies Inc
4.0%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.9%
Cash
0.1%

By sector

Industrials
82.2%
Technology
17.8%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
23.6%High

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-17.9%Moderate

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
1.14Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.73Good downside protection

Where to buy

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 primarily in securities that comprise the Indxx US Aerospace & Defense Index, using a full replication strategy. The Fund will generally invest in all securities in proportion to their weightings in the Index, which is rebalanced quarterly and reconstituted semi-annually.
Inception date
October 25, 2022
Fund family
First Trust

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Data updated on 2026-06-19