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XARState Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF

Grow my money14y track recordRanked #312 of 2,960 in this goal

Seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the total return performance of an index derived from the aerospace and defense segment of a U.S. total market composite index.

By State Street Investment Management · Launched 2011

Annual Cost

0.35%

#1,706 of 5,562 · low cost

Fund Size

$6.5B

#380 of 5,562 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+45.7%

Track Record

14 years

#924 of 5,562 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$13,809+38.1%

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

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Focus

Defense Innovation

Index tracked

S&P Aerospace & Defense Select Industry Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 37.7% of fundwell diversified

State Street Global Advisors
4.9%
Rocket Lab Corp
4.1%
ATI Inc
3.7%
Boeing Co/The
3.7%
Karman Holdings Inc
3.6%
General Electric Co
3.6%
Howmet Aerospace Inc
3.6%
Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc
3.5%
RTX Corp
3.5%
HEICO Corp
3.5%

Asset allocation

Stocks
100.0%
Cash
0.0%

By sector

Industrials
100.0%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
27.9%High

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-46.4%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
1.23Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.88Good downside protection

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange
NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective
Seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the total return performance of an index derived from the aerospace and defense segment of a U.S. total market composite index.
Strategy
Employs a sampling strategy to track the S&P Aerospace & Defense Select Industry Index, investing at least 80% of total assets in securities of the Index. The Fund may invest in a subset of the Index securities to match its risk and return characteristics.
Inception date
September 28, 2011
Fund family
State Street Investment Management

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Data updated on 2026-06-19