XARState Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF
Tracks the total return performance of the S&P Aerospace & Defense Select Industry Index.
By State Street Investment Management · Launched 2011
Annual Cost
0.35%
#1,651 of 5,861 · low cost
Fund Size
$6.5B
#393 of 5,861 · large
Return (1Y)Goal
+21.5%
Track Record
14 years
#907 of 5,861 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$12,121+21.2%
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
S&P Aerospace & Defense Select Industry Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 31.8% of fund✓ well diversified
BWX Technologies Inc
3.5%
Curtiss-Wright Corp
3.3%
General Dynamics Corp
3.2%
Carpenter Technology Corp
3.2%
Hexcel Corp
3.2%
L3Harris Technologies Inc
3.1%
FTAI Aviation Ltd
3.1%
Textron Inc
3.1%
RTX Corp
3.1%
Lockheed Martin Corp
3.1%
Asset allocation
Stocks
100.0%
Cash
0.1%
By sector
Industrials
100.0%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
28.8%High
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-46.4%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
1.06Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.60Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Tracks the total return performance of the S&P Aerospace & Defense Select Industry Index.
- Strategy
- Employs a sampling strategy to track the S&P Aerospace & Defense Select Industry Index, investing primarily in U.S. aerospace and defense companies with a float-adjusted market capitalization of at least $500 million. The Fund may also invest in cash and cash equivalents for management purposes.
- Inception date
- September 28, 2011
- Fund family
- State Street Investment Management
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Data updated on 2026-08-04