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XARState Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF

Grow my money14y track recordRanked #309 of 2,999 in this goal

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 · USD
Growth of $10,000
$12,121+21.2%

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

What's inside

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 = 31.8% of fundwell 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+ years
Volatility (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