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iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF

$208.04+0.42% vs prior close
19825352-WK

Price through Sep 30 · Flows through Sep 30. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 1. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 1.

The index measures the performance of the aerospace and defense sector of the U.S. equity market, as defined by SPDJI. The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its index and may invest up to 20% of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
241.4225.7210.1208.04DAILY NET FLOWOct 1Jan 30Jun 1Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$435M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$290M in net outflows over the past month, about 2.4% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -3.1% so far this year. At 0.40% a year, no lower reported fee appears among the alternatives shown here.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$12.1Bassets under management
0.40%expense ratio · $40 per $10,000 a year
−$290Mnet flow, trailing month
831Kavg daily volume, 30 days
38holdings · US-domiciled
2006listed April 30, 2006 · beta 1.02
The book at a glance
GE+0.0%RTX-0.3%BA+3.3%HWM+1.0%TDG+1.4%LMT-0.7%GD+0.3%NOC-0.3%HONA-0.6%LHX+0.7%RKLB+1.1%AXON-0.1%ATI+0.9%CW+0.2%WWD+2.3%CRS-1.3%FTAI+0.2%TXT+1.3%BWXT-0.2%HEIHIIKTOS

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS THE CHANGE IN THE LATEST AVAILABLE SNAPSHOT · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1GEGENERAL ELECTRIC20.97%$312.39+0.0%
2RTXRAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES16.19%$185.01-0.3%
3BABOEING7.49%$192.28+3.3%
4HWMHOWMET AEROSPACE4.61%$228.38+1.0%
5TDGTRANSDIGM GROUP4.56%$1097.24+1.4%
6LMTLOCKHEED MARTIN4.60%$505.50-0.7%
7GDGENERAL DYNAMICS4.46%$332.72+0.3%
8NOCNORTHROP GRUMMAN4.45%$482.00-0.3%
9HONAHoneywell Aerospace3.82%$154.07-0.6%
10LHXL3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES3.43%$238.40+0.7%
11RKLBROCKET LAB USA2.98%$70.46+1.1%
12AXONAXON ENTERPRISE2.67%$422.21-0.1%
13ATIATI2.00%$191.14+0.9%
14CWCURTISS WRIGHT1.56%$544.94+0.2%
15WWDWOODWARD1.51%$336.19+2.3%

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Sector weights
Industrials99.86%
Consumer Discretionary0.1%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-2.7%
1 month-7.7%
3 months-14.7%
6 months-1.3%
YTD-3.1%
1 year-0.6%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$82M
1 month−$290M
3 months−$680M
YTD−$275M
1 year+$435M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAugSepOct
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
14%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
23%realized volatility, 1 year
-18.2%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-17.8%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 21.0% of the book; the top ten carry 75%. Spread across 49+ names, it behaves like roughly 10 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
713calls · latest snapshot
294puts · latest snapshot
0.41put/call ratio
900Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
BA BOEING$34M$34M
RKLB ROCKET LAB USA$13M$15M
HWM HOWMET AEROSPACE$6M$1M
GE GENERAL ELECTRIC$4M$3M
LHX L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES$339,725$6M

TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES

The case against ITA

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat ITA on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
SPDW State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF0.03%$41.5B+$286M-37bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$286M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.2B+$199M-37bp on fee · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.9B+$497M-36bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$575M-36bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-36bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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