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Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF

$155.57+0.61% vs prior close
14618652-WK

Price through Oct 1 · 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 fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in the securities that comprise the underlying index. The underlying index is composed of common stocks of companies that are systematically important to the defense sector and are involved with the development, manufacture, operation and support of U.S. defense, military, national/homeland security, and government space operations. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
163.2160.1157.0Fri Oct 02 · EIB lends to Rezolv solar, Amazon buys Calvert Cliffs power, Stegra warns Boden costs moreThu Oct 01 · Nest replaces 1,000-stock EM book with 100-150 as NYC boards weigh $5bn climate allocationThu Oct 01 · Virginia governor bans data-center NDAs as the Senate blocks a power-cost billThu Oct 01 · Amazon signs 20-year PPA with Constellation for Calvert Cliffs expansionThu Oct 01 · Fluor and JGC split $15bn LNG Canada phase-two EPC work155.57DAILY NET FLOWSep 1Sep 11Sep 22Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN · NET −$17M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$17M in net outflows over the past month, about 0.2% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -0.7% so far this year. At 0.58% a year it is not the cheapest way in — SIMS has a reported fee of 0.45%.

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

$7.4Bassets under management
0.58%expense ratio · $58 per $10,000 a year
−$17Mnet flow, trailing month
289Kavg daily volume, 30 days
53holdings · US-domiciled
2005listed October 26, 2005 · beta 1.02
The book at a glance
RTX-0.3%GE+0.0%BA+3.3%LMT-0.7%GD+0.3%NOC-0.3%PH+1.1%HWM+1.0%LHX+0.7%HONA-0.6%ESLT+2.0%TDG+1.4%APH+1.6%AXON-0.1%ETN+1.8%PLTR+1.6%RKLB+1.1%ATI+0.9%HEI+1.1%CW+0.2%WWD+2.3%CRS-1.3%CACI+2.9%LDOS+0.1%TXT+1.3%KEYS+2.7%HII+2.7%DRS+0.4%MOGATDY+1.0%VSAT-0.0%BWXT-0.2%CAEAVAVKTOSBAHSAROHXL

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1RTXRAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES8.04%$185.01-0.3%
2GEGENERAL ELECTRIC7.00%$312.39+0.0%
3BABOEING6.65%$192.28+3.3%
4LMTLOCKHEED MARTIN6.51%$505.50-0.7%
5GDGENERAL DYNAMICS4.80%$332.72+0.3%
6NOCNORTHROP GRUMMAN4.93%$482.00-0.3%
7PHPARKER HANNIFIN4.09%$965.88+1.1%
8HWMHOWMET AEROSPACE4.08%$228.38+1.0%
9LHXL3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES3.65%$238.40+0.7%
10HONAHoneywell Aerospace3.44%$154.07-0.6%
11ESLTELBIT SYSTEMS3.39%$695.68+2.0%
12TDGTRANSDIGM GROUP3.02%$1097.24+1.4%
13APHAMPHENOL2.95%$85.67+1.6%
14AXONAXON ENTERPRISE2.83%$422.21-0.1%
15ETNEATON CORP2.50%$437.28+1.8%

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Sector weights
Industrials88.38%
Electronic Technology71.03%
Producer Manufacturing15.89%
Technology11.42%
Information Technology11.19%
Technology Services6.81%
Commercial Services4.23%
Non-Energy Minerals0.83%
Other0.67%
Process Industries0.6%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States97.5%
Ireland3.78%
Israel1.53%
Canada0.96%
Other0.69%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-2.4%
1 month-5.8%
3 months-12.4%
6 months-2.8%
YTD-0.7%
1 year-0.1%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$57M
1 month−$17M
3 months+$139M
YTD+$857M
1 year+$874M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
JulAugSepOctFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
13%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
22%realized volatility, 1 year
-16.7%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-16.2%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 8.0% of the book; the top ten carry 53%. Spread across 62+ names, it behaves like roughly 26 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
17calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
250Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
PLTR PALANTIR$63M$57M
BA BOEING$34M$34M
RKLB ROCKET LAB USA$13M$15M
HWM HOWMET AEROSPACE$6M$1M
GE GENERAL ELECTRIC$4M$3M

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

The case against PPA

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat PPA 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-55bp on fee · 6× the assets · +$286M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.2B+$199M-55bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.9B+$497M-54bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$575M-54bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-54bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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