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AIRR vs XAR

Both Industrials.

First Trust RBA American Industrial RenaissanceTM ETF · State Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
12.0 %

6 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AIRR and XAR would leave roughly 12.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

AIRR only 88.0% Shared 12.0% XAR only 88.1%
In AIRR only
47 positions
Shared
6 positions
In XAR only
36 positions

Side by side

AIRR

First Trust RBA American Industrial RenaissanceTM ETF

First Trust · Industrials

64 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.69%
Net assets
$11.49B
TTM yield
0.09%
Top-10 conc.
37.1%
XAR

State Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF

State Street · Industrials

76 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.35%
Net assets
$6.47B
TTM yield
0.30%
Top-10 conc.
31.8%

Sub-score comparison

31
Cost
65
85
Tax efficiency
85
100
Liquidity
92
61
Concentration
69
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Tracking quality
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AIRR sub-score XAR

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

XAR is 34 bps cheaper than AIRR. On a $100,000 position that's about $340/yr more in fees for AIRR.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with AIRR vs XAR.

Top shared holdings

6 shared in total
# Holding In AIRR In XAR Overlap
1 BWX Technologies Inc. 3.13% 3.46% 3.13%
2 Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. 3.01% 3.04% 3.01%
3 KARMAN HOLDINGS INC 2.31% 2.53% 2.31%
4 Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. 1.91% 2.63% 1.91%
5 Mercury Systems Inc 0.83% 2.18% 0.83%
6 Leonardo DRS Inc 0.77% 2.14% 0.77%

Only in AIRR

47 total
  • Argan Inc 4.89%
  • Mastec, Inc. 4.65%
  • Comfort Systems USA Inc. 4.18%
  • Sterling Infrastructure Inc 3.96%
  • Emcor Group Inc 3.54%
  • Primoris Services Corp. 3.34%
  • Saia Inc 3.17%
  • SPX TECHNOLOGIES INC 3.13%
  • Dycom Industries, Inc. 3.07%
  • C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc 3.05%

Only in XAR

36 total
  • Curtiss-Wright Corp 3.26%
  • General Dynamics Corp 3.21%
  • Carpenter Technology Corp 3.20%
  • Hexcel Corp 3.17%
  • L3Harris Technologies Inc 3.14%
  • FTAI Aviation Ltd 3.12%
  • Textron Inc 3.11%
  • RTX Corp 3.08%
  • Lockheed Martin Corp 3.08%
  • Northrop Grumman Corp 3.08%

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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see /methodology/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.