ETF comparison
AIRRvsXAR
Both Industrials.
First Trust RBA American Industrial RenaissanceTM ETF · State Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF
Holdings overlap
6 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AIRR and XAR would leave roughly11.4%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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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 thecost calculator pre-filled with AIRR vs XAR.
Top shared holdings
6 shared in total| # | Holding | In AIRR | In XAR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BWX TECHNOLOGIES INC | 2.97% | 2.74% | 2.74% |
| 2 | HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES INC | 2.44% | 2.49% | 2.44% |
| 3 | KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS INC | 2.43% | 2.34% | 2.34% |
| 4 | KARMAN HOLDINGS INC | 1.88% | 2.80% | 1.88% |
| 5 | MERCURY SYSTEMS INC | 1.24% | 2.25% | 1.24% |
| 6 | LEONARDO DRS INC | 0.77% | 1.98% | 0.77% |
Only in AIRR
46 total- STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE INC6.00%
- ARGAN INC4.73%
- COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC4.42%
- MASTEC INC4.18%
- CH ROBINSON WORLDWIDE INC4.08%
- OWENS CORNING3.89%
- DYCOM INDUSTRIES INC3.76%
- EMCOR GROUP INC3.75%
- SAIA INC3.53%
- POWELL INDUSTRIES INC2.48%
Only in XAR
43 total- VSE Corp3.40%
- Axon Enterprise Inc3.22%
- StandardAero Inc3.11%
- FTAI Aviation Ltd3.08%
- Carpenter Technology Corp3.04%
- General Electric Co3.02%
- Woodward Inc2.98%
- HEICO Corp2.86%
- Moog Inc2.86%
- TransDigm Group Inc2.83%
Open AIRR or XAR at a brokerage
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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.