ETF comparison
ITA vs SHLD
Both Industrials.
iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF · Global X Defense Tech ETF
Holdings overlap
15 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ITA and SHLD would leave roughly 28.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
ITA is 13 bps cheaper than SHLD. On a $100,000 position that's about $130/yr more in fees for SHLD.
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 ITA vs SHLD.
Top shared holdings
15 shared in total| # | Holding | In ITA | In SHLD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RTX CORPORATION | 14.82% | 7.76% | 7.76% |
| 2 | GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION | 4.33% | 7.67% | 4.33% |
| 3 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | 4.05% | 8.42% | 4.05% |
| 4 | Northrop Grumman Corporation | 3.92% | 4.23% | 3.92% |
| 5 | L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 3.80% | 4.69% | 3.80% |
| 6 | BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 1.25% | 3.05% | 1.25% |
| 7 | MOOG INC. | 0.85% | 1.70% | 0.85% |
| 8 | HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. | 0.77% | 2.04% | 0.77% |
| 9 | KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC. | 0.66% | 1.81% | 0.66% |
| 10 | MERCURY SYSTEMS, INC. | 0.45% | 1.13% | 0.45% |
| 11 | AEROVIRONMENT, INC. | 0.37% | 1.32% | 0.37% |
| 12 | KARMAN HOLDINGS INC. | 0.32% | 0.83% | 0.32% |
Only in ITA
34 total- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 22.61%
- THE BOEING COMPANY 8.90%
- TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED 4.59%
- HOWMET AEROSPACE INC. 4.50%
- ROCKET LAB CORPORATION 3.63%
- AXON ENTERPRISE, INC. 3.17%
- CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2.15%
- CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION 1.96%
- FTAI Aviation Ltd. 1.95%
- ATI INC 1.89%
Only in SHLD
33 total- PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. 7.07%
- Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft 5.76%
- BAE SYSTEMS PLC 4.88%
- HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD. 4.40%
- LEONARDO - SOCIETA PER AZIONI 4.35%
- THALES SA 4.27%
- ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD 4.13%
- SAAB Aktiebolag 3.82%
- LEIDOS HOLDINGS, INC. 2.77%
- KOREA AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES, LTD. 1.34%
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- ITA vs IYJ · iShares U.S. Industrials ETF 19.5%
- ITA vs PAVE · Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF 7.0%
- ITA vs JETS · U.S. Global Jets ETF 4.5%
More comparisons with SHLD
- SHLD vs XAR · State Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF 25.1%
- SHLD vs XLI · State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF 10.3%
- SHLD vs FIDU · Fidelity MSCI Industrials Index ETF 10.1%
- SHLD vs VIS · Vanguard Industrials Index Fund ETF Shares 9.3%
- SHLD vs AIRR · First Trust RBA American Industrial RenaissanceTM ETF 8.8%
- SHLD vs IYJ · iShares U.S. Industrials ETF 8.1%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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