ETF comparison
ITA vs VIS
Both Industrials.
iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF · Vanguard Industrials Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
40 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ITA and VIS would leave roughly 24.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VIS is 29 bps cheaper than ITA. On a $100,000 position that's about $290/yr more in fees for ITA.
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 VIS.
Top shared holdings
40 shared in total| # | Holding | In ITA | In VIS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | 19.03% | 5.11% | 5.11% |
| 2 | RTX CORPORATION | 16.55% | 3.82% | 3.82% |
| 3 | THE BOEING COMPANY | 8.91% | 2.50% | 2.50% |
| 4 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | 4.58% | 1.95% | 1.95% |
| 5 | HOWMET AEROSPACE INC. | 4.50% | 1.42% | 1.42% |
| 6 | Northrop Grumman Corporation | 4.58% | 1.39% | 1.39% |
| 7 | GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION | 4.77% | 1.15% | 1.15% |
| 8 | TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED | 4.53% | 1.03% | 1.03% |
| 9 | L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 4.66% | 0.96% | 0.96% |
| 10 | AXON ENTERPRISE, INC. | 2.83% | 0.57% | 0.57% |
| 11 | ROCKET LAB CORPORATION | 2.55% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 12 | CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION | 2.12% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
Only in ITA
4 total- FTAI Aviation Ltd. 2.12%
- STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC. 0.05%
- SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC. 0.05%
- BETA Technologies Inc 0.04%
Only in VIS
346 total- Caterpillar Inc 4.90%
- GE Vernova Inc 3.35%
- Deere & Co 2.28%
- Honeywell International Inc 2.18%
- Uber Technologies Inc 2.10%
- Eaton Corp PLC 2.06%
- Union Pacific Corp 1.89%
- Parker-Hannifin Corp 1.80%
- Trane Technologies PLC 1.45%
- Waste Management Inc 1.37%
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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.