ETF comparison
ITA vs XAR
Both Industrials.
iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF · State Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF
Holdings overlap
46 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ITA and XAR would leave roughly 49.9% 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
XAR is 2 bps cheaper than ITA. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/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 XAR.
Top shared holdings
46 shared in total| # | Holding | In ITA | In XAR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AXON ENTERPRISE, INC. | 3.17% | 3.22% | 3.17% |
| 2 | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | 22.61% | 3.02% | 3.02% |
| 3 | TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED | 4.59% | 2.83% | 2.83% |
| 4 | HOWMET AEROSPACE INC. | 4.50% | 2.77% | 2.77% |
| 5 | RTX CORPORATION | 14.82% | 2.75% | 2.75% |
| 6 | GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION | 4.33% | 2.67% | 2.67% |
| 7 | THE BOEING COMPANY | 8.90% | 2.67% | 2.67% |
| 8 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | 4.05% | 2.50% | 2.50% |
| 9 | ROCKET LAB CORPORATION | 3.63% | 2.49% | 2.49% |
| 10 | L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 3.80% | 2.47% | 2.47% |
| 11 | Northrop Grumman Corporation | 3.92% | 2.42% | 2.42% |
| 12 | CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 2.15% | 3.04% | 2.15% |
Only in ITA
3 total- HEICO CORPORATION 1.40%
- SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC. 0.05%
- STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC. 0.04%
Only in XAR
2 total- Satellogic Inc 0.48%
- Park Aerospace Corp 0.39%
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More comparisons with ITA
- ITA vs SHLD · Global X Defense Tech ETF 28.7%
- ITA vs FIDU · Fidelity MSCI Industrials Index ETF 24.2%
- ITA vs XLI · State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF 24.0%
- ITA vs VIS · Vanguard Industrials Index Fund ETF Shares 23.0%
- ITA vs IYJ · iShares U.S. Industrials ETF 19.5%
- ITA vs PAVE · Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF 7.0%
More comparisons with XAR
- XAR vs PPA · Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF 47.6%
- XAR vs SHLD · Global X Defense Tech ETF 25.1%
- XAR vs VIS · Vanguard Industrials Index Fund ETF Shares 20.3%
- XAR vs FIDU · Fidelity MSCI Industrials Index ETF 20.2%
- XAR vs XLI · State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF 18.3%
- XAR vs IYJ · iShares U.S. Industrials ETF 17.1%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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.