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State Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF (XAR) holdings & weights

Per-holding contribution · concentration · sector skew — a deep read

US-listedAs of 2026-10-15
IndexS&P Aerospace & Defense Select Industry
Annual fee0.35%
Net assets$5.3B
InceptionSep 28, 2011

Fund overview

This is a US-listed ETF from State Street. It tracks the S&P Aerospace & Defense Select Industry. Key facts — expense ratio 0.35%; net assets about $5.3B; inception Sep 28, 2011. Its 1-year return is -4.99%.

Index tracked
S&P Aerospace & Defense Select Industry
Provider
State Street
Expense ratio
0.35%
Net assets (AUM)
$5.3B
Inception
Sep 28, 2011
1-year return
-4.99%
Holdings
52
52-week range
$215.02–$297.79
Fund details

Fund overview

This is a US-listed ETF from State Street. It tracks the S&P Aerospace & Defense Select Industry. Key facts — expense ratio 0.35%; net assets about $5.3B; inception Sep 28, 2011. Its 1-year return is -4.99%.

Index tracked
S&P Aerospace & Defense Select Industry
Provider
State Street
Expense ratio
0.35%
Net assets (AUM)
$5.3B
Inception
Sep 28, 2011
1-year return
-4.99%
Holdings
52
52-week range
$215.02–$297.79

50 identified stocks · net exposure / NAV 99.95%. Display weights are normalized to 100%; calculations retain original exposures without an additional leverage multiplier. Cash and unallocated contracts are excluded from stock attribution.

Weight and calculation basis

50 identified stocks · net exposure / NAV 99.95%. Display weights are normalized to 100%; calculations retain original exposures without an additional leverage multiplier. Cash and unallocated contracts are excluded from stock attribution.

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Holdings not priced
30.7%
Top-10 weight
255
Concentration HHI (Low)
Industrials
Top sector

We have this ETF's holdings, but the prices for those particular listings are outside our quote coverage (currently Korea- and US-listed securities). So today's contribution and return are not computed — showing 0% would claim it did not move, which is a different statement. The holdings and weights below follow the calculation basis above.

Today's summary

Its top 10 holdings make up about 30.7% of the fund. The concentration index (HHI) is 255 — Low — evenly diversified, and the largest sector is Industrials (84%). The higher the concentration, the more one stock or sector drives the whole ETF's return.

Structural health

A five-axis read on how this fund is built. It is not a return forecast or a recommendation, and a low score does not mean a bad fund — leveraged products score low by design. Each axis shows the figure behind it.

73/ 100
BSound structure
DiversificationHHI 255100

Concentration is below 1,500 (255), so no single holding dominates.

Sector balanceIndustrials 84%1

Industrials alone is 84%. This is effectively a bet on that one industry — if the sector falls, diversification will not help.

Cost0.35%/yr74

0.35% a year is typical. Held ten years, roughly 3.5% goes to fees.

Fund size$5.3B78

Net assets of $5.3B — liquid enough to trade, and unlikely to be wound down.

Structural simplicityPhysical, 1x100

A plain 1x physical fund holding the shares themselves — no structural drift from how long you hold it.

Concentration and diversification

Structural health

A five-axis read on how this fund is built. It is not a return forecast or a recommendation, and a low score does not mean a bad fund — leveraged products score low by design. Each axis shows the figure behind it.

73/ 100
BSound structure
DiversificationHHI 255100

Concentration is below 1,500 (255), so no single holding dominates.

Sector balanceIndustrials 84%1

Industrials alone is 84%. This is effectively a bet on that one industry — if the sector falls, diversification will not help.

Cost0.35%/yr74

0.35% a year is typical. Held ten years, roughly 3.5% goes to fees.

Fund size$5.3B78

Net assets of $5.3B — liquid enough to trade, and unlikely to be wound down.

Structural simplicityPhysical, 1x100

A plain 1x physical fund holding the shares themselves — no structural drift from how long you hold it.

Top 20 holdings

Weights are normalized to 100% of absolute exposures across analysed positions, including positions outside this top list. Cash, collateral and unverified assets are excluded. Contributions retain original signed NAV exposures; leverage is not applied twice.

Normalized to 100% of analysed positions

Weights are normalized to 100% of absolute exposures across analysed positions, including positions outside this top list. Cash, collateral and unverified assets are excluded. Contributions retain original signed NAV exposures; leverage is not applied twice.

Tile size = weight, colour = the day's return (deeper = larger). Covers the top 30 holdings, 83.9% of the fund. Labels are dropped where a tile is too small; hover any tile for its name and figures.
#HoldingWeight
1HONEYWELL AEROSPACEHONA3.34%
2LOCKHEED MARTINLMT3.15%
3TRANSDIGMTDG3.12%
4MOOGMOG.A3.08%
5HEICOHEI3.06%
6WOODWARDWWD3.06%
7NORTHROP GRUMMANNOC3.00%
8L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIESLHX2.98%
9GENERAL ELECTRICGE2.97%
10GENERAL DYNAMICSGD2.96%
11HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIEHII2.95%
12RTXRTX2.93%
13HOWMET AEROSPACEHWM2.93%
14TEXTRONTXT2.92%
15HEXCELHXL2.91%
16ATIATI2.84%
17BOEING/THEBA2.83%
18FTAI AVIATIONFTAI2.82%
19CURTISS WRIGHTCW2.75%
20ROCKET LABRKLB2.71%

Holdings below 0.5% or outside the top list are folded into “Others” and omitted above.

Where the weight sits — sector mix

Listed equity weights summed by sector and normalized to 100%. Each band is one sector's share.

Industrials84.1%
Information Technology5.5%
Consumer Discretionary3.9%
Unclassified3.1%
Energy3.1%
Health Care0.3%
Industry breakdown
Military/Government/Technical25.3%
Aerospace24.3%
Industrial Machinery/Components16.8%
Marine Transportation5.9%
Steel/Iron Ore5.4%
Unclassified3.1%
Ordnance And Accessories3.1%
Consumer Electronics/Appliances3.0%
Metal Fabrications2.9%
Major Chemicals2.9%
Misc Corporate Leasing Services2.8%
Electrical Products2.1%
Diversified Commercial Services1.3%
Computer Software: Prepackaged Software0.4%
Industrial Specialties0.3%
Radio And Television Broadcasting And Communications Equipment0.3%
Transportation Services0.2%
Concentration at a glanceHHI 255well spread
spread1,0001,8002,500concentrated

HHI sums the squared weights. The more it leans on a few names, the higher it goes — and the more the whole ETF moves with them.

How concentrated is it

Concentration (HHI) is low at 255, with the top 10 holdings at just 30.7% of equity weight. No single name can dominate the fund.

Good for damping single-stock risk — and equally, a big winner inside gets diluted.

HHI squares each weight and sums them: 10,000 means one stock is everything, and the more evenly spread the holdings, the closer it falls to zero.

Where the sector weight sits

By sector, Industrials alone is 84% — whatever the fund is called, this is a bet on that industry.

Bad news for the sector moves the whole fund. Worth checking against anything else you hold in the same space.

Weights above sum the individually listed equities and normalize that equity total to 100%.

How much it overlaps others

It shares 48% of its holdings with ITA (24 names in common) — close to half the same companies.

Own both and the diversification is thinner than it looks.

What it is made of

The fund holds 52 positions in total; this page lists the largest 50 and folds the rest into "Others".

The expense ratio is 0.35% a year. Funds tracking the same index tend to perform alike, which makes the fee one of the few things that reliably separates them over time.

This page is not investment advice. Investment decisions and responsibility are your own.

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