Defense stocꦺks have strug♈gled to keep up with the broader market in recent years, with annualized 5-year returns of even the best-performing defense ETFs lagging the S&P 500 by about two percentage points. Currently, there are four ETFs that follow different indices tracking the aerospace and defense industry.

Below, we look at the three defense ETFs with the lowest fees, the best 12-month return, and the most liquidity. We have excluded leveraged ETFs, which provide outsized returns but come with extra risk. All data below are as of June 16.

Defense ETF with the Lowest Fee🌱s: SPDR S&P 500 Aඣerospace & Defense ETF (XAR)

Tracking the S&P Aerospace & Defense Select Industry Index, the fund’s top holdings are Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. (SPCE), BWX Technologies Inc. (BWXT), and Axon Enterprise Inc. (AXON). The fund follows a “sampling strategy” which allows the fund manager to invest in securities other than those securities comprising the underlying index, but at least 80% of the fund’s assets are invested in the index itself.

• Performance Over One Year: 24.1%
• Expense Ratio: 0.35%
• 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:30-Day SEC Yield: 0.44%
• 30-Day Average Daily Volume: 57,658
• Assets Under Management: $1.5 billion
• Inception Date: Sept. 28, 2011
• Issuer: State Street Global Advisors
  

Defense ETF with the Best 1-Year Re🍌turn: Invesco Aerospace &amℱp; Defense ETF (PPA)

The fund seeks to replicate the yield and price of the SPADE Defense Index. The fund invests at least 90% of its assets in the underlying index, and its top three holdings are The Boeing Co. (BA), Northrop Grumman Corp. (NOC), and Raytheon Technologies Corp (RTX).

• Performance Over One Year: 26.8%
• Expense Ratio: 0.58%
• 30-Day SEC Yield: 0.58%
• 30-Day Average Daily Volume: 132,946
• Assets Under Management: $1.9 billion
• Inception Date: Oct. 26, 2005
• Issuer: Invesco

Most Liquid Defense ETF: iShares U.S. Aerospac𝓰e & Defense ETF 🐈(ITA)

The fund seeks to replicate the performance of the Dow Jones US Select Aerospace & Defense Index, which is composed of US aerospace and defense equities. The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in the index, and its top holdings are Raytheon, Boeing, and Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT).

• Performance Over One Year: 25.1%
• Expense Ratio: 0.39%
• 30-Day SEC Yield: 0.78%
• 30-Day Average Daily Volume: 452,818
• Assets Under Management: $5.8 billion
• Inception Date: May 1, 2006
• Issuer: BlackRock Financial Management

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