ETF comparison
ITA vs XLI
Both Industrials.
iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF · State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF
Holdings overlap
12 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ITA and XLI would leave roughly 25.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
XLI is 30 bps cheaper than ITA. On a $100,000 position that's about $300/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 XLI.
Top shared holdings
12 shared in total| # | Holding | In ITA | In XLI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | 19.03% | 5.89% | 5.89% |
| 2 | RTX CORPORATION | 16.55% | 5.13% | 5.13% |
| 3 | THE BOEING COMPANY | 8.91% | 3.09% | 3.09% |
| 4 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | 4.58% | 2.42% | 2.42% |
| 5 | HOWMET AEROSPACE INC. | 4.50% | 1.83% | 1.83% |
| 6 | Northrop Grumman Corporation | 4.58% | 1.80% | 1.80% |
| 7 | GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION | 4.77% | 1.72% | 1.72% |
| 8 | TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED | 4.53% | 1.30% | 1.30% |
| 9 | L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 4.66% | 1.28% | 1.28% |
| 10 | AXON ENTERPRISE, INC. | 2.83% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 11 | TEXTRON INC. | 1.29% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 12 | HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. | 1.26% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
Only in ITA
32 total- ROCKET LAB CORPORATION 2.55%
- FTAI Aviation Ltd. 2.12%
- CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION 2.12%
- WOODWARD, INC. 1.80%
- ATI INC 1.67%
- CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1.66%
- BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1.58%
- HEICO CORPORATION 1.38%
- KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC. 1.10%
- HEICO CORPORATION 0.93%
Only in XLI
68 total- Caterpillar Inc 6.53%
- GE Vernova Inc 4.66%
- Uber Technologies Inc 2.93%
- Union Pacific Corp 2.85%
- Honeywell International Inc 2.84%
- Deere & Co 2.81%
- Eaton Corp PLC 2.75%
- Parker-Hannifin Corp 2.24%
- Vertiv Holdings Co 1.90%
- Trane Technologies PLC 1.83%
Open ITA or XLI at a brokerage
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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/.
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