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XARSPDRINDEX

SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF

$233.62+1.01% vs prior close
21929752-WK

Price through Oct 6 · Flows through Oct 5. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 6. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 6.

In seeking to track the performance of the S&P Aerospace & Defense Select Industry Index (the "index"), the fund employs a sampling strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 80%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index represents the aerospace and defense segment of the S&P Total Market Index ("S&P TMI").

Price & daily flows
280.0257.7235.5Mon Sep 14 · State Street's midterm playbook doesn't need an election233.62DAILY NET FLOWOct 6Feb 4Jun 4Oct 6

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$1.5B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$462M of net inflows over the past month, about 8.2% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -3.2% so far this year. At 0.35% a year, no lower reported fee appears among the alternatives shown here.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$5.6Bassets under management
0.35%expense ratio · $35 per $10,000 a year
+$462Mnet flow, trailing month
319Kavg daily volume, 30 days
32holdings · US-domiciled
2011listed September 28, 2011 · beta 1.48
The book at a glance
ATI+0.8%RTX-0.6%MOGA-1.4%VSEC+0.2%LMT+0.7%GD-0.1%GE+1.0%HEI+0.6%HXL+0.1%AXON+1.7%HWM+0.9%ACHR-1.5%HII-1.0%TDG+1.0%BA-1.5%WWD-0.1%NOC+1.5%SARO-0.5%AVAV+3.0%TXT-0.3%KTOS+4.0%BWXT+7.6%FTAI+8.9%LHX+0.4%CW+2.3%CRS+0.9%AIR+1.8%KRMN+0.8%RKLB+2.8%DRS+0.5%LOAR-1.7%MRCY-0.2%LUNR+5.4%ATRO+1.1%RDW+1.8%DCO+1.4%RCAT-0.1%FLY

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS THE CHANGE IN THE LATEST AVAILABLE SNAPSHOT · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1ATIATI2.77%$194.69+0.8%
2RTXRAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES2.75%$183.29-0.6%
3MOGAMoog Inc MOG-A2.86%$375.74-1.4%
4VSECVSE3.40%$168.48+0.2%
5LMTLOCKHEED MARTIN2.50%$510.12+0.7%
6GDGENERAL DYNAMICS2.67%$331.33-0.1%
7GEGENERAL ELECTRIC3.02%$309.39+1.0%
8HEIHEICO2.86%$303.26+0.6%
9HXLHEXCEL2.81%$86.01+0.1%
10AXONAXON ENTERPRISE3.22%$418.62+1.7%
11HWMHOWMET AEROSPACE2.77%$231.60+0.9%
12ACHRARCHER AVIATION2.41%$4.65-1.5%
13HIIHUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES2.49%$263.75-1.0%
14TDGTRANSDIGM GROUP2.83%$1103.33+1.0%
15BABOEING2.67%$189.82-1.5%

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Sector weights
Industrials100%
Electronic Technology94.57%
Producer Manufacturing4.05%
Other2.79%
Commercial Services0.6%
Distribution Services0.56%
Mutual fund0.23%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States100%
Canada4.9%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+1.0%
1 month-7.6%
3 months-19.4%
6 months-10.0%
YTD-3.2%
1 year-5.4%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$111M
1 month+$462M
3 months+$391M
YTD+$1.3B
1 year+$1.5B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
16%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
30%realized volatility, 1 year
-22.1%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-21.3%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 3.4% of the book; the top ten carry 30%. Spread across 50+ names, it behaves like roughly 40 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
143calls · latest snapshot
60puts · latest snapshot
0.42put/call ratio
246Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
RKLB ROCKET LAB USA$26M$24M
BA BOEING$14M$27M
GE GENERAL ELECTRIC$7M$8M
AXON AXON ENTERPRISE$2M$4M
LMT LOCKHEED MARTIN$4M$2M

TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES

The case against XAR

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat XAR on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
SPDW State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF0.03%$41.5B+$286M-32bp on fee · 7× the assets · +$286M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.2B+$199M-32bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.9B+$497M-31bp on fee · 6× the assets · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$575M-31bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-31bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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