ITA — iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF
Data updated: 2026-08-24
ITA — iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF. United States Large Cap Blend / Core Industrials Equity. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
ITA Fund Overview
ITA — iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF is a US ETF managed by iSHARES TRUST, categorised as United States Large Cap Blend / Core Industrials Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US ETF
- Manager: iSHARES TRUST
- Category: United States Large Cap Blend / Core Industrials Equity
- Assets under management: $14.44B
- 1-year return: 29.3%
- Ticker: ITA
- SEC CIK: 0001100663
- SEC series ID: S000009423
- Share class ID: C000025777
ITA Holdings
Top 10 holdings of iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| General Electric Company | 22.61% |
| Rtx Corporation | 14.82% |
| The Boeing Company | 8.90% |
| Transdigm Group Incorporated | 4.59% |
| Howmet Aerospace Inc. | 4.50% |
| General Dynamics Corporation | 4.33% |
| Lockheed Martin Corporation | 4.05% |
| Northrop Grumman Corporation | 3.92% |
| L3harris Technologies, Inc. | 3.80% |
| Rocket Lab Corporation | 3.63% |
ITA Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.9% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.6% |
ITA Performance
Total returns for ITA (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 13.2% |
| 1 year | 29.3% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 28.6% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 18.2% |
ITA Risk Information
Risk metrics for ITA, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 18.4%
ITA Costs and Fees
ITA costs about $38 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.38%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.38%
- Portfolio turnover: 42%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.18 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
ITA Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF had net inflows of $3.21B, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$297.92M |
| 2026-05 | −$256.63M |
| 2026-04 | $72.29M |
| 2026-03 | −$892.95M |
| 2026-02 | $448.43M |
| 2026-01 | $923.78M |
ITA Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
ITA Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-07-22
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-07-19
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2023-07-20
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-24
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-22
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-23
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-06-15
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-06-13
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.