MISL — First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF
Data updated: 2026-08-21
MISL — First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF. United States Large Cap Blend / Core Industrials Equity. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
MISL Fund Overview
MISL — First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF is a US ETF managed by First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund, 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: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund
- Category: United States Large Cap Blend / Core Industrials Equity
- Assets under management: $801.87M
- 1-year return: 23.2%
- Ticker: MISL
- SEC CIK: 0001329377
- SEC series ID: S000077603
- Share class ID: C000238091
MISL Holdings
Top 10 holdings of First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Ge Aerospace | 8.92% |
| Space Exploration Technologies Corp. | 7.81% |
| Boeing Company (the) | 7.32% |
| Rtx Corp. | 6.93% |
| Palantir Technologies, Inc. | 6.70% |
| Lockheed Martin Corp. | 6.11% |
| Rocket Lab Corp. | 5.50% |
| Heico Corp. | 4.42% |
| Transdigm Group, Inc. | 4.06% |
| Howmet Aerospace, Inc. | 3.91% |
MISL Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.9% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.2% |
MISL Performance
Total returns for MISL (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 7.2% |
| 1 year | 23.2% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 26.1% |
MISL Risk Information
Risk metrics for MISL, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 23.9%
MISL Costs and Fees
MISL costs about $60 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.60%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.60%
- Portfolio turnover: 22%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.27 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
MISL Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-03, First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF had net inflows of $1.19B, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | $59.30M |
| 2026-02 | $53.37M |
| 2026-01 | −$16.49M |
| 2025-12 | $1.05B |
| 2025-11 | $6.21M |
| 2025-10 | $6.46M |
MISL Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
MISL Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-04-30
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-30
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-29
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-21
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-23
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-13
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-11
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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.