XAR — SPDR® S&P® Aerospace & Defense ETF
Data updated: 2026-09-11
XAR — SPDR® S&P® Aerospace & Defense ETF. United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Industrials Equity · $6.47B AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
XAR Fund Overview
XAR — SPDR® S&P® Aerospace & Defense ETF is a US ETF managed by SPDR Series Trust, categorised as United States Mid 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: SPDR Series Trust
- Category: United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Industrials Equity
- Assets under management: $6.47B
- 1-year return: 35.2%
- Ticker: XAR
- SEC CIK: 0001064642
- SEC series ID: S000012318
- Share class ID: C000033534
XAR Holdings
Top 10 holdings of SPDR® S&P® Aerospace & Defense ETF by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| VSE Corp | 3.40% |
| Axon Enterprise Inc | 3.22% |
| StandardAero Inc | 3.11% |
| FTAI Aviation Ltd | 3.08% |
| State Street Global Advisors | 3.04% |
| Carpenter Technology Corp | 3.04% |
| General Electric Co | 3.02% |
| Woodward Inc | 2.98% |
| HEICO Corp | 2.86% |
| Moog Inc | 2.86% |
XAR Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of SPDR® S&P® Aerospace & Defense ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 100.0% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 3.0% |
XAR Performance
Total returns for XAR (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 17.9% |
| 1 year | 35.2% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 33.4% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 17.1% |
XAR Risk Information
Risk metrics for XAR, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 23.8%
XAR Costs and Fees
XAR costs about $35 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.35%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.35%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.29 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
XAR Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, SPDR® S&P® Aerospace & Defense ETF had net inflows of $1.49B, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | $79.05M |
| 2026-05 | −$65.72M |
| 2026-04 | −$2.04M |
| 2026-03 | $287.88M |
| 2026-02 | $165.92M |
| 2026-01 | $487.20M |
XAR Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in SPDR® S&P® Aerospace & Defense ETF's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
XAR Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official SPDR® S&P® Aerospace & Defense ETF filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-10-24
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-10-24
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2024-11-01
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-26
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-09-11
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-09-12
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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.