iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)

BATS: ITA · Real-Time Price · USD
151.39
+1.04 (0.69%)
Jan 17, 2025, 4:00 PM EST - Market closed
0.69%
Assets $6.45B
Expense Ratio 0.40%
PE Ratio 32.10
Shares Out 42.90M
Dividend (ttm) $1.23
Dividend Yield 0.81%
Ex-Dividend Date Dec 17, 2024
Payout Ratio 26.06%
1-Year Return +26.90%
Volume 375,183
Open 151.21
Previous Close 150.35
Day's Range 150.60 - 152.17
52-Week Low 120.56
52-Week High 158.00
Beta 1.01
Holdings 40
Inception Date May 1, 2006

About ITA

Fund Home Page

The iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the DJ US Select / Aerospace & Defense index, a market-cap-weighted index of US manufacturers, assemblers and distributors of airplane and defense equipment. ITA was launched on May 1, 2006 and is issued by BlackRock.

Asset Class Equity
Category Industrials
Region North America
Stock Exchange BATS
Ticker Symbol ITA
ETF Provider BlackRock
Index Tracked DJ US Select / Aerospace & Defense

Top 10 Holdings

76.24% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
General Electric Company GE 18.49%
RTX Corporation RTX 15.06%
The Boeing Company BA 11.95%
Howmet Aerospace Inc. HWM 4.72%
TransDigm Group Incorporated TDG 4.70%
Northrop Grumman Corporation NOC 4.44%
General Dynamics Corporation GD 4.40%
Lockheed Martin Corporation LMT 4.26%
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. LHX 4.17%
Axon Enterprise, Inc. AXON 4.05%
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Dividends

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Dec 17, 2024 $0.43683 n/a
Sep 25, 2024 $0.22731 Sep 30, 2024
Jun 11, 2024 $0.2989 Jun 17, 2024
Mar 21, 2024 $0.26613 Mar 27, 2024
Dec 20, 2023 $0.43278 Dec 27, 2023
Sep 26, 2023 $0.22464 Oct 2, 2023
Full Dividend History

News

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3 months ago - Market Watch

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6 months ago - Seeking Alpha

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7 months ago - Seeking Alpha

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8 months ago - CNBC Television

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9 months ago - CNBC Television

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1 year ago - Market Watch

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