XAR - SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF
Assets | $1.35B |
NAV | $127.38 |
Expense Ratio | 0.35% |
PE Ratio | 25.62 |
Beta (5Y) | 1.22 |
Dividend (ttm) | $0.93 |
Dividend Yield | 0.73% |
Ex-Dividend Date | Mar 22, 2021 |
1-Year Return | - |
Trading Day | April 19 |
Last Price | $126.53 |
Previous Close | $127.73 |
Change ($) | -1.20 |
Change (%) | -0.94% |
Day's Open | 127.57 |
Day's Range | 126.17 - 127.57 |
Day's Volume | 35,009 |
52-Week Range | 71.73 - 129.05 |
Fund Description
The investment seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the total return performance of the S&P Aerospace & Defense Select Industry Index. 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).
Asset Class Equity | Sector Defense |
Region North America | Inception Date Sep 28, 2011 |
Exchange NYSEARCA | Ticker Symbol XAR |
Index Tracked S&P Aerospace & Defense Select Industry Index |
Top 10 Holdings
39.69% of assetsName | Symbol | Weight |
---|---|---|
Mercury Systems | MRCY | 4.32% |
Lockheed Martin | LMT | 4.15% |
Northrop Grumman | NOC | 4.14% |
L3Harris Technologies | LHX | 3.96% |
Teledyne Technologies | TDY | 3.92% |
BWX Technologies | BWXT | 3.89% |
Cubic Corporation | CUB | 3.85% |
Huntington Ingalls Industries | HII | 3.85% |
Textron | TXT | 3.84% |
General Dynamics | GD | 3.77% |
Dividends
Ex-Dividend | Amount | Pay Date |
---|---|---|
Mar 22, 2021 | $0.646 | Mar 25, 2021 |
Dec 21, 2020 | $0.103 | Dec 24, 2020 |
Sep 21, 2020 | $0.093 | Sep 24, 2020 |
Jun 22, 2020 | $0.091 | Jun 25, 2020 |
Mar 23, 2020 | $0.431 | Mar 26, 2020 |
Dec 23, 2019 | $0.126 | Dec 27, 2019 |
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