iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense Index ETF (TSX:XAD)

Assets	159.44M
Expense Ratio	0.43%
PE Ratio	33.57
Dividend (ttm)	0.33
Dividend Yield	0.34%
Ex-Dividend Date	Jun 25, 2026
Payout Frequency	Semi-Annual
Payout Ratio	11.25%
1-Year Return	+8.24%

Volume	1,272
Open	97.50
Previous Close	98.33
Day's Range	96.34 - 97.58
52-Week Low	90.55
52-Week High	115.89
Beta	0.96
Holdings	53
Inception Date	Sep 6, 2023

About XAD

iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense Index ETF is an exchange traded fund launched and managed by BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited. It is co-managed by BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. It invests in public equity markets of the United States. The fund invests directly and through other funds in stocks of companies operating across industrials, capital goods, aerospace and defense sectors. The fund invests in growth and value stocks of companies across diversified market capitalization. The fund seeks to track the performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Aerospace & Defense Index, by using full replication technique. iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense Index ETF was formed on September 6, 2023 and is domiciled in Canada.

• Asset Class: Equity
• Category: Industrials
• Region: North America
• Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange
• Ticker Symbol: XAD
• Provider: iShares
• Index Tracked: Dow Jones U.S. Select Aerospace & Defense Index - Benchmark TR Net

Performance

XAD had a total return of 8.24% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 27.58%.

Top 10 Holdings

74.72% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
GE Aerospace	GE	20.40%
RTX Corporation	RTX	16.36%
The Boeing Company	BA	7.72%
Northrop Grumman Corporation	NOC	4.69%
Lockheed Martin Corporation	LMT	4.66%
General Dynamics Corporation	GD	4.59%
Howmet Aerospace Inc.	HWM	4.52%
TransDigm Group Incorporated	TDG	4.42%
Honeywell Aerospace Inc.	HONA	3.90%
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.	LHX	3.46%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Jun 25, 2026	0.097 CAD	Jun 30, 2026
Dec 30, 2025	0.22995 CAD	Jan 5, 2026
Jun 25, 2025	0.107 CAD	Jun 30, 2025
Dec 30, 2024	0.1952 CAD	Jan 3, 2025
Jun 25, 2024	0.103 CAD	Jun 28, 2024
Dec 28, 2023	0.13263 CAD	Jan 4, 2024

Data Sources: S&P Global Market Intelligence and Finnhub

Historical data is provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Several fund data points are also provided by Finnhub.

Last checked:

Sep 23, 2026

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