ETF Factsheet · Defense and aerospace

Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF (PPA)

PPA ETF sheet: fees, AUM, composition, allocation and performance, based on the positions published by the issuer.

Theme Defense and aerospaceIssuer InvescoClass EquityDomicile United StatesPEA no (fund domiciled outside Europe)
Symbol PPA·ISIN US46137V1008·Created on 2005-10-26·Positions at 2026-11-01·Sheet of the 07/11/2026
Annual fees
0,58 %
deducted from the share value
Outstanding
7,52 $bn
in US dollars
Number of lines
73
published positions
Weight of the top 10
61,2 %
concentration
Performance 1 year
+0,4 %
price in USD
3 year performance
+82,4 %
i.e. +22,2 % per year
5 year performance
+102,4 %
i.e. +15,2 % per year
Volatilité 1 an
22,2 %
annualized standard deviation
Worst drop
-18,9 %
from a high, 5 years
Last share price
153,19 USD
+1,52 % during the session
Reading. Fees of 0,58 % per year represent 58 € collected each year for every 10 000 € invested, directly in the share value. Defense ETFs are recent and concentrated on about twenty industrials (Rheinmetall, Lockheed, BAE…). Their AUM has exploded since 2022: check the size and liquidity of the chosen line. The positions come from the issuer's publications; performance is calculated on the closing prices of the PPA listing, dividends not reinvested, in the listing currency.

10 first linesweight in the fund

9,65 %
RTX CorporationUS75513E1010
9,24 %
GE AerospaceUS3696043013
8,68 %
The Boeing CompanyUS0970231058
7,73 %
5,57 %
5,23 %
4,23 %
Honeywell Aerospace IncHONA
3,76 %
3,60 %
3,50 %

Sectorsaccording to the issuer

Industry
89,74 %
Technology
9,23 %
Materials
0,81 %
Communication
0,16 %
Finance
0,06 %
Cash & Others
0,00 %

Countryaccording to the issuer

United States
95,93 %
Israel
3,03 %
Canada
1,05 %

What you need to know

The first 10 lines make up more than half of the fund: it behaves like a basket of a few securities.

Composition: the 50 largest positions

#LineWeightValue
1Lockheed Martin CorporationUS53983010949,65 %740,1 M$
2RTX CorporationUS75513E10109,24 %709,0 M$
3GE AerospaceUS36960430138,68 %666,0 M$
4The Boeing CompanyUS09702310587,73 %593,0 M$
5General Dynamics CorporationUS36955010865,57 %425,2 M$
6Northrop Grumman CorporationUS66680710295,23 %401,2 M$
7L3Harris Technologies, Inc.US50243110954,23 %324,5 M$
8Honeywell Aerospace IncHONA3,76 %288,7 M$
9Howmet Aerospace Inc.US44320110823,60 %275,8 M$
10TransDigm Group IncorporatedUS89364110033,50 %268,1 M$
11Parker-Hannifin CorporationUS70109410423,41 %261,6 M$
12Elbit Systems Ltd.IL00108112433,02 %231,9 M$
13Amphenol CorporationUS03209510172,19 %167,9 M$
14Axon Enterprise, Inc.US05464C10182,07 %158,5 M$
15Eaton Corporation plcIE00B8KQN8271,79 %137,2 M$
16Palantir Technologies Inc.US69608A10881,67 %128,4 M$
17ATI Inc.US01741R10231,32 %101,1 M$
18HEICO CorporationUS42280610931,26 %96,7 M$
19Curtiss-Wright CorporationUS23156110101,05 %80,6 M$
20Leidos Holdings, Inc.US52532710281,04 %79,6 M$
21Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.US44641310631,00 %77,1 M$
22CACI International IncUS12719030490,98 %74,8 M$
23Woodward, Inc.US98074510370,95 %72,6 M$
24Textron Inc.US88320310120,94 %72,2 M$
25Space Exploration Technologies CorpSPCX0,86 %65,8 M$
26Rocket Lab USA, Inc.US77312110890,83 %64,0 M$
27Carpenter Technology CorporationUS14428510360,81 %61,9 M$
28Viasat, Inc.US92552V10080,77 %59,2 M$
29Leonardo DRS, Inc.US52661A10880,75 %57,8 M$
30Teledyne Technologies IncorporatedUS87936010500,74 %56,9 M$
31BWX Technologies, Inc.US05605H10050,68 %52,2 M$
32Moog Inc.US61539420230,67 %51,6 M$
33CAE Inc.CA12476510880,67 %51,1 M$
34Keysight Technologies, Inc.US49338L10350,64 %49,4 M$
35Booz Allen Hamilton Holding CorporationUS09950210620,63 %48,7 M$
36StandardAero, Inc.US85423L10350,61 %46,6 M$
37Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.US50077B20790,60 %45,9 M$
38AeroVironment, Inc.US00807310880,53 %40,4 M$
39Hexcel CorporationUS42829110840,48 %37,0 M$
40Karman Holdings Inc.US48592410480,46 %35,3 M$
41Mercury Systems, Inc.US58937810890,40 %30,9 M$
42Science Applications International CorporationUS80862510760,40 %30,5 M$
43MDA Space LtdMDA0,38 %29,1 M$
44Loar Holdings Inc.US53947R10590,35 %26,6 M$
45AAR Corp.US00036110520,33 %25,3 M$
46TTM Technologies, Inc.US87305R10950,27 %20,8 M$
47KBR, Inc.US48242W10620,26 %19,8 M$
48Planet Labs PBCUS72703X10630,25 %19,3 M$
49Amentum Holdings, Inc.US02393910160,23 %17,8 M$
50Oshkosh CorpUS68823920110,21 %15,8 M$

Comparable ETFs

The overlap measures the part of the portfolio common to both funds (sum of minimum weights on shared lines): beyond 70 %, holding both provides almost no diversification.

ETFFeesOutstandingPerf. 1 yearRecovery
iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETFITA · IShares0,37 %12,22 $bn-0,3 %70,6 %compare
State Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETFXAR · SPDR0,35 %5,30 $bn-3,8 %47,5 %compare
Global X - Defense Tech ETFSHLD · Global X0,50 %6,60 $bn-10,6 %42,2 %compare
HanETF Future of Defence UCITS ETFNATO.MI · HanETF0,49 %3,32 $bn+5,7 %34,9 %compare
State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETFXLI · SPDR0,08 %31,52 $bn+6,6 %29,1 %compare
Fidelity MSCI Industrials Index ETFFIDU · Fidelity0,08 %2,32 $bnn.d.27,5 %compare
Vanguard Industrials ETFVIS · Vanguard0,09 %8,60 $bn+6,2 %26,6 %compare
VanEck Defense UCITS ETFDFEN.DE · VanEck0,55 %6,75 $bn-8,6 %22,9 %compare

Its holdings in other ETFsdouble exposure

The top holdings of PPA are found in many other funds: combining several ETFs often means holding the same companies multiple times.

  • Lockheed Martin Corporation : 9,65 % in this fund; held by 636 ETF, 29,70 Bn$ in total
  • RTX Corporation : 9,24 % in this fund; held by 642 ETF, 50,07 Bn$ in total
  • GE Aerospace : 8,68 % in this fund; held by 665 ETF, 57,49 Bn$ in total
  • The Boeing Company : 7,73 % in this fund; held by 484 ETF, 25,20 Bn$ in total
  • General Dynamics Corporation : 5,57 % in this fund; held by 577 ETF, 19,13 Bn$ in total
  • Northrop Grumman Corporation : 5,23 % in this fund; held by 536 ETF, 15,13 Bn$ in total
  • L3Harris Technologies, Inc. : 4,23 % in this fund; held by 497 ETF, 11,83 Bn$ in total
  • Howmet Aerospace Inc. : 3,60 % in this fund; held by 581 ETF, 19,56 Bn$ in total

Information provided for educational purposes from the positions published by the issuers and closing prices. Past performance is not indicative of future performance; fees and assets under management are those declared by the source and may contain errors. Investing involves a risk of capital loss.

Frequently Asked Questions

To understand well

What are the fees of the PPA ETF?
Reported ongoing fees are 0,58 % per year. Fees of 0,58 % per year represent 58 € collected each year for every 10 000 € invested, directly in the share value.
What are the largest positions of the Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF?
The top ten lines weigh 61,2 % of the fund: Lockheed Martin Corporation (9,7 %), RTX Corporation (9,2 %), GE Aerospace (8,7 %), The Boeing Company (7,7 %), General Dynamics Corporation (5,6 %).
Is the PPA ETF eligible for a PEA?
No: the fund is domiciled outside the European Economic Area (ISIN US46137V1008), it cannot be held in a PEA. It remains accessible in a securities account.
What is the performance of PPA over 5 years?
+102,4 % over 5 years, i.e., +15,2 % per year, in USD and dividends not reinvested (closing price at 2026-11-06).

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