Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (S&P 500 industrials sector) against iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (Dow Jones U.S. Select Aerospace & Defense) — fees, long-horizon total returns, holdings overlap, and sector tilt, side by side.
| XLI | ITA | SPREAD | |
|---|---|---|---|
| YTD (cumulative) | +13.5% | — | — |
| 1Y CAGR | +16.6% | — | — |
| 3Y CAGR | +19.1% | — | — |
| 5Y CAGR | +12.6% | — | — |
| 10Y CAGR | +13.5% | — | — |
| Since inception CAGR | +9.44% | — | — |
Total return: dividend- and split-adjusted daily closes (distributions reinvested). Spread is XLI minus ITA. XLI since-inception measured from first available bar December 22, 1998. Since-inception spans differ — compare that row with care.
| XLI | ITA | |
|---|---|---|
| Name | State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF | iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF |
| Category | Industrials | Industrials |
| Style | Passive | Passive |
| Expense ratio | 0.08% | 0.4% |
| Assets (AUM) | $32.9B | $14.1B |
| Dividend yield | 1.15% | 0.44% |
| Avg volume (3-mo) | 7.0M | 690K |
| Inception | December 16, 1998 | May 1, 2006 |
| Benchmark proxy | S&P 500 | S&P 500 |
XLI costs 0.32 pp less per year — about $32.00 per $10,000 invested.
| Shared holding | XLI | ITA | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEGE Aerospace | 6.73% | 22.06% | 6.73% |
| RTXRTX Corp | 5.19% | 17.02% | 5.19% |
| BABoeing Co | 3.05% | 9.00% | 3.05% |
Sum of min(weight in each fund) across shared tickers — the standard fund-overlap measure. Computed on the top 25 holdings each fund reports, so it is a lower bound; the coverage figures show how much of each fund those top holdings represent.
Expense ratios verified against issuer fact sheets. Dividend yield is trailing 12-month distributions divided by price, as reported by the fund data provider.