XLI vs ITA.
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) | +16.7% | — | — |
| 1Y CAGR | +21.3% | — | — |
| 3Y CAGR | +20.0% | — | — |
| 5Y CAGR | +13.8% | — | — |
| 10Y CAGR | +13.8% | — | — |
| Since inception CAGR | +9.60% | — | — |
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) | $34.0B | $14.4B |
| Dividend yield | 1.11% | 0.44% |
| Avg volume (3-mo) | 8.0M | 847K |
| 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 | 6.76% | 22.62% | 6.76% |
| RTXRTX Corp | 4.43% | 14.82% | 4.43% |
| BABoeing Co | 2.96% | 8.90% | 2.96% |
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.