Is ITA a good investment?

iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) is a industrials and materials ETF. As of September 11, 2026, ETF Copilot scores ITA 3.6 out of 10 — highest on Return (8.0), lowest on Growth (1.7). It trades at 34.3 times earnings, against its own median of 25.6. Its ten largest holdings are 78% of the fund.

Updated September 11, 2026

How is ITA rated? ETF Copilot scores iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) 3.6 out of 10

As of September 11, 2026, ETF Copilot scores iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) 3.6 out of 10 overall.

ETF Copilot scores (0–10 scale, higher is better):

Overall: 3.6 / 10
Growth: 1.7 / 10
Valuation: 2.3 / 10
Risk: 2.0 / 10
Quality: 2.7 / 10
Return: 8.0 / 10

What is ITA's expense ratio? 0.37% a year

As of September 11, 2026, ITA charges 0.37% a year, yields 1.32% and holds $13.4B in assets across 51 positions.

iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) — cost, income and size
Measure	ITA
Expense ratio	0.37%
Dividend yield	1.32%
Assets under management	$13.4B
Holdings	51

Expense ratio, dividend yield and assets under management are reported by the fund and refreshed daily. Every other figure on this page is computed by ETF Copilot.

What stands out in ITA's data

U.S. aerospace and defense companies, weighted by market size.

Expected to grow earnings more slowly than the typical industrial fund — its returns will depend on execution, not tailwinds.

A forward growth estimate of 12% trails the 16% category median. The fund also trades at Forward P/E multiple of 27.8x, with EBITDA margin of 19.0%.

A focused sector bet on defense and aerospace, complementing a broad industrial allocation.

Why did ITA move this week? It fell 3.1% in the week to September 11, 2026 — General Electric and Howmet Aerospace drove it

ITA fell 3.1% in the week to September 11, 2026. The holdings that moved it most were General Electric (−2.9%), Howmet Aerospace (−11.9%) and Raytheon Technologies (−2.2%); Textron (+2.1%) pushed the other way.

Is ITA expensive right now? It trades at 34.3 times earnings, against its own median of 25.6

As of September 11, 2026, ITA is more expensive than 84% of its own 114 monthly readings since 2017 — 96 of those months were cheaper than today.

Trailing twelve-month, computed by ETF Copilot from the fund's holdings rather than quoted from a data provider, and rebuilt nightly.

What's inside ITA?

What's inside ITA: Size (Large 83%, Mid 15%, Small 2%); Geography (International 0%, US 100%); Tech 0.1%.

What are ITA's top holdings? The ten largest are 78% of the fund

General Electric, Raytheon Technologies, Boeing, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Howmet Aerospace, TransDigm, L3harris Technologies and Axon Enterprise are ITA's largest holdings, in that order.

More concentrated than 98% of Industrials & Materials ETFs.

Half of ITA's weight sits in its 4 largest positions, and once those weights are taken into account it behaves like 10 equally weighted holdings.

Cite this

ETF Copilot, “iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) scores and holdings analysis”, as of September 11, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/etf/ita