Fund · First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF · measured from SEC filings
MISL holdings
MISL reports 40 holdings and behaves like 20.4 equally weighted ones, computed from its SEC Form N-PORT filing for 2026-06-30. The fact sheet publishes the first number; this page computes the second, and traces it across 15 quarters of filings.
Measured concentration
as of 2026-06-30Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing; what the measure does not tell you · every fund in one table · hold it with other funds? X-ray the mix. Pricing: 100% at a quoted market price (level 1), 2 issuer countries.
What stands out
as of 2026-06-30MISL's largest investment is GE Aerospace COM at 8.92% of net assets. Space Exploration Technologies Corp Class A COM STK and Boeing Company (THE) follow; the three together are 24.05%. Ten companies are 61.64% of the fund; the other 30 share the rest. Among the 721 equity funds measured here, MISL behaves like 20.4 holdings against a median of 42.4 — 2.1 times more concentrated than the median. Across 15 quarterly filings MISL has held roughly steady since 2022-12-30 (19.2 then, 20.4 now). Between the 2026-03-31 and 2026-06-30 filings 3 positions were added and 2 dropped; 20.8% of the weight moved.
Each sentence is read from the fund's own SEC filing; the class median is computed across the comparable equity funds on this site. Nothing here is a view on the fund.
Every filing since 2022
15Between 2022-12-30 and 2026-06-30, MISL went from behaving like 19.2 equally weighted positions to 20.4 — 6% more, while its top ten went from 61.53% to 61.64% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 40 | 20.4 | 61.64% | 8.91% |
| 2026-03-31 | 39 | 19.2 | 62.45% | 9.56% |
| 2025-12-31 | 39 | 19.3 | 62.58% | 9.15% |
| 2025-09-30 | 35 | 20.6 | 59.39% | 8.69% |
| 2025-06-30 | 36 | 21.1 | 57.99% | 9.06% |
| 2025-03-31 | 35 | 18.9 | 63.92% | 9.28% |
| 2024-12-31 | 35 | 20.3 | 59.01% | 9.87% |
| 2024-09-30 | 35 | 20 | 59.91% | 9% |
Earlier filings (7 more, back to 2022-12-30)
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-30 | 35 | 20.2 | 60.09% | 8.09% |
| 2024-03-31 | 34 | 20.4 | 59.47% | 8.31% |
| 2023-12-31 | 33 | 19.6 | 60.77% | 10.04% |
| 2023-09-29 | 32 | 19.5 | 61.22% | 8.92% |
| 2023-06-30 | 33 | 20.5 | 59.36% | 8.23% |
| 2023-03-31 | 33 | 20.4 | 59.76% | 8.22% |
| 2022-12-30 | 33 | 19.2 | 61.53% | 9.62% |
One row per filed reporting period, newest first, read from EDGAR. Quarterly because that is the public filing cadence. Rows marked * are published but held out of the comparison above; the methodology page says when and why.
Largest positions, as filed
as of 2026-06-30The 15 largest of 40 positions in MISL's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: MISL.csv.gz.
| # | Position | Weight | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GE AEROSPACE | 8.91% | 8.9% |
| 2 | SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP | 7.80% | 16.7% |
| 3 | BOEING COMPANY (THE) | 7.32% | 24.0% |
| 4 | RTX CORP | 6.92% | 31.0% |
| 5 | PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC | 6.70% | 37.7% |
| 6 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP | 6.10% | 43.8% |
| 7 | ROCKET LAB CORP | 5.49% | 49.3% |
| 8 | HEICO CORP | 4.42% | 53.7% |
| 9 | TRANSDIGM GROUP INC | 4.06% | 57.7% |
| 10 | HOWMET AEROSPACE INC | 3.91% | 61.6% |
| 11 | GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP | 3.89% | 65.5% |
| 12 | AST SPACEMOBILE INC | 3.44% | 69.0% |
| 13 | L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INC | 3.02% | 72.0% |
| 14 | CURTISS-WRIGHT CORP | 2.90% | 74.9% |
| 15 | FTAI AVIATION LTD | 2.88% | 77.8% |
By country of issuer
as of 2026-06-30Share of MISL's own investments by the issuer country the filer reported (incorporation, not revenue). Each country links to every fund that holds it.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| United States | 97.12% |
| Cayman Islands° | 2.88% |
Returns the fund reported
2022-10 – 2026-06Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of MISL's own filings, 45 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.
Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference — percentage points over 0 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: MISL.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-03-31 → 2026-06-3039 positions became 40: 3 added (15.0% of the fund at the later date), 2 dropped (0.1% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 20.8%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of MISL compared this way, as a feed: changes.xml · all funds: filings received.
| Largest increases | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-30 | Largest decreases | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROCKET LAB CORP | 3.25% | 5.49% | GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP | 8.33% | 3.89% |
| GE AEROSPACE | 7.58% | 8.91% | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP | 9.56% | 6.10% |
| HEICO CORP | 3.33% | 4.42% | NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP | 4.73% | 2.78% |
| TRANSDIGM GROUP INC | 3.58% | 4.06% | RTX CORP | 8.79% | 6.92% |
| MERCURY SYSTEMS INC | 0.57% | 0.76% | L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INC | 4.41% | 3.02% |
| PARSONS CORP | 0.40% | 0.58% | LEIDOS HOLDINGS INC | 2.69% | 1.35% |
New: SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP (7.80%), PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC (6.70%), FIREFLY AEROSPACE INC (0.49%). Gone: Telos Corp (0.04%), AIRO Group Holdings Inc. (0.03%).
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-06-3099.81% equity, 0.19% short-term investment as filed; 100.0% carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1). Categories and levels are the filer's; what a low level-1 share does and does not mean is in the measure's page.
Neighbours by effective holdings, equity funds
10Every measured equity fund lined up by how many holdings it behaves like; these sit either side of MISL (20.4). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OMAH VistaShares Target 15 Berkshire Select Income ETF | 60 | 20 | 55.37% | 2026-07-31 |
| XLRE State Street(R) Real Estate Select Sector SPDR(R) ETF | 33 | 20.3 | 59.3% | 2026-06-30 |
| SOXX iShares Semiconductor ETF | 32 | 20.4 | 61.65% | 2026-06-30 |
| CTEF Castellan Targeted Equity ETF | 35 | 20.4 | 57.35% | 2026-05-29 |
| DDM ProShares Ultra Dow30 | 45 | 20.4 * | 51.9% | 2026-05-31 |
| IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF | 103 | 20.6 | 59.5% | 2026-06-30 |
| REMX VanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals ETF | 30 | 20.6 | 61.4% | 2026-06-30 |
| XLF State Street(R) Financial Select Sector SPDR(R) ETF | 80 | 20.7 | 57.59% | 2026-06-30 |
| EAGL Eagle Capital Select Equity ETF | 28 | 20.9 | 58.54% | 2026-06-30 |
| GTOP Goldman Sachs Technology Opportunities ETF | 38 | 21.1 | 55.26% | 2026-05-31 |
Essays that examine MISL
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