MISL First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF
The First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF aims to mirror the financial performance, specifically the capital appreciation and income generation, of the Indxx US Aerospace & Defense Index, before factoring in its operational costs. Typically, under ordinary market circumstances, the Fund allocates a minimum of 80% of its net assets, including any capital acquired through borrowing, to the equity securities composing that benchmark index.
Performance
| 1M | 3M | YTD | 1Y | 3Y ann. | 5Y ann. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MISL | +1.2% | -11.7% | -1.7% | +3.6% | +21.0% | +15.3% |
| Sector Equity average (79 funds) | -1.3% | -4.1% | +12.7% | +14.3% | +15.8% | +5.2% |
Insider activity in the holdings
Open-market insider buying across this fund’s holdings over 90 days, weighted by holding weight: +$77K net.
Holdings · as of Nov 12, 2026
| # | Holding | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GE GE Aerospace | 8.65% |
| 2 | RTX RTX Corporation | 8.42% |
| 3 | BA The Boeing Company | 7.13% |
| 4 | SPCX Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (Class A) | 6.69% |
| 5 | PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) | 6.41% |
| 6 | LMT Lockheed Martin Corporation | 4.65% |
| 7 | LHX L3Harris Technologies, Inc. | 4.54% |
| 8 | NOC Northrop Grumman Corporation | 4.45% |
| 9 | TDG TransDigm Group Incorporated | 4.37% |
| 10 | HEI HEICO Corporation | 4.33% |
| 11 | GD General Dynamics Corporation | 4.31% |
| 12 | HONA Honeywell Aerospace Inc. | 4.17% |
| 13 | HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc. | 3.87% |
| 14 | RKLB Rocket Lab Corporation | 3.77% |
| 15 | WWD Woodward, Inc. | 2.09% |
| 16 | FTAI FTAI Aviation Ltd. | 2.05% |
| 17 | CW Curtiss-Wright Corporation | 1.85% |
| 18 | LDOS Leidos Holdings, Inc. | 1.76% |
| 19 | TXT Textron Inc. | 1.55% |
| 20 | ASTS AST SpaceMobile, Inc. | 1.49% |
| 21 | CACI CACI International Inc. | 1.49% |
| 22 | HII Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | 1.29% |
| 23 | MOG-A Moog Inc. | 1.16% |
| 24 | DRS Leonardo DRS, Inc. | 1.02% |
| 25 | LOAR Loar Holdings Inc. | 0.78% |
| 26 | KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. | 0.72% |
| 27 | SAIC Science Applications International Corporation | 0.67% |
| 28 | AVAV AeroVironment, Inc. | 0.66% |
| 29 | HXL Hexcel Corporation | 0.65% |
| 30 | KRMN Karman Holdings Inc. | 0.62% |
| 31 | PSN Parsons Corporation | 0.57% |
| 32 | MRCY Mercury Systems, Inc. | 0.56% |
| 33 | AIR AAR CORP. | 0.48% |
| 34 | KBR KBR, Inc. | 0.48% |
| 35 | FLY Firefly Aerospace Inc. | 0.47% |
| 36 | LUNR Intuitive Machines, Inc. (Class A) | 0.29% |
| 37 | ATRO Astronics Corporation | 0.27% |
| 38 | DCO Ducommun Incorporated | 0.23% |
| 39 | VOYG Voyager Technologies, Inc. (Class A) | 0.19% |
| 40 | MISL US Dollar | 0.18% |
| 41 | AADX Applied Aerospace & Defense, Inc. | 0.17% |
| 42 | AVEX AEVEX Corp. (Class A) | 0.16% |
| 43 | NPK National Presto Industries, Inc. | 0.11% |
| 44 | YSS York Space Systems Inc. | 0.10% |
| 45 | BKSY BlackSky Technology Inc. (Class A) | 0.10% |
Sector breakdown
Country breakdown
Distributions
| Date | Per unit |
|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2026 | $0.0286 |
| Sep 25, 2025 | $0.1073 |
| Jun 26, 2025 | $0.0279 |
| Mar 27, 2025 | $0.0357 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | $0.1354 |
| Sep 26, 2024 | $0.0244 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | $0.0282 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | $0.0385 |
| Dec 22, 2023 | $0.0980 |
| Sep 22, 2023 | $0.0222 |
| Jun 27, 2023 | $0.0280 |
| Mar 24, 2023 | $0.0122 |
| Dec 23, 2022 | $0.0169 |
Members of Congress who disclosed this ETF
No member of Congress has disclosed a trade in MISL in the filings we hold.
Fund facts, prices, performance and distributions: our market-data vendor. Holdings: the vendor and SEC Form N-PORT. Insider and Congress data: InsiderBuying. Last updated Nov 13, 2026. This is historical data, not investment advice. Report a data error