Yahoo · Aug 12, 2026
Defense ETFs to Buy as Pentagon Pushes to Boost Missile Stockpiles
Missile shortages and a Pentagon production push could boost Lockheed Martin, RTX and defense ETFs as replenishment drives new orders.
XA
AMEX · XAR
SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF
Financial Services · Asset Management
$261.79
Down-$4.26 (-1.60%)
Updated Aug 29, 2026, 10:04 AM
SID Score
4.5/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
58/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 4.61B
- P/E ratio
- —
- Dividend yield
- 0.54%
- 52-week range
- $240.95 – $297.79
- Volume
- 162.45K
- Avg. volume
- 148.14K
Price performance
XAR price history
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
XAR closed at $261.79 after 21 trading sessions, down 1.16% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $261.79
- Period change
- -1.16%
- Period low
- $261.79
- Period high
- $296.73
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | $266.52 | $266.52 | $260.88 | $261.79 | 162.45K |
| Aug 27, 2026 | $267.37 | $267.37 | $263.73 | $266.05 | 130.46K |
| Aug 26, 2026 | $265.57 | $269.40 | $265.57 | $266.65 | 94.29K |
| Aug 25, 2026 | $268.09 | $268.77 | $263.99 | $264.85 | 256.23K |
| Aug 24, 2026 | $271.27 | $271.50 | $265.00 | $265.61 | 209.08K |
| Aug 21, 2026 | $274.35 | $275.05 | $271.80 | $272.74 | 148.08K |
| Aug 20, 2026 | $281.11 | $281.99 | $271.02 | $271.78 | 222.07K |
| Aug 19, 2026 | $291.52 | $291.52 | $283.0005 | $284.10 | 270.38K |
| Aug 18, 2026 | $290.45 | $294.30 | $289.12 | $290.43 | 225.13K |
| Aug 17, 2026 | $296.15 | $297.69 | $294.06 | $294.87 | 189.33K |
| Aug 14, 2026 | $294.53 | $297.79 | $293.12 | $296.73 | 401.59K |
| Aug 13, 2026 | $292.43 | $293.37 | $289.0201 | $292.10 | 181.33K |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $294.56 | $295.14 | $290.9914 | $293.34 | 196.95K |
| Aug 11, 2026 | $288.37 | $292.82 | $288.00 | $292.33 | 109.46K |
| Aug 10, 2026 | $288.49 | $291.445 | $287.32 | $288.29 | 154.65K |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $285.44 | $287.055 | $279.1133 | $286.83 | 168.1K |
| Aug 6, 2026 | $283.73 | $290.76 | $281.46 | $282.91 | 157.4K |
| Aug 5, 2026 | $284.10 | $286.075 | $280.595 | $282.08 | 108.6K |
| Aug 4, 2026 | $277.40 | $283.36 | $275.855 | $282.09 | 205.52K |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $266.37 | $273.91 | $265.01 | $273.63 | 187.72K |
| Jul 31, 2026 | $264.44 | $266.20 | $259.0108 | $264.86 | 159.89K |
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In seeking to track the performance of the S&P Aerospace & Defense Select Industry Index (the "index"), the fund employs a sampling strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 80%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index represents the aerospace and defense segment of the S&P Total Market Index ("S&P TMI").
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