Yahoo · Oct 9, 2026
Is State Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF (XAR) a Strong ETF Right Now?
Smart Beta ETF report for XAR
XA
NYSE · XAR
SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF
Financial Services · Asset Management
$224.53
Down-$0.34 (-0.15%)
Updated Oct 17, 2026, 5:23 PM
SID Score
4.0/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
54/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 4.61B
- P/E ratio
- —
- Dividend yield
- 0.63%
- 52-week range
- $216.09 – $297.79
- Volume
- 2.23M
- Avg. volume
- 148.14K
Price performance · XAR
XAR price history
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 16, 2026
XAR closed at $224.53 after 21 trading sessions, down 6.39% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $224.53
- Period change
- -6.39%
- Period low
- $220.35
- Period high
- $243.55
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2026 | $225.77 | $228.70 | $223.13 | $224.53 | 2.23M |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $219.85 | $225.12 | $216.09 | $224.87 | 336.59K |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $221.13 | $224.205 | $219.23 | $220.35 | 345.01K |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $224.73 | $224.825 | $220.80 | $222.88 | 419.55K |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $228.24 | $228.8934 | $225.46 | $225.59 | 228.24K |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $228.10 | $228.655 | $225.73 | $228.36 | 175.22K |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $225.07 | $227.48 | $223.67 | $226.86 | 325.68K |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $230.26 | $230.77 | $225.06 | $226.64 | 460.23K |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $232.65 | $234.85 | $230.6901 | $233.62 | 249.39K |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $233.08 | $233.8361 | $230.21 | $231.28 | 315.26K |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $234.16 | $235.04 | $231.00 | $233.09 | 215.74K |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $231.47 | $233.86 | $229.53 | $231.60 | 193.43K |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $234.08 | $235.07 | $230.93 | $231.25 | 342.69K |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $235.08 | $236.91 | $232.39 | $233.16 | 319.53K |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $237.58 | $237.8662 | $233.9881 | $234.19 | 222.89K |
| Sep 25, 2026 | $240.31 | $242.02 | $238.3301 | $239.46 | 226.93K |
| Sep 24, 2026 | $237.95 | $241.97 | $236.25 | $239.46 | 236.75K |
| Sep 23, 2026 | $240.84 | $242.97 | $239.28 | $239.37 | 338.93K |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $245.80 | $245.80 | $238.1301 | $241.51 | 390.77K |
| Sep 21, 2026 | $241.82 | $244.8813 | $240.975 | $243.55 | 267.12K |
| Sep 18, 2026 | $241.57 | $242.49 | $238.21 | $239.86 | 259.18K |
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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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