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First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF MISL

Issuer: First Trust SEC registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund Equity · US
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Last price 40.91 USD Change: Down −0.20 Percent change: Down −0.49%

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Observed · 1 day ago Quotes may be delayed

Expense ratio
0.60%
Prospectus 1 May 2026
Net assets
$801.9M
As of 30 Jun 2026
Holdings
40
As of 30 Jun 2026
12-month distribution yield
0.07%
Quarterly
Asset class
Equity
From holdings

First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF (MISL) is an exchange-traded fund listed on NYSE Arca in the United States, issued by First Trust. Its category is Equity · US (equity). Its last price was US$40.91 on 20 Oct 2026. Its expense ratio is 0.6% a year, from its prospectus dated 1 May 2026. It reported net assets of US$801.87 million as of 30 Jun 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 40 holdings as of 30 Jun 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$0.0290 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 0.07%, paid quarterly.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.60%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
No waiver stated
Management fee
0.60%
Prospectus date
1 May 2026
Filed with the SEC
30 Apr 2026

Source: SEC prospectus risk/return data sets (opens in a new tab) Filed

Size and reporting

Net assets
$801,873,426
Total assets
$802,826,945
Holdings as of
30 Jun 2026
Report made public
21 Aug 2026 (52 days after the month end)

Net assets are for the whole fund series, which for some funds (Vanguard's, for example) also includes mutual fund share classes.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Filed

Top holdings

Largest 25 of 40 positions, as of 30 Jun 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

MISL top holdings as of 30 Jun 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 GE AEROSPACE GE AEROSPACE COM NEW US3696043013 8.92% $71.5M Equity (common) United States USD
2 SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP CLASS A COM STK US84615Q1031 7.81% $62.6M Equity (common) United States USD
3 BOEING COMPANY (THE) BOEING COMPANY (THE) COM US0970231058 7.32% $58.7M Equity (common) United States USD
4 RTX CORP RTX CORP COM US75513E1010 6.93% $55.5M Equity (common) United States USD
5 PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC CL A US69608A1088 6.70% $53.8M Equity (common) United States USD
6 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP COM US5398301094 6.11% $49.0M Equity (common) United States USD
7 ROCKET LAB CORP ROCKET LAB CORP COM US7731211089 5.50% $44.1M Equity (common) United States USD
8 HEICO CORP HEICO CORP COM US4228061093 4.42% $35.4M Equity (common) United States USD
9 TRANSDIGM GROUP INC TRANSDIGM GROUP INC COM US8936411003 4.06% $32.6M Equity (common) United States USD
10 HOWMET AEROSPACE INC HOWMET AEROSPACE INC COM US4432011082 3.91% $31.4M Equity (common) United States USD
11 GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP COM US3695501086 3.89% $31.2M Equity (common) United States USD
12 AST SPACEMOBILE INC AST SPACEMOBILE INC COM CL A US00217D1000 3.44% $27.6M Equity (common) United States USD
13 L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INC L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INC COM US5024311095 3.02% $24.2M Equity (common) United States USD
14 CURTISS-WRIGHT CORP CURTISS-WRIGHT CORP COM US2315611010 2.90% $23.3M Equity (common) United States USD
15 FTAI AVIATION LTD FTAI AVIATION LTD COM USD0.01 KYG3730V1059 2.89% $23.1M Equity (common) Cayman Islands USD
16 NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP COM US6668071029 2.78% $22.3M Equity (common) United States USD
17 WOODWARD INC WOODWARD INC COM US9807451037 2.64% $21.1M Equity (common) United States USD
18 TEXTRON INC TEXTRON INC COM US8832031012 1.66% $13.3M Equity (common) United States USD
19 MOOG INC MOOG INC CL A US6153942023 1.40% $11.2M Equity (common) United States USD
20 LEIDOS HOLDINGS INC LEIDOS HOLDINGS INC COM US5253271028 1.35% $10.8M Equity (common) United States USD
21 LEONARDO DRS INC LEONARDO DRS INC COM US52661A1088 1.18% $9.5M Equity (common) United States USD
22 HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES INC HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES INC COM US4464131063 1.15% $9.2M Equity (common) United States USD
23 CACI INTERNATIONAL INC CACI INTERNATIONAL INC CL A US1271903049 1.06% $8.5M Equity (common) United States USD
24 KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS INC KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS INC COM NEW US50077B2079 0.97% $7.8M Equity (common) United States USD
25 AEROVIRONMENT INC AEROVIRONMENT INC COM US0080731088 0.86% $6.9M Equity (common) United States USD

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Made public Holdings as of 30 Jun 2026

All 40 stored holdings

Breakdowns

Sums of reported weights over every position in the report. Totals can differ from 100% because of derivatives, borrowing and cash.

Asset type

Asset type by weight
TypeWeightBar
Equity (common) 99.86%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 0.19%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
United States 97.17%
Cayman Islands 2.89%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
US dollar (USD) 100.05%

The currency each holding is denominated in. Currency hedges are not netted off, so a hedged fund still shows its holdings' currencies.

Sector

Sector weights for holdings matched to listed stocks
SectorWeightBar
Industrials 57.25%
Technology 22.78%
Consumer Discretionary 3.44%
Energy 2.64%
Unknown 1.40%

Partial coverage: sectors are known for 87.5% of net assets (88% of the fund's equity weight), the holdings matched by CUSIP or ticker to US stocks listed on this site. The rest is not assigned a sector.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Holdings as of

Distributions

Paid in the last 12 months
$0.0290
1 payment per unit
12-month yield
0.07%
Distributions only, not total return
Frequency
Quarterly
From the gaps between ex-dates
Latest ex-date
26 Mar 2026

12-month yield = distributions per unit with an ex-date in the last 12 months ($0.0290) ÷ latest price ($40.91) × 100 = 0.07%. It looks back, so it is not a forecast; special distributions in the window are included.

Why a distribution yield is not the fund's return: yield vs total return

Distribution history table (13 payments)
MISL distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
26 Mar 2026$0.0290
25 Sep 2025$0.1070
26 Jun 2025$0.0280
27 Mar 2025$0.0360
13 Dec 2024$0.1350
26 Sep 2024$0.0240
27 Jun 2024$0.0280
21 Mar 2024$0.0390
22 Dec 2023$0.0980
22 Sep 2023$0.0220
27 Jun 2023$0.0280
24 Mar 2023$0.0120
23 Dec 2022$0.0170

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Checked · 2 days ago Amounts are adjusted for later unit splits

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