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Invesco Aerospace & Defense (PPA)

Defense and aerospace ETF · Invesco · NYSE ARCA · 64 holdings
$154.53 ▼ -1.29 (0.83%)
At close · USD · Volume 203,936
Returns and riskCostIncomeDividend historyHoldingsX-Ray look-throughQuestions
52-week range
$144.29 – $186.30
Day's range
$152.95 – $156.57
1-year total return
+0.5%

PPA price chart

Daily, split-corrected, distributions markedEnd-of-day prices

PPA fund facts

FundInvesco Aerospace & Defense ETF
TickerPPA · NYSE ARCA
Issuer (by our rules)Invesco
Category (by our rules)Defense and aerospace
Expense ratio0.58%
Holdings64
Net assets (fund, SEC)$8.3B
Yield (last 12 months)0.43%
DistributionsQuarterly
52-week range$144.29 – $186.30
Average volume (3 months)238,232
First price in our data26 Oct 2005
Issuer and category are assigned by StocksXray rules from the fund name. Expense ratio and net assets come from SEC filings; where a fund does not file them (for example grantor trusts) the field stays empty.

Returns and risk

1 month
−3.2%
3 months
−8.9%
6 months
−8.5%
Year to date
−0.9%
1 year
+0.5%
3 years a year
+25.0%
5 years a year
+16.2%
10 years a year
+16.1%
Volatility (1 year)
21.3%
Largest drop, last year
−17.3%
Largest drop in our data
−57.4%
Total return includes distributions, from end-of-day prices adjusted for splits and distributions, to 22 Oct 2026. Periods of 3 years and longer are annualised and shown only when the fund's history is long enough. Volatility is the standard deviation of daily returns over the last year, annualised. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Cost: expense ratio

0.58% a year

On $10,000 invested that is about $58 a year in fund costs, taken out of the fund's assets.

Source: the fund's prospectus, as filed with the SEC on 27 Aug 2025 (risk/return summary data). Brokerage commissions and the bid-ask spread are separate costs.

Income: distributions

Paid, last 12 months
0.66 USD
Yield on today's price
0.43%
Frequency
Quarterly
Latest ex-date
21 Sep 2026
Full PPA dividend history →
Cash paid per current share (restated for share splits), before tax, from EODHD.

PPA top holdings

#HoldingWeight
1 RTX Corp. RTX 8.30%
2 General Electric Co. GE 7.11%
3 Boeing Co. (The) BA 6.87%
4 Lockheed Martin Corp. LMT 6.64%
5 General Dynamics Corp. GD 4.96%
6 Northrop Grumman Corp. NOC 4.75%
7 Howmet Aerospace Inc. HWM 4.48%
8 Honeywell Aerospace Inc. HONA 4.09%
9 L3Harris Technologies, Inc. LHX 3.83%
10 Parker-Hannifin Corp. PH 3.69%
The top 10 make up 54.7% of the fund, out of 64 holdings.
Positions as of 31 Jul 2026, from the fund's Form N-PORT filed with the SEC. Public N-PORT holdings are quarter-end positions published about 60 days later, so they can be months old and the fund may have changed since.

X-Ray look-through

StocksXray scores 72% of PPA by weight (20 stocks in our S&P 500 coverage), so we can look inside the fund with our own numbers. The weighted average X-Ray Score of those stocks is 51 out of 100.

Undervalued 23%Fair 65%Overvalued 12%
Industrials 92%Information Technology 8%
Weights are the SEC holdings weights dated 31 Jul 2026; scores and fair-value labels are today's. Labels follow our fair-value method ("Undervalued" means fair value is more than 17.5% above the price) and are model estimates, not forecasts or advice. How the X-Ray Score works.

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PPA: frequently asked questions

What is PPA?

PPA is the Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF, issued by Invesco, listed on NYSE ARCA. By our rules it is classed as "Defense and aerospace". Its latest SEC filing lists 64 holdings.

What is the expense ratio of PPA?

PPA charges 0.58% a year, according to its prospectus filed with the SEC on 27 Aug 2025. On $10,000 that is about $58 a year in fund costs.

Does PPA pay dividends?

Yes. PPA paid 0.66 per share over the last 12 months, quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.43% on today's price. The latest ex-dividend date was 21 Sep 2026.

What does PPA hold?

The largest holdings in the latest SEC filing are RTX Corp. (8.3%), General Electric Co. (7.1%), Boeing Co. (The) (6.9%). The top 10 together make up 54.7% of the fund.

How has PPA performed?

Total return including distributions to 22 Oct 2026: 1 year +0.5%, 3 years +25.0% a year, 5 years +16.2% a year. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

How does StocksXray rate the stocks inside PPA?

We score 72% of the fund by weight (20 stocks) with our X-Ray Score: the weighted average is 51 out of 100. These are model estimates, not forecasts or advice.

Where the numbers come from

Prices and distributions end-of-day data from EODHD; returns are our own calculations from it.
Expense ratio and holdings SEC filings (prospectus risk/return data and Form N-PORT).
Category, issuer and leverage assigned by StocksXray rules from the fund name.
X-Ray look-through our scores applied to the SEC holdings.
Read the methodology →

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