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Aerospace & Defense

Aerospace & Defense is gaining market weight. Lost weight for 2 consecutive months.

Historical time machine
Historical observation
20182026
Reversing downwardConcentrated

Most of this industry's gains came from a few companies.

Universe weight
2.44%
$0.72T
12-month change
+0.11 pp
6-month change
+0.04 pp
3-month change
-0.01 pp
Company participation
36%
above their 6M weight average

Where did the weight change come from?

12-month contribution in universe percentage points · contributions add to the industry change

Company attribution
All other companies+0.003 pp
Industry total+0.109 pp

The three largest same-direction contributors explain 96% of gross gains. Opposing contributions can make an individual company’s change larger than the industry’s net change.

How has it moved through history?

Share of matched S&P 500 members

May 2018 – Apr 2023 · market weight (%)

0.23.46.620192020202120222023

Relative performance

Industry return versus ACWI · no future data shown

54749520192020202120222023

Is participation broad or concentrated?

Actual constituent counts at this date, not the legacy synthetic breadth proxy

Above their 3M universe-weight average27%
Above their 6M universe-weight average36%
Above their 12M universe-weight average36%
Top 5 share of current industry market cap75.3%

This is size concentration, not contribution to the 12-month change. The attribution above measures the latter.

Evidence can disagree

Independent dimensions · no combined score or bullish/bearish verdict

Allocation · 12M+0.11 pp
Relative strength · 12M+12.9%
Price index return · 12M+16.0%
Earnings revisions · unavailable0.0
Allocation gained weight while relative performance rose. Fewer than half of constituents are above their 6M weight average. These observations need not agree.
Other evidence and availability

Valuation data: unavailable; shown as zero placeholder.

Attention data: unavailable; shown as zero placeholder.

Actual fund flows: unavailable. No ETF, mutual-fund or institutional flow feed is connected.

Volume / turnover: unavailable in this dataset.

Follow the contribution to individual companies

Sorted by absolute 12-month weight contribution, not investment merit

CompanySub-industryCountryUniverse weight12M contribution12M price returnRevisions
GE Aerospace →
GE
Aerospace & DefenseUnited States0.290%+0.106 pp+70.8%0.0
Boeing →
BA
Aerospace & DefenseUnited States0.420%+0.102 pp+38.9%0.0
L3Harris →
LHX
Aerospace & DefenseUnited States0.125%-0.037 pp-14.3%0.0
General Dynamics →
GD
Aerospace & DefenseUnited States0.202%-0.035 pp-5.6%0.0
TransDigm Group →
TDG
Aerospace & DefenseUnited States0.141%+0.022 pp+32.3%0.0
Lockheed Martin →
LMT
Aerospace & DefenseUnited States0.397%-0.019 pp+10.2%0.0
RTX Corporation →
RTX
Aerospace & DefenseUnited States0.493%-0.017 pp+7.7%0.0
Northrop Grumman →
NOC
Aerospace & DefenseUnited States0.237%-0.010 pp+6.5%0.0
Howmet Aerospace →
HWM
Aerospace & DefenseUnited States0.062%+0.010 pp+30.2%0.0
Textron →
TXT
Aerospace & DefenseUnited States0.046%-0.008 pp-3.2%0.0
Huntington Ingalls Industries →
HII
Aerospace & DefenseUnited States0.027%-0.004 pp-3.1%0.0
Underlying monthly industry observations
MonthWeight1M change3M change6M change12M changeRelative return · 12M
Apr 20232.440%-0.035 pp-0.010 pp+0.044 pp+0.109 pp+12.9%
Mar 20232.475%-0.036 pp-0.097 pp+0.232 pp+0.111 pp+15.2%
Feb 20232.511%+0.060 pp+0.115 pp+0.223 pp+0.029 pp+12.8%
Jan 20232.450%-0.122 pp+0.054 pp+0.228 pp+0.263 pp+24.3%
Dec 20222.572%+0.176 pp+0.329 pp+0.127 pp+0.507 pp+40.7%
Nov 20222.396%-0.001 pp+0.108 pp+0.083 pp+0.335 pp+35.2%
Oct 20222.397%+0.154 pp+0.174 pp+0.065 pp+0.232 pp+35.1%
Sep 20222.243%-0.045 pp-0.202 pp-0.121 pp-1.780 pp+15.4%
Aug 20222.288%+0.066 pp-0.024 pp-0.194 pp-1.611 pp+20.2%
Jul 20222.222%-0.222 pp-0.109 pp+0.035 pp-1.776 pp+13.5%
Jun 20222.445%+0.132 pp+0.081 pp+0.380 pp-1.770 pp+14.0%
May 20222.313%-0.019 pp-0.169 pp+0.251 pp-2.104 pp+2.3%
Apr 20222.331%-0.033 pp+0.145 pp+0.167 pp-1.899 pp+7.1%
Mar 20222.364%-0.118 pp+0.300 pp-1.658 pp+0.100 pp+3.6%
Feb 20222.482%+0.295 pp+0.420 pp-1.418 pp+0.344 pp+13.4%
Jan 20222.187%+0.122 pp+0.022 pp-1.812 pp-0.090 pp+8.9%
Dec 20212.064%+0.003 pp-1.958 pp-2.151 pp-1.973 pp-2.0%
Nov 20212.061%-0.104 pp-1.838 pp-2.355 pp-2.044 pp-4.9%
Oct 20212.165%-1.858 pp-1.834 pp-2.066 pp-1.407 pp+13.1%
Sep 20214.022%+0.123 pp-0.193 pp+1.758 pp+4.019 pp+24.2%
Aug 20213.899%-0.099 pp-0.517 pp+1.762 pp+3.895 pp+20.1%
Jul 20213.999%-0.216 pp-0.232 pp+1.721 pp+3.995 pp+22.2%
Jun 20214.215%-0.201 pp+1.951 pp+0.178 pp+4.211 pp+12.1%
May 20214.416%+0.186 pp+2.279 pp+0.311 pp+4.412 pp+16.2%
Apr 20214.230%+1.966 pp+1.953 pp+0.659 pp+0.230 pp+6.9%
Mar 20212.264%+0.127 pp-1.773 pp+2.261 pp+2.261 pp-3.1%
Feb 20212.137%-0.140 pp-1.968 pp+2.133 pp+2.133 pp-21.6%
Jan 20212.277%-1.760 pp-1.294 pp+2.274 pp-3.355 pp-32.4%
Dec 20204.037%-0.067 pp+4.034 pp+4.034 pp-1.180 pp-22.9%
Nov 20204.105%+0.534 pp+4.101 pp+4.101 pp-1.412 pp-26.5%
Oct 20203.571%+3.568 pp+3.568 pp-0.429 pp-1.714 pp-32.4%
Sep 20200.004%-0.000 pp-0.000 pp-0.000 pp-5.296 pp-36.2%
Aug 20200.004%+0.000 pp-0.000 pp-0.000 pp-5.192 pp-34.3%
Jul 20200.004%-0.000 pp-3.997 pp-5.628 pp-5.343 pp-37.2%
Jun 20200.004%-0.000 pp+0.000 pp-5.214 pp-5.450 pp-29.9%
May 20200.004%-3.997 pp-0.000 pp-5.513 pp-5.408 pp-27.7%
Apr 20204.001%+3.997 pp-1.631 pp-1.285 pp-1.537 pp-24.8%
Mar 20200.004%-0.000 pp-5.214 pp-5.296 pp-5.520 pp-14.4%
Feb 20200.004%-5.628 pp-5.513 pp-5.191 pp-5.891 pp-6.7%
Jan 20205.632%+0.414 pp+0.346 pp+0.285 pp+2.524 pp+4.1%
Dec 20195.218%-0.299 pp-0.082 pp-0.236 pp+2.468 pp+8.5%
Nov 20195.517%+0.231 pp+0.321 pp+0.105 pp+2.809 pp+17.4%
Oct 20195.285%-0.014 pp-0.061 pp-0.252 pp+2.158 pp-3.3%
Sep 20195.300%+0.105 pp-0.154 pp-0.224 pp+1.996 pp-5.8%
Aug 20195.195%-0.151 pp-0.216 pp-0.700 pp+1.748 pp-10.7%
Jul 20195.347%-0.107 pp-0.191 pp+2.239 pp-1.138 pp-10.4%
Jun 20195.454%+0.042 pp-0.070 pp+2.704 pp-1.099 pp-9.6%
May 20195.412%-0.126 pp-0.483 pp+2.704 pp-1.403 pp-14.1%
Apr 20195.538%+0.014 pp+2.430 pp+2.410 pp-1.283 pp-13.1%
Mar 20195.524%-0.372 pp+2.774 pp+2.219 pp-1.239 pp-12.7%
Feb 20195.895%+2.787 pp+3.187 pp+2.448 pp-1.037 pp-9.3%
Jan 20193.108%+0.358 pp-0.020 pp-3.377 pp-3.973 pp-15.4%
Dec 20182.749%+0.041 pp-0.555 pp-3.803 pp-4.332 pp-25.5%
Nov 20182.708%-0.420 pp-0.739 pp-4.107 pp-4.373 pp-26.8%
Oct 20183.128%-0.177 pp-3.357 pp-3.693 pp-3.954 pp-16.0%
Sep 20183.304%-0.143 pp-3.249 pp-3.458 pp-3.777 pp-12.9%
Aug 20183.447%-3.037 pp-3.367 pp-3.485 pp-3.634 pp-10.1%
Jul 20186.485%-0.068 pp-0.336 pp-0.597 pp-0.597 pp-6.0%
Jun 20186.553%-0.262 pp-0.210 pp-0.528 pp-0.528 pp-6.2%
May 20186.815%-0.006 pp-0.117 pp-0.267 pp-0.267 pp-3.5%
How are these descriptive states defined?

Gaining / losing: 12-month weight change above +0.005pp / below −0.005pp. Direction and speed are separate dimensions, not mutually exclusive recommendations.

Accelerating / slowing: compare the most recent 3M change with the preceding 3M change. Accelerating means a positive change speeds up by >0.02pp. Slowing means the magnitude of movement declines by >0.02pp. A falling industry can also slow.

Reversing: the last two 3M changes have opposite signs, outside a ±0.005pp tolerance. Persistence counts consecutive same-direction monthly changes.

Broad / concentrated: company attribution, not a market-cap concentration shortcut. Concentrated means the three largest same-direction contributors account for ≥70% of gross same-direction changes; otherwise broad requires ≥60% of constituents moving with the industry. Other cases are mixed.

Weights use matched S&P 500 members’ market-cap estimates, based on SEC-reported shares available by each month-end and monthly closing prices. Companies without a matched price or share record are omitted, so the denominator is the matched sample rather than every index member. These are not official float-adjusted S&P weights. Flow is not measured.