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JETS

GradeCNew York Stock Exchange Arca

U.S. Global Jets ETF

Sectors · US Global · Inception 2015-04-28 · SEC filings

$28.43−0.69 (−2.35%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 2:20 PM EDT

Intraday session: down, 59 prints from 29.12 to 28.43. Range 28.34 to 28.84. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$28.60$28.8010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.60%
Fund size
$687M
1Y return
+14.1%
Yield · Last 12 months
0.80%
Holdings
45
Volume · 30D
3.2M sh
NAV per share
$28.17
52W range
low $23.53high $34.06

The ETF.net JETS Grade

C

47/ 100

Rank 4 of 8 in Transportation⁠

Confidence Medium

Six-pillar profile for JETS. Scores out of 100: Cost 36, Risk 22, Mission 48, Tradability 92, Holdings 40, Durability 68. Strongest: Tradability (92). Weakest: Risk (22). Leans toward Tradability.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 47 of 100 sits in the C band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.

  • Cost

    What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.
    DScore 36
    Category rank6/8 · bottom quartile

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    CScore 48
    Category rank2/2 · bottom quartile

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    FScore 22
    Category rank8/8 · bottom quartile

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    AScore 92
    Category rank1/8 · top 13%

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    CScore 40
    Category rank7/8 · bottom quartile

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    BScore 68
    Category rank3/8 · top 38%

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026

Our read on JETS

ETF.net Research

CAirlines, straight up. Where its transport-fund peers spread across rails and truckers, JETS buys the carriers, the plane makers and the airports, weighting the four largest U.S. airlines heaviest. Live since 2015.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks to track the performance of the U.S. Global Jets Index before fees and expenses.

Why people hold it

  1. 01A tiered index rather than pure market cap: the four largest U.S. carriers get the fattest slices, then smaller airlines, manufacturers and airports step down from there.usglobaletfs.com
  2. 02Global by design. The index screens airline companies listed on exchanges worldwide, so non-U.S. carriers and airport operators sit alongside the big domestic names.usglobaletfs.com
  3. 03Reconstituted and rebalanced every March, June, September and December, so weights snap back to the rulebook instead of riding whichever airline just ran.usglobaletfs.comsec.gov
  4. 04Actively traded for a niche sector fund, which makes it one of the easier ways to step in and out of this corner of the market.

Worth knowing

  1. 01The 0.60% fee matches the category median but runs well above broad-transport options like XTN (0.35%) and IYT (0.38%), which own railroads and truckers too.
  2. 02One industry, roughly 40 stocks, top tier deliberately oversized. Moves can be sharp and can look nothing like the broad market.usglobaletfs.com
  3. 03Cash comes back once or twice a year, not quarterly or monthly.

JETS Holdings

As of Sep 20, 2026, 9:24 AM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
45
Top-10 weight
64%
Largest holding
LUV11.1%

Geography

  • United States74.99%
  • Canada5.39%
  • Spain2.01%
  • Singapore1.99%
  • Japan1.50%
  • Mexico1.46%
  • Turkey1.44%
  • China1.42%
  • Other countries (14)9.82%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 4.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001LUVSouthwest Airlines Co11.05%1,882,757$76M263
002AALAmerican Airlines Group Inc10.64%5,652,419$73M133
003DALDelta Air Lines Inc10.59%916,029$73M339
004UALUnited Airlines Holdings Inc10.54%673,061$72M296
005ULCCFrontier Group Holdings Inc3.72%4,343,900$26M59
006ALGTAllegiant Travel Co3.68%320,008$25M112
007SKYWSkyWest Inc3.54%254,170$24M128
008ALKAlaska Air Group Inc3.53%606,865$24M126
009JBLUJetBlue Airways Corp3.51%5,414,086$24M91
010AC.TOAir Canada3.43%1,183,362$24M40
011SABRSabre Corp2.08%6,162,731$14M64
012EXPEExpedia Group Inc2.02%48,845$14M377
013TXTTextron Inc2.01%170,771$14M258
014TRIPTripAdvisor Inc1.98%1,532,509$14M108
015GDGeneral Dynamics Corp1.98%38,182$14M367

Showing 1–15 of 55 holdings

JETS Performance

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

JETS$11,414
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,723
Sep 22, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026. JETS $11,414. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$8,956$11,205$13,453Sep 2025Mar 2026Sep 2026

Sep 22, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026

Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.

Trailing total return for JETS. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodJETS
Year to date+3.7%
1 month−1.5%
3 months−6.0%
1 year+14.1%
3 years+19.6%per year
5 years+4.9%per year
10 years+3.1%per year

As of the close, with distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for JETS
YearReturn barJETS
2026 YTD+3.7%
2025+11.6%
2024+33.2%
2023+11.4%
2022−19.0%
2021−5.1%
2020−28.9%

JETS in the news

JETS Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Sep 22, 2026.
0.80%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$0.23Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.23 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Irregular

Distribution history

2017–2026

One bar per payment. 6 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Dec 28, 2017 $0.51; Dec 28, 2018 $0.17; Dec 23, 2019 $0.39; Dec 29, 2020 $0.0092; Dec 23, 2021 $0.14; Dec 24, 2025 $0.23. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Dec 24, 2025Dec 26, 2025$0.23
Dec 23, 2021Dec 28, 2021$0.14
Dec 29, 2020Dec 31, 2020$0.0092
Dec 23, 2019Dec 26, 2019$0.39
Dec 28, 2018Jan 2, 2019$0.17
Dec 28, 2017Jan 2, 2018$0.51
Dec 28, 2016Jan 3, 2017$0.16
Dec 29, 2015Jan 4, 2016$0.04

JETS Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
28.8%
Annualised · 36 months to Aug 2026
How it’s calculated: standard deviation

The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
0.45
vs 3-month T-bills · to Aug 2026
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio

Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.

Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−40.4%
Trough Oct 2023
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown

The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.

Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
1.38
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

JETS Cost

Expense ratio0.60%
  • The middle half of Transportation funds
  • Median 0.48%

4 of the 8 Transportation funds charge less.

JETS costs $60.00 a year on $10,000. The median Transportation fund costs $48.50.