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U.S. Global Jets ETF

JETSNYSE ArcaUS GlobalC

$28.05+1.12 (+4.16%)

At close: Nov 2, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

C40/ 100

Rank 5 of 8 in Transportation

C40/100Rank 5 of 8inTransportation
Intraday session: up, 79 prints from 26.93 to 28.05. Range 27.80 to 28.46. Use the arrow keys to read each point.27.2527.5027.7528.2528.5010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.60%
Fund size
$768M
1Y total return
+10.2%
Yield · Last 12 months
0.86%
Holdings
55
Avg volume · 30D
3.37M sh
52W range
low $23.53high $34.06
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net JETS Grade

C

Score 40 out of 100

Category
Transportation⁠
Rank
5 of 8
Six-pillar profile for JETS. Scores out of 100: Cost 31, Risk 20, Mission 48, Tradability 72, Holdings 38, Durability 75. Strongest: Durability (75). Weakest: Risk (20). Leans toward Durability and Tradability.

Score 40 of 100 falls in the C band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.

  • Cost

    The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.
    D31 out of 100
    Rank 5 of 8

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    C48 out of 100
    Rank 2 of 2

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    F20 out of 100
    Rank 8 of 8

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    A72 out of 100
    Rank 3 of 8

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    D38 out of 100
    Rank 7 of 8

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    A75 out of 100
    Rank 2 of 8

Our read on JETS

ETF.net Research

In short

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

  • A 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
  • Global 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
  • Reconstituted 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
  • Actively 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

  • The 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.
  • One industry, roughly 40 stocks, top tier deliberately oversized. Moves can be sharp and can look nothing like the broad market.usglobaletfs.com
  • Cash comes back once or twice a year, not quarterly or monthly.

JETS Holdings

Holdings pillarD38 out of 100Rank 7 of 8 in Transportation
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
55
Top-10 weight
63%
Largest holding
LUV11.7%

Geography

  • United States76.18%
  • Canada5.04%
  • China2.77%
  • Spain2.09%
  • Mexico1.60%
  • Japan1.47%
  • Turkey1.22%
  • Ireland1.02%
  • Other countries (13)8.61%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 4.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueHeld by ETFs
1LUVSouthwest Airlines Co11.66%2,368,865$94.5M273
2DALDelta Air Lines Inc11.09%1,157,089$89.9M343
3AALAmerican Airlines Group Inc10.70%7,087,043$86.7M136
4UALUnited Airlines Holdings Inc10.63%846,815$86.1M293
5SKYWSkyWest Inc3.72%319,690$30.1M131
6ALGTAllegiant Travel Co3.54%408,925$28.6M111
7ULCCFrontier Group Holdings Inc3.40%5,465,426$27.5M61
8ALKAlaska Air Group Inc3.16%763,483$25.6M130
9AC.TOAir Canada2.89%1,488,786$23.4M40
10JBLUJetBlue Airways Corp2.46%6,811,930$20M93
11BBD-B.TOBombardier Inc2.24%76,963$18.2M51
12TRIPTripAdvisor Inc2.20%1,890,940$17.9M103
13EXPEExpedia Group Inc2.17%61,445$17.6M395
14TXTTextron Inc2.05%214,745$16.6M260
15GDGeneral Dynamics Corp2.04%48,010$16.5M379

Showing 1–15 of 55 holdings

JETS Performance

Launched Apr 28, 2015

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

JETS$11,023
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,199
Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026. JETS $11,023. SPY $11,199. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$10,000$12,000$14,000Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 30, 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−4.1%
1 month−4.6%
3 months−13.9%
1 year+10.2%
3 yearsper year+22.1%
5 yearsper year+4.2%
10 yearsper year+1.7%

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−4.1%
2025+11.6%

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 Oct 30, 2026.
0.86%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

$10,000 in JETS 10 years ago paid $677 in dividends.

JETS Risk

Risk pillarF20 out of 100Rank 8 of 8 in Transportation
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
26.8%
Annualised · 36 months to Oct 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.
0.71
vs 3-month T-bills · to Oct 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.
−40.1%
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.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

JETS Cost

Compare JETS and XTN

Overpaying vs XTN, tied cheapest in Transportation

$4,691

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • JETS 0.60%

    $11,817

  • XTN 0.35% Tied cheapest

    $7,126

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • JETS 0.60%
  • XTN 0.35%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$2.5K$5K$7.5K$10K$12.5K051015202530JETS $11,817XTN $7,126

Year by year

YearJETSXTNOverpaying
10$1,076$634$442
20$4,116$2,454$1,662
30$11,817$7,126$4,691

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