GCAD
Gabelli Commercial Aerospace and Defense Fund
Gabelli ETFs Trust
ETF
Expense ratio1
0.00%
Net assets2
$26.58M
Holdings2
49
Category
US Equity
2025 return3
39.34%

Investment objective & strategy

As of Dec. 15, 2025 · prospectus

Objective. The Fund seeks a high level of total return on its assets with an emphasis on income.

Strategy. The Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets in income producing equity securities in the aerospace and defense sectors. As a fundamental policy, the Fund will concentrate (invest at least 25% of the value of its net assets) in the securities of companies principally engaged in the group of industries comprising the aerospace and defense sectors. Aerospace companies include manufacturers, assemblers and distributors of aircraft and aircraft parts. Defense companies include producers of components and equipment for the defense industry, such as military aircraft, radar equipment and weapons. The Fund defines an aerospace and defense company as a company that derives at least 50% of its … The Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets in income producing equity securities in the aerospace and defense sectors. As a fundamental policy, the Fund will concentrate (invest at least 25% of the value of its net assets) in the securities of companies principally engaged in the group of industries comprising the aerospace and defense sectors. Aerospace companies include manufacturers, assemblers and distributors of aircraft and aircraft parts. Defense companies include producers of components and equipment for the defense industry, such as military aircraft, radar equipment and weapons. The Fund defines an aerospace and defense company as a company that derives at least 50% of its revenues from, or devotes 50% of its assets to, aerospace and/or defense related activities or devotes 50% of its assets to, aerospace and/or defense related activities. Income producing equity securities (e.g., dividend paying securities) include U.S. exchange-listed common stock and preferred stock. The Fund may invest in companies without regard to market capitalization. The Fund may also invest in foreign securities by investing in American Depositary Receipts. In making stock selections, the Adviser looks for securities that have a better yield than the average of the Standard and Poors 500 Index (the S&P 500 Index), as well as capital gains potential. In selecting investments for the Fund, the Adviser focuses on issuers that: ? have strong free cash flow and pay regular dividends; ? have potential for long term earnings per share growth; ? may be subject to a value catalyst, such as industry developments, regulatory changes, changes in management, sale or spin-off of a division, or the development of a profitable new business are well managed; and ? will benefit from sustainable long term economic dynamics, such as globalization of an issuers industry or an issuers increased focus on productivity or enhancement of services The Adviser also believes preferred stock of selected companies offer opportunities for capital appreciation as well as periodic income and may invest a portion of the Funds assets in such securities. This is particularly true in the case of companies that have performed below expectations. If a companys performance has been poor enough, its preferred stock will trade more like common stock than like a fixed income security and may result in above average appreciation if performance improves. This leads to the possibility of capital appreciation if the price of the common stock recovers.

Top holdings

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
ALBANY INTL CORP $1.58M 5.94%
BOEING CO/THE $1.57M 5.92%
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP $1.55M 5.83%
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP $1.54M 5.79%
MOOG INC-CLASS A $1.41M 5.30%
HEXCEL CORPORATION $1.22M 4.58%
TEXTRON INC $1.22M 4.58%
HONEYWELL INTL INC $1.12M 4.21%
DUCOMMUN INC $1.03M 3.86%
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INC $956.07K 3.60%
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Allocation by sector

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Dec 31, 2025 → Mar 31, 2026
Opened
12
Exited
4
Increased
37
Decreased
0
Unchanged
0

How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.

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Advisers

As of December 31, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
Gabelli Funds, LLC Adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of December 15, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of March 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. Computed by compounding the twelve monthly total returns the fund reported in its SEC N-PORT filings for 2025 (the latest prospectus does not yet chart this year).

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