Key Takeaways
- While many investment strategies struggled to bring in results in March, space companies did rather well and are continuing to in April.
- The Procure Space ETF (UFO) is reporting significant year to date returns, propelled by strong underlying stock picking from its respective index.
- UFO has already seen significant inflows this year and is well positioned to continue for months to come.
In an uncertain macroeconomic environment, finding investment approaches — that are not only surviving, but excelling — is paramount. The Procure Space ETF (UFO ) is one of the few contenders to fit the bill. Thus far, the space ETF has been a market winner offering the best of both worlds: Performance that can offset potential losses elsewhere and a strategy that offers compelling opportunities for diversification.
This includes many approaches to investing within the space industry. Even last month, when many equity approaches struggled to keep their footing, there were numerous companies from all space industry sectors still reporting breathtaking monthly returns.
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Less than two weeks into April we’re already seeing this trend steadily continue. Of course this doesn’t come as a surprise with the surgence of space technology and AI, especially now with projects such as the Artemis II mission adding fuel to the fire of fund flows for the space sector.
Space ETF UFO Shoots for the Stars in April
Year-to-date, the Procure Space ETF (UFO) is now up 31.90%, as of April 9, 2026. The fund has been seeing great momentum thus far this year and many stocks within its index, the S-Network Space Index (SPACE), are already significantly up in April.
The two sectors with the most significant weight in the index are, by far, Industrials and media & communications. Notably, the index’s robust stock selection is evident, as top holdings in both sectors have already delivered significant returns this month For Industrials, Planet Labs is up 30.77%, and for media & communication, AST SpaceMobile is up 16.40%, as of April 8, 2026. Both of these companies are within the top five holdings of UFO’s portfolio.
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So far, between January 1, 2026, and April 7, 2026, UFO has seen about $189 million in net flows. These flows could very well continue upward, should UFO and the space industry as a whole prove to be a potential safe space amid all this global uncertainty.
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