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AMMO vs IDEF: which is really different?

AMMO and IDEF hold 26% of their weight in the same names.

VistaShares Defense Supercycle ETF and iShares Defense Industrials Active ETF.

12.6%AMMO in the S&P 500
36.2%IDEF in the S&P 500
+0.9%AMMO total return, 1 year
+4.4%IDEF total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: AMMO scores higher

How much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

AMMO 64.1IDEF 35.50.1, the lowest in this set91.8, the highest

A percentile among the 379 thematic ETFs with a holdings filing. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All thematic ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

AMMO87% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
13%87%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 33% of the fund · 52 holdings filed Sep 21, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 3% in13%87%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 33% of the fund
IDEF64% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
36%64%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 96% · top ten 36% of the fund · 155 holdings filed Sep 17, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 9% in36%64%inoutside the S&P 500active share 96% · top ten 36% of the fund

26% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AMMO and IDEF hold 26% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions AMMO and IDEF both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingAMMOIDEF
Palantir Technologies Inc3.17%5.02%
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC2.09%3.29%
LEONARDO-FINMECCANICA SPA1.81%1.60%
Rheinmetall AG3.76%1.15%
Safran SA1.05%1.30%
TransDigm Group Inc2.20%1.01%
Teledyne Technologies Inc1.96%0.82%
Howmet Aerospace Inc0.84%0.70%
Rocket Lab Corp1.62%0.70%
Carpenter Technology Corp1.66%0.67%
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc0.90%0.64%
TTM Technologies Inc2.49%0.55%
Only in each
Only in AMMOOnly in IDEF
LIG Defense&Aerospace Co Ltd 4.80%RTX 6.55%
Mildef Group AB 3.78%BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 3.77%
Kitron ASA 3.50%LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP 3.62%
Cohort PLC 2.76%BOEING 3.19%
Elbit Systems Ltd 2.43%GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP 2.94%
Theon International PLC 2.35%NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP 2.58%
Poongsan Corp 2.12%AIRBUS GROUP 2.55%
Moog Inc 2.07%SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 2.44%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 18, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

AMMO and IDEF over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
AMMOIDEFAMMOIDEFAMMOIDEF
3 monthsnot published−1.6%not published−3.9 ptsnot published+0.9 pts
6 monthsnot published−5.7%not published−23.8 ptsnot published−30.0 pts
1 yearnot published+4.4%not published−12.2 ptsnot published−17.4 pts
Since launch+0.9%+27.2%−0.8 pts−5.6 pts−1.3 pts−14.2 pts
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AMMO and IDEF on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
AMMO
VistaShares Defense Supercycle ETF
Holds 52 stocks in defense, 13% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IDEF
iShares Defense Industrials Active ETF
Holds 155 stocks in defense, 36% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerVistaSharesiShares
ThemeDefenseDefense
In the S&P 50012.6%36.2%
Active share vs the S&P 50099.1%95.9%
In the Nasdaq-1003.2%9.2%
Holdings52155
Top ten, share of the fund32.6%35.8%
Expense ratio0.75%not published
Fee for the differing part0.76%not published
Total return, 1 year+0.9% (since launch on Jul 16, 2026)+4.4%
vs the S&P 500−0.8 pts−12.2 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−1.3 pts−17.4 pts
Below its high−14.0%−13.4%
Net assets$3m$4.3bn

AMMO in plain words

By weight, 13% of AMMO's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 99%. The top ten holdings are 33% of the fund across 52 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 21, 2026. Since it launched on Jul 16, 2026 the fund returned +0.9% with distributions reinvested against +1.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts. It sits 14.0% below its all-time high of Aug 14, 2026.

IDEF in plain words

By weight, 36% of IDEF's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 96%. The top ten holdings are 36% of the fund across 155 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +4.4% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 12.2 pts. It sits 13.4% below its all-time high of Mar 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do AMMO and IDEF hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 26% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is a meaningful overlap. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, AMMO or IDEF?
AMMO has 13% of its weight in S&P 500 names and IDEF has 36%, so AMMO differs more from the index.

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Where these figures came from

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AMMO against IDEF, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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