Do DUTY and WDGF hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 32% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.

Which is more different from the S&P 500, DUTY or WDGF?

DUTY has 62% of its weight in S&P 500 names and WDGF has 35%, so WDGF differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, DUTY or WDGF?

DUTY and WDGF both charge 0.45% a year, so neither is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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DUTY vs WDGF: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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DUTY and WDGF hold 32% of their weight in the same names.

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Net assets on Jun 30, 2026: $2.1m for U.S. Defense ETF and $5.3m for WisdomTree Global Defense Fund.

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At a glance

61.7%

DUTY in the S&P 500

34.9%

WDGF in the S&P 500

+7.2%

DUTY total return, since launch, Apr 8, 2026

−2.9%

WDGF total return, 1 year

DUTY · 6 months to Nov 4, 2026 38% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

62% of DUTY's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 38% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.

WDGF · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 65% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

35% of WDGF's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 65% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.45% a year; WDGF is 2.5 times larger.

DUTY vs WDGF: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	DUTY	WDGF
Return
Measure	DUTY	WDGF
Total return, 1 year	not published	−2.9%
Drawdown
Measure	DUTY	WDGF
Below its all-time high	9.0%, high on Aug 13, 2026	16.9%, high on Mar 9, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DUTY	WDGF
What it tracks	Defense	Defense
Cost and size
Measure	DUTY	WDGF
Expense ratio	0.45%	0.45%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026	$2.1m	$5.3m
Holdings
Measure	DUTY	WDGF
Holdings in common	32%

Method

What they share

32%

By the books each fund has filed, DUTY and WDGF hold 32% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DUTY WDGF

General Dynamics Corp 7.55% 5.18%

Lockheed Martin Corp 7.32% 4.93%

Northrop Grumman Corp 6.60% 4.92%

Palantir Technologies Inc 5.96% 4.72%

L3Harris Technologies Inc 6.83% 3.33%

Rocket Lab Corp 5.34% 2.33%

CACI International Inc 2.27% 0.70%

Kratos Defense & Security Solu 2.06% 0.65%

Huntington Ingalls Industries 2.45% 0.61%

Moog Inc 2.53% 0.57%

Leonardo DRS Inc 0.53% 0.72%

Karman Holdings Inc 1.00% 0.50%

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Only in DUTY

Palo Alto Networks Inc 5.20%

Fortinet Inc 4.91%

Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 4.63%

Okta Inc 4.61%

Teledyne Technologies Inc 4.34%

Akamai Technologies Inc 3.14%

Check Point Software Technolog 2.88%

Zscaler Inc 2.71%

Only in WDGF

RTX CORP 5.46%

BAE SYSTEMS PLC 5.04%

RHEINMETALL AG 4.27%

THALES SA 3.35%

ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 3.04%

TRANSDIGM GROUP INC 2.75%

BOEING COMPANY (THE) 2.55%

HANWHA AEROSPACE CO LTD 2.51%

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Window by window

Window by window: DUTY vs WDGF: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return
Window	DUTY	WDGF
3 months	−2.5%	−9.9%
6 months	+13.4%	−9.6%
1 year	–	−2.9%
Since launchNot the same days: DUTY Apr 2026 · WDGF Sep 2025	+7.2%	−2.1%

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Side by side

DUTY U.S. Defense ETF · Holds 50 stocks in defense, 62% of its weight in S&P 500 companies WDGF WisdomTree Global Defense Fund · Holds 115 stocks in defense, 35% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Aura WisdomTree

Theme Defense Defense

In the S&P 500 61.7% 34.9%

Active share vs the S&P 500 98.1% 98.3%

In the Nasdaq-100 26.0% 7.1%

Holdings 50 115

Top ten, share of the fund 59.0% 44.2%

Expense ratio 0.45% 0.45%

Fee for the differing part 0.46% 0.46%

Total return, 1 year +7.2% (since launch, Apr 8, 2026) −2.9%

vs its benchmark not measured not measured

Below its high −9.0% −16.9%

Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026 $2.1m $5.3m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

32% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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About each fund

DUTY

By weight, 62% of DUTY's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 59% of the fund across 50 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it first traded on Apr 8, 2026 the fund returned +7.2% with distributions reinvested. It sits 9.0% below its all-time high of Aug 13, 2026.

WDGF

By weight, 35% of WDGF's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 44% of the fund across 115 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned −2.9% with distributions reinvested. It sits 16.9% below its all-time high of Mar 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do DUTY and WDGF hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 32% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, DUTY or WDGF?: DUTY has 62% of its weight in S&P 500 names and WDGF has 35%, so WDGF differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, DUTY or WDGF?: DUTY and WDGF both charge 0.45% a year, so neither is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

DUTY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DUTY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Aura website ↗

WDGF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

WDGF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

WisdomTree page for WDGF ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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