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IDEF vs WR: which is really different?

IDEF and WR hold 24% of their weight in the same names.

iShares Defense Industrials Active ETF and Corgi U.S. War Machine ETF.

36.2%IDEF in the S&P 500
70.0%WR in the S&P 500
+4.4%IDEF total return, 1 year
+7.9%WR total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: WR scores higher

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

IDEF 35.5WR 37.90.1, 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

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
WR30% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 3 months to Sep 18, 2026
70%30%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 97% · top ten 49% of the fund · 57 holdings filed Sep 18, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 9% in70%30%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 97% · top ten 49% of the fund

24% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IDEF and WR hold 24% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions IDEF and WR both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingIDEFWR
RTX6.50%5.04%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A4.96%5.66%
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP3.63%3.55%
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP2.96%2.87%
TRANSDIGM GROUP0.99%1.61%
ATI0.73%1.42%
ROCKET LAB CORP0.73%1.34%
HOWMET AEROSPACE0.68%2.55%
BWX TECHNOLOGIES INC0.50%0.76%
AEROVIRONMENT0.46%0.59%
HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES0.46%0.81%
KRATOS DEFENSE AND SECURITY SOLUTI0.45%0.74%
Only in each
Only in IDEFOnly in WR
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 3.70%ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 8.60%
ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 3.34%Chevron Corp 6.37%
BOEING 3.16%Marathon Petroleum Corp 4.41%
AIRBUS GROUP 2.57%Valero Energy Corp 4.29%
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP 2.55%Phillips 66 4.04%
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 2.46%ConocoPhillips 3.90%
HANWHA AEROSPACE LTD 2.24%EOG Resources Inc 2.67%
BAE SYSTEMS PLC 2.19%Williams Cos Inc/The 2.61%

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 17, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

IDEF and WR over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
IDEFWRIDEFWRIDEFWR
3 months−1.6%+11.1%−3.9 pts+8.8 pts+0.9 pts+13.6 pts
6 months−5.7%not published−23.8 ptsnot published−30.0 ptsnot published
1 year+4.4%not published−12.2 ptsnot published−17.4 ptsnot published
Since launch+27.2%+7.9%−5.6 pts+3.6 pts−14.2 pts+4.1 pts
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IDEF and WR on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IDEF
iShares Defense Industrials Active ETF
Holds 155 stocks in defense, 36% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
WR
Corgi U.S. War Machine ETF
Holds 57 stocks in defense, 70% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssueriSharesCorgi
ThemeDefenseDefense
In the S&P 50036.2%70.0%
Active share vs the S&P 50095.9%96.6%
In the Nasdaq-1009.2%9.2%
Holdings15557
Top ten, share of the fund35.8%48.7%
Expense rationot publishednot published
Fee for the differing partnot publishednot published
Total return, 1 year+4.4%+7.9% (since launch on May 6, 2026)
vs the S&P 500−12.2 pts+3.6 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−17.4 pts+4.1 pts
Below its high−13.4%−3.9%
Net assets$4.3bn$945,672

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 17, 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.

WR in plain words

By weight, 70% of WR's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 97%. The top ten holdings are 49% of the fund across 57 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Since it launched on May 6, 2026 the fund returned +7.9% with distributions reinvested against +4.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 3.6 pts.

Questions people ask

Do IDEF and WR hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 24% 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, IDEF or WR?
IDEF has 36% of its weight in S&P 500 names and WR has 70%, so WR differs more from the index.

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Where these figures came from

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IDEF against WR, 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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