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NATO vs WDGF: which is really different?

NATO and WDGF hold 46% of their weight in the same names, and NATO returned more over the year.

Themes Transatlantic Defense ETF and WisdomTree Global Defense Fund.

58.4%NATO in the S&P 500
34.9%WDGF in the S&P 500
+0.6%NATO total return, 1 year
−0.4%WDGF total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: WDGF scores higher

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

NATO 44.5WDGF 54.50.1, 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

NATO42% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
58%42%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 59% of the fund · 84 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 5% in58%42%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 98% · top ten 59% of the fund
WDGF65% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
35%65%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 44% of the fund · 115 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 5% in35%65%inoutside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 44% of the fund

46% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, NATO and WDGF hold 46% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions NATO and WDGF both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingNATOWDGF
RTX Corp7.61%5.46%
Lockheed Martin Corp5.19%4.94%
General Dynamics Corp3.63%5.19%
BAE Systems PLC3.38%5.04%
Northrop Grumman Corp3.37%4.92%
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC7.16%3.04%
TransDigm Group Inc3.40%2.75%
Boeing Co/The7.28%2.55%
L3Harris Technologies Inc2.52%3.33%
Rheinmetall AG2.41%4.27%
Rocket Lab Corp2.51%2.33%
Curtiss-Wright Corp1.31%1.81%
Only in each
Only in NATOOnly in WDGF
General Electric Co 9.73%PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC 4.73%
Safran SA 4.89%HANWHA AEROSPACE CO LTD 2.51%
Howmet Aerospace Inc 4.85%ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD 2.15%
Honeywell International Inc 3.15%HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS LTD 2.09%
Honeywell Aerospace Inc 3.11%BHARAT ELECTRONICS LTD 2.06%
Axon Enterprise Inc 1.91%KONGSBERG GRUPPEN ASA 1.28%
Teledyne Technologies Inc 1.44%SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES ENGINEERING LTD 1.10%
FTAI Aviation Ltd 1.27%WOODWARD INC 1.07%

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 Jun 30, 2026.

Performance, window by window

NATO and WDGF over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
NATOWDGFNATOWDGFNATOWDGF
3 months−6.6%−2.8%−8.9 pts−5.1 pts−4.1 pts−0.3 pts
6 months−3.4%−8.3%−21.5 pts−26.3 pts−27.7 pts−32.5 pts
1 year+0.6%−0.4%−16.0 pts−17.0 pts−21.2 pts−22.2 pts
Since launch+49.9%+0.5%+15.4 pts−17.0 pts+2.3 pts−23.1 pts
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NATO and WDGF on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
NATO
Themes Transatlantic Defense ETF
Holds 84 stocks in defense, 58% 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
IssuerThemesWisdomTree
ThemeDefenseDefense
In the S&P 50058.4%34.9%
Active share vs the S&P 50097.6%98.3%
In the Nasdaq-1005.1%4.7%
Holdings84115
Top ten, share of the fund58.8%44.3%
Expense ratio0.35%0.45%
Fee for the differing part0.36%0.46%
Total return, 1 year+0.6%−0.4%
vs the S&P 500−16.0 pts−17.0 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−21.2 pts−22.2 pts
Below its high−14.4%−14.8%
Net assets$95m$5m

NATO in plain words

By weight, 58% of NATO'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 84 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +0.6% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 16.0 pts. It sits 14.4% below its all-time high of Mar 2, 2026.

WDGF in plain words

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 Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned −0.4% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 17.0 pts. It sits 14.8% below its all-time high of Mar 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do NATO and WDGF hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 46% 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, NATO or WDGF?
NATO has 58% of its weight in S&P 500 names and WDGF has 35%, so WDGF differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, NATO or WDGF?
NATO charges 0.35% a year and WDGF charges 0.45%, so NATO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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NATO against WDGF, 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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