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WR vs XDEF: which is really different?

WR and XDEF hold 0% of their weight in the same names.

Corgi U.S. War Machine ETF and Xtrackers Europe Defense Technologies ETF.

70.0%WR in the S&P 500
0.0%XDEF in the S&P 500
+7.9%WR total return, 1 year
−99.1%XDEF total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: XDEF scores higher

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

WR 37.9XDEF 91.80.1, 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

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
XDEF100% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 6 months to Sep 18, 2026
0%100%0% of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 62% of the fund · 30 holdings filed May 31, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 0% in0%100%0% of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 62% of the fund

0% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, WR and XDEF hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in WROnly in XDEF
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 8.60%AIRBUS SE 8.69%
Chevron Corp 6.37%ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 8.64%
Palantir Technologies Inc 5.66%SAFRAN SA 8.26%
RTX Corp 5.04%BAE SYSTEMS PLC 7.30%
Marathon Petroleum Corp 4.41%RHEINMETALL AG 6.95%
Valero Energy Corp 4.29%DSV A/S 4.70%
Phillips 66 4.04%THALES SA 4.40%
ConocoPhillips 3.90%MTU AERO ENGINES AG 4.29%

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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

WR and XDEF over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
WRXDEFWRXDEFWRXDEF
3 months+11.1%+1.8%+8.8 pts−0.5 pts+13.6 pts+4.3 pts
6 monthsnot published−0.4%not published−18.5 ptsnot published−24.7 pts
Since launch+7.9%−99.1%+3.6 pts−111.5 pts+4.1 pts−117.1 pts
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WR and XDEF on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
WR
Corgi U.S. War Machine ETF
Holds 57 stocks in defense, 70% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
XDEF
Xtrackers Europe Defense Technologies ETF
Holds 30 stocks in defense, 0% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerCorgiXtrackers
ThemeDefenseDefense
In the S&P 50070.0%0.0%
Active share vs the S&P 50096.6%100.0%
In the Nasdaq-1009.2%0.0%
Holdings5730
Top ten, share of the fund48.7%61.5%
Expense rationot published0.35%
Fee for the differing partnot published0.35%
Total return, 1 year+7.9% (since launch on May 6, 2026)−99.1% (since launch on Jan 2, 2026)
vs the S&P 500+3.6 pts−111.5 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+4.1 pts−117.1 pts
Below its high−3.9%−99.2%
Net assets$945,672$4m

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.

XDEF in plain words

By weight, 0% of XDEF's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 100%. The top ten holdings are 62% of the fund across 30 positions, as filed for May 31, 2026. Since it launched on Jan 2, 2026 the fund returned −99.1% with distributions reinvested against +12.4% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 111.5 pts. It sits 99.2% below its all-time high of Jan 16, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do WR and XDEF hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is mostly different names. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, WR or XDEF?
WR has 70% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XDEF has 0%, so XDEF differs more from the index.

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Where these figures came from

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WR against XDEF, 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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