Data as of . Holdings from the fund’s latest public SEC N-PORT filing; overlap and active share computed by ETFIQ against the IVV and QQQM books; returns from Tiingo end-of-day prices with distributions reinvested.
IDEF · iShares Defense Industrials Active ETF
iShares · Themes desk
Open the live card on ETFIQIDEF has no public holdings filing captured yet. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +11.2% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 8.7 pts. It sits 12.2% below its all-time high of Mar 2, 2026.
| Theme (ETFIQ, editorial) | Defense |
|---|---|
| Launched | May 21, 2025 |
| 3 months: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ) | +1.2% / +4.7% / −3.5 pts / −0.9 pts |
| 6 months: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ) | −9.4% / +15.2% / −24.6 pts / −29.6 pts |
| 1 year: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ) | +11.2% / +20.0% / −8.7 pts / −14.4 pts |
| since launch: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ) | +29.1% / +34.0% / −4.9 pts / −11.9 pts |
| Below its all-time high (ETFIQ) | −12.2% |
Questions people ask
- Has IDEF beaten the S&P 500?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 IDEF returned +11.2% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so it finished behind the index by 8.7 points.
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