KDEF PLUS Korea Defense Industry Index ETF
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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, KDEF lost 24.5%.
Promise check: Not measuredIts theme exposure is measured once ETFIQ defines its theme company by company.
KDEF risk and return scorecard
vs its own holdings
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data
Money in and out
Net fund flows · May 31, 2026What you earned
What did you actually buy?
Defense · holdings as of May 31, 2026More on KDEF
Every number below is on this page. Open what you need.Price and total return, 1 year
$34.27+1.9%1 day, priceClose, Oct 28, 2026
Total return adds every distribution, reinvested. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Oct 28, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error
| Window | Total return | S&P 500 (SPY) |
|---|---|---|
| 1M Sep 28 – Oct 28, 2026 | −19.4% | +0.9% |
| 3M Jul 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | +2.1% | +6.1% |
| 6M Apr 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | −44.7% | +9.1% |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | −20.9% | +14.1% |
| 1Y Oct 28, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | −24.5% | +13.6% |
| Since launch Feb 5, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | +72.0% | +30.3% |
| Since launch, annualised Feb 5, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | +36.9% | – |
Total returns, distributions reinvested. Listed Feb 2025: no 3 years windows.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.
Money in and out
Monthly data · as of May 31, 2026KDEF: in the month to May 31, 2026, net $5.9m went out, by its SEC filing.
Jun 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
monthly, from SEC filings
Computed by ETFIQ from the monthly sales and redemptions KDEF files with the SEC on Form N-PORT.
How this is computed
ETFIQ reads no daily data for this fund, so its flows are monthly, and the latest month filed is May 2026. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for KDEF, back to Dec 2024, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare KDEF with other funds in the flows tool
Month by month, money in and money outDec 2024 to May 2026
KDEF, money in and money out each month from Dec 2024 to May 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from KDEF’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 18 months listed, money came in on net in 14 and went out in 1.
Every bar is from KDEF’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 18 months listed, money came in on net in 14 and went out in 1.
Most recent first.
How this is computed
N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions.
N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily data; the Source column names any missing day.
Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of May 31, 2026. Updated when the fund files its next report.
KDEF key stats
Trading
as of Feb 13, 2026
KDEF top ten by weight, 70.6% of the fund, of its 20 equity positions, from the holdings filed for May 31, 2026. Source: the fund’s SEC filing.
Source: Holdings filing (SEC Form N-PORT).
About KDEF
How we measure
12 seats on KDEF, as of Oct 28, 2026: 1 Mixed, 5 Challenges, 6 Not enough data.
Questions people ask about KDEF
- How much of KDEF is in S&P 500 companies?
- By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of KDEF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Its active share against the index is 100%, so that share is the part doing something different.
- What does KDEF hold?
- 20 positions as filed for May 31, 2026, with the top ten at 71% of the fund. The largest are HANWHA AEROSPACE CO LTD at 18.5%, HYUNDAI ROTEM COMPANY at 16.9%, LIG DEFENSE & AEROSPACE CO LTD at 5.8%.
- Has KDEF beaten the S&P 500?
- Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 KDEF returned −24.5% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for the S&P 500, so it finished behind the index by 38.1 points.
- What does KDEF cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.65% a year. Because 100% of the fund differs from the S&P 500, the fee on that differing part works out at 0.65%.
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