WDAF WisdomTree Asia Defense Fund
Holds 61 stocks in defense, 0% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
WDAF holds 61 stocks, and 100% of its weight is outside the S&P 500.
Key facts
ETFIQ Off-Index Score
91.6joint 1st of 371
WDAF shares 0 of its 61 holdings with the S&P 500. Only 0.0% of its weight overlaps the index.
How much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?
That is the share of the 371 thematic ETFs with a holdings filing sitting at or below WDAF. A position in this set, not a rating: it moves when the set moves, and it is not a figure to average against another desk's.
3rd of 22 defense ETFs by least weight in the S&P 500
Its ten largest equity positions
| Holding | Ticker | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS LTD | HNAL | 8.01% | |
| BHARAT ELECTRONICS LTD | BHE | 7.82% | |
| KOREA AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD | 047810 | 7.70% | |
| HANWHA AEROSPACE CO LTD | 012450 | 7.32% | |
| LIG DEFENSE & AEROSPACE CO LTD | 079550 | 7.01% | |
| HYUNDAI ROTEM COMPANY | 064350 | 6.84% | |
| IHI CORP | 7013 | 4.58% | |
| KAWASAKI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD | 7012 | 4.22% | |
| MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD | 7011 | 4.17% | |
| SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES ENGINEERING LTD | STE | 3.96% |
Period by period
| Window | Total return | S&P 500 | Gap to S&P 500 | Gap to Nasdaq-100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 months | −3.4% | +3.3% | −6.7 pts | −2.6 pts |
| 6 months | −11.6% | +16.0% | −27.6 pts | −32.2 pts |
| Since launch | +0.7% | +17.5% | −16.9 pts | −21.8 pts |
In plain words
The top ten holdings are 62% of the fund across 61 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it launched on Sep 12, 2025 the fund returned +0.7% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 16.9 pts. It sits 18.2% below its all-time high of May 5, 2026.
| Theme (ETFIQ, editorial) | Defense |
|---|---|
| Launched | Sep 12, 2025 |
| Already in the S&P 500, by weight (ETFIQ) | 0.0% |
| Active share vs the S&P 500 (ETFIQ) | 100.0% |
| Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight (ETFIQ) | 0.0% |
| Active share vs the Nasdaq-100 (ETFIQ) | 100.0% |
| Top ten holdings weight | 61.6% |
| Holdings | 61 |
| Holdings as of (SEC N-PORT) | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Top holdings | HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS LTD 8.0%, BHARAT ELECTRONICS LTD 7.8%, KOREA AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD 7.7%, HANWHA AEROSPACE CO LTD 7.3%, LIG DEFENSE & AEROSPACE CO LTD 7.0%, HYUNDAI ROTEM COMPANY 6.8%, IHI CORP 4.6%, KAWASAKI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD 4.2%, MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD 4.2%, SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES ENGINEERING LTD 4.0% |
| Net assets (issuer page, as of Sep 11, 2026) | $12m |
| Below its all-time high (ETFIQ) | −18.2% |
| Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Jul 29, 2026) | 0.45% |
| Fee for the part that differs from the S&P 500, active expense ratio (ETFIQ) | 0.45% |
| Closest funds by holdings overlap | KDEF 37%, WDGF 14%, KMCA 12%, IDEF 12%, FSPC 10% |
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. How these figures are computed
Questions people ask
- How much of WDAF is in S&P 500 companies?
- By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of WDAF 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 WDAF hold?
- 61 positions as filed for Jun 30, 2026, with the top ten at 62% of the fund. The largest are HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS LTD at 8.0%, BHARAT ELECTRONICS LTD at 7.8%, KOREA AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD at 7.7%.
- Has WDAF beaten the S&P 500?
- Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 WDAF returned +0.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so it finished behind the index by 16.9 points.
- What does WDAF cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.45% a year. Because 100% of the fund differs from the S&P 500, the fee on that differing part works out at 0.45%.
The words on this page
- Active share
- The part of the fund doing something the index is not, as a percentage. It is the part a fee is actually buying.
- Weight overlap
- The share of money two portfolios hold in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice.
- Already in the index
- The fund’s weight in securities the S&P 500 holds at all. A fund can be made entirely of index names and still have high active share, because it holds them at very different weights.
- Top ten
- What the ten largest positions add up to. The higher it is, the more the fund is a bet on a few companies rather than a theme.
Every term used here, defined in full on the thematic ETFs vocabulary page.
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