XDEF Xtrackers Europe Defense Technologies ETF
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From its Feb 19, 2026 launch to Oct 28, 2026, XDEF lost 14.1%.
Promise check: Not measuredIts theme exposure is measured once ETFIQ defines its theme company by company.
XDEF 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 · Oct 27, 2026What you earned
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First traded Feb 19, 2026More on XDEF
Every number below is on this page. Open what you need.Price since launch, Feb 19, 2026
$21.16+0.4%1 day, priceClose, Oct 28, 2026
Price only. Total return over the same days, distributions reinvested, was −14.1%. 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 | −1.3% | +0.9% |
| 3M Jul 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | −5.2% | +6.1% |
| 6M Apr 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | 0.0% | +9.1% |
| Since launch Feb 19 – Oct 28, 2026 | −14.1% | +13.7% |
Total returns, distributions reinvested. Listed Feb 2026: no year to date, 1 year and 3 years windows.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.
Money in and out
Daily data · as of Oct 27, 2026XDEF: in the 15 trading days to Oct 27, 2026, nothing net moved, over 14 of 15 trading days.
Oct 27, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
XDEF, net flow each trading day over the 65 sessions from Jul 28, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026: money came in on 0 days and went out on 0 days, of the 14 days with daily data; the other 51 have none. Before Oct 7, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
No money in or out. 51 days missing.
XDEF, net flow each trading day over the 251 sessions from Oct 28, 2025 to Oct 27, 2026: money came in on 0 days and went out on 0 days, of the 14 days with daily data; the other 237 have none. Before Oct 7, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
No money in or out. 237 days missing.
XDEF, net flow each trading day over the 400 sessions from Mar 26, 2025 to Oct 27, 2026: money came in on 0 days and went out on 0 days, of the 14 days with daily data; the other 386 have none. Before Oct 7, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
No money in or out. 386 days missing.
Daily data starts Oct 7, 2026.
How this is computed
Computed by ETFIQ from Xtrackers’s daily data: each day’s change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s net asset value. Percentages are of net assets at the start of each window. Numbers are net: money in less money out. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for XDEF, back to Dec 2025, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare XDEF with other funds in the flows tool
Every trading day, last 3 months14 days
Most recent first.
Week by week, last year4 weeks
Net flow into XDEF each week, Oct 7, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, most recent first, each week named by its last trading day with data. Computed by ETFIQ.
Month by month, money in and money outDec 2025 to Oct 2026
XDEF, money in and money out each month from Dec 2025 to May 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from XDEF’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Oct 2026 is still in progress, so it is in the list and not drawn. Of the 7 months listed, money came in on net in 1 and went out in 0.
Every bar is from XDEF’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 7 months listed, money came in on net in 1 and went out in 0.
Most recent first.
How this is computed
N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions. Months summed from daily data: money in adds the days money came in; money out adds the days it went out.
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 daily share counts and net asset values, and its SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Oct 27, 2026. Last checked Oct 29, 2026.
XDEF key stats
Trading
as of Oct 27, 2026
XDEF top ten by weight, 64.0% of the fund, of its 34 equity positions, from the holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026. Source: the fund’s SEC filing.
Source: Holdings filing (SEC Form N-PORT). Data as of Aug 31, 2026. Updated when the fund files its next report.
About XDEF
How we measure
12 seats on XDEF, as of Oct 28, 2026: 5 Challenges, 7 Not enough data.
Questions people ask about XDEF
- How much of XDEF is in S&P 500 companies?
- By its holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026, 0% of XDEF 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 XDEF hold?
- 35 positions as filed for Aug 31, 2026, with the top ten at 64% of the fund. The largest are ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC at 9.2%, SAFRAN SA at 8.5%, AIRBUS SE at 8.4%.
- Has XDEF beaten the S&P 500?
- Since it first traded on Feb 19, 2026, XDEF returned −14.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for the S&P 500, so it finished behind the index by 27.8 points.
- What does XDEF cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. Because 100% of the fund differs from the S&P 500, the fee on that differing part works out at 0.35%.
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