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The defense ETFs least like the S&P 500
Every fund here is sold on defense, and they differ in how much of the index they hand you back. The one at the top is the one adding the most that is new.
| # | Ticker | Fund | Weight in S&P 500 companies | Active share | Net assets | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EUAD | Select STOXX Europe Aerospace & Defense | 0.0% | 100.0% | $1.2bn | 0.50% |
| 2 | KDEF | PLUS Korea Defense Industry Index ETF | 0.0% | 100.0% | $157m | 0.65% |
| 3 | WDAF | WisdomTree Asia Defense Fund | 0.0% | 100.0% | $12m | 0.45% |
| 4 | WDEF | WisdomTree Europe Defense Fund | 0.0% | 100.0% | $83m | 0.45% |
| 5 | XDEF | Xtrackers Europe Defense Technologies ET | 0.0% | 100.0% | $4m | 0.35% |
| 6 | ARMY | Tema International Defense ETF | 11.1% | 98.4% | $7m | 0.68% |
| 7 | AMMO | VistaShares Defense Supercycle ETF | 12.6% | 99.1% | $3m | 0.75% |
| 8 | WDGF | WisdomTree Global Defense Fund | 34.9% | 98.3% | $5m | 0.45% |
| 9 | XAR | State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Aerospace | 34.9% | 97.9% | $6.1bn | 0.35% |
| 10 | IDEF | iShares Defense Industrials Active ETF | 36.2% | 95.9% | $4.3bn | not filed |
| 11 | WAR | U.S. Global Technology and Aerospace & D | 38.3% | 92.4% | $41m | 0.60% |
| 12 | SHLD | Global X Defense Tech ETF | 39.9% | 99.1% | $7.1bn | 0.50% |
| 13 | GCAD | Gabelli Commercial Aerospace and Defense | 40.2% | 97.2% | $44m | 0.90% |
| 14 | NATO | Themes Transatlantic Defense ETF | 58.4% | 97.6% | $95m | 0.35% |
| 15 | DUTY | U.S. Defense ETF | 61.8% | 98.1% | $2m | 0.45% |
Method
The 22 of 22 ETFs in the defense theme with a filed book, least overlap first, each measured against the S&P 500 holdings ETFIQ reads for the same date. Across the funds listed here the weight held in S&P 500 companies runs from 0.0% to 61.8%. A thematic fund is worth its fee only for the part of it you do not already own. The ranking is the published field sorted, nothing else: no scoring, no weighting and no view on any fund. Every fund ETFIQ covers in this category is eligible, including funds that have closed, because leaving them out would flatter the category.
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, The defense ETFs least like the S&P 500, ranked by the share of the fund by weight that is held in S&P 500 companies, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-off-index-defense Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.