Data as of .
Defense ETFs: what each one actually holds
19 funds, measured by holdings rather than by name. The typical fund carries 38% of its weight in S&P 500 names.
| Ticker | Fund | Issuer | In the S&P 500 | Active share | Total return 1Y | vs S&P 500 | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITA | iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF | iShares | 76.6% | 97.9% | +14.2% | −5.7 pts | not published |
| PPA | Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF | Invesco | 71.1% | 96.4% | +12.6% | −7.3 pts | 0.58% |
| SHLD | Global X Defense Tech ETF | Global X | 44.8% | 98.7% | +2.3% | −17.7 pts | 0.50% |
| XAR | State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Aerospace & Defense ETF | State Street | 32.4% | 97.9% | +17.9% | −2.1 pts | 0.35% |
| EUAD | Select STOXX Europe Aerospace & Defense ETF | not published | 0.0% | 100.0% | +4.2% | −15.8 pts | 0.50% |
| MISL | First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF | First Trust | 63.0% | 97.5% | +13.0% | −7.0 pts | 0.60% |
| KDEF | PLUS Korea Defense Industry Index ETF | not published | 0.0% | 100.0% | +1.2% | −18.8 pts | 0.65% |
| NATO | Themes Transatlantic Defense ETF | Themes | 58.4% | 97.6% | +8.3% | −11.7 pts | 0.35% |
| WDEF | WisdomTree Europe Defense Fund | WisdomTree | 0.0% | 100.0% | +0.8% | −19.1 pts | 0.45% |
| GCAD | Gabelli Commercial Aerospace and Defense ETF | Gabelli | 40.2% | 97.2% | +20.2% | +0.2 pts | 0.90% |
| WAR | U.S. Global Technology and Aerospace & Defense ETF | not published | 38.3% | 92.4% | not published | not available | 0.60% |
| WDAF | WisdomTree Asia Defense Fund | WisdomTree | 0.0% | 100.0% | not published | not available | 0.45% |
| WDGF | WisdomTree Global Defense Fund | WisdomTree | 34.9% | 98.3% | not published | not available | 0.45% |
| ARMY | Tema International Defense ETF | Tema | 10.1% | 98.4% | not published | not available | 0.68% |
| XDEF | Xtrackers Europe Defense Technologies ETF | Xtrackers | 0.0% | 100.0% | not published | not available | 0.35% |
| DUTY | U.S. Defense ETF | not published | 61.8% | 98.1% | not published | not available | 0.45% |
| AMMO | VistaShares Defense Supercycle ETF | VistaShares | not published | not published | not published | not available | 0.75% |
| IDEF | iShares Defense Industrials Active ETF | iShares | not published | not published | +11.2% | −8.7 pts | not published |
| TSSD | Truth Social American Security & Defense ETF | not published | not published | not published | not published | not available | not published |
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