VanEck Global Defence ETF is a sector & thematic ETF from VanEck — 45 holdings, with $299.0m under management. 39% of its money is in industrials. Its two largest holdings, Palantir Technologies Inc and Rtx Corp, make up 17% of the fund. It charges 0.65% a year.
Holdings history for DFND starts 7 Aug 2026, so this shows the period since 7 Aug.
Compare DFND with another fund →About DFND
- TypeSector & thematic
- IssuerVanEck
- Size$299.0m
- Cost0.65% a year
- Holdings45
- Top sectorIndustrials 39%
- Top 2 holdings17%
Since 7 Aug−9.2%
$32.63−9.21% price
DFND fell 9.2% over the period since 7 Aug. On $10,000, that's −$921. LDO was the biggest drag at −$126; STE helped most at +$33.
Since 7 Aug high$37.31
Since 7 Aug low$31.73
Avg volume14k
Latest volume11k
Prices to 2 Oct closeNo distributions in this period
What moved it
Gain or loss per $10k invested
- LDOLeonardo−$126
- HOThales−$112
- KTOSKratos Defense−$57
- SAABBSaab Ab-B−$52
- 064350Hyundai Rotem−$49
- ESLTElbit Systems−$48
- BABBabcock Intl−$41
- Other 10 holdings−$115
- Other 8 holdings−$26
- UnattributedFX, hedging, fees, timing−$464
- CompoundingDaily returns multiply, they do not add+$54
- Fund return−$921
Each kind of news counts the days those moves happened; No flagged news is every other day. News is tracked for moves large enough to be flagged; most international holdings had none in this range.
Which country
per $10k
- Other 5 countries−$61
- Other 3 countries+$28