VanEck Global Defence ETF is a sector & thematic ETF from VanEck — 45 holdings, with $299.0m under management. 61% 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 61%
- Top 2 holdings17%
Since 7 Aug−13.4%
$31.14−13.36% price
DFND fell 13.4% over the period since 7 Aug. On $10,000, that's −$1336. RTX was the biggest drag at −$164; PLTR helped most at +$213.
Since 7 Aug high$37.31
Since 7 Aug low$31.01
Avg volume15k
Latest volume26k
Prices to 9 Oct closeNo distributions in this period
What moved it
Gain or loss per $10k invested
- PLTRPalantir+$213
- RTXRTX−$164
- CWCurtiss-Wright−$157
- LDOLeonardo−$150
- HOThales−$143
- 012450Hanwha Aerospace−$134
- ESLTElbit Systems−$61
- Other 18 holdings−$609
- Other 16 holdings−$414
- CurrencyForeign currencies against the Australian dollar+$43
- UnattributedHedging, fees, timing−$471
- CompoundingDaily returns multiply, they do not add+$102
- Fund return−$1336
- Other 2 kinds of news−$1
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.
All 45 holdings
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Country
per $10k
- Other 5 countries−$115
- Other 3 countries−$19