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 →DRO
DRONESHIELD LIMITED
Industrials · Australia · 0.17% of DFND on average
Contributed −$7 per $10k to DFND over the period since 7 Aug.
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Explained moves, and what each did to DFND
About DFND
- TypeSector & thematic
- IssuerVanEck
- Size$299.0m
- Cost0.65% a year
- Holdings45
- Top sectorIndustrials 61%
- Top 2 holdings17%
DFND fell 10.4% over the period since 7 Aug. On $10,000, that's −$1038. RTX was the biggest drag at −$164; PLTR helped most at +$168.
What moved it
Gain or loss per $10k invested
- PLTRPalantir Tech+$168
- RTXRTX−$164
- CWCurtiss-Wright−$129
- LDOLeonardo−$121
- HOThales−$108
- KTOSKratos Defense−$59
- SAABBSaab Ab-B−$51
- LDOSLeidos−$43
- BABBabcock Intl−$41
- 064350Hyundai Rotem−$40
- STESingapore Tech+$39
- 012450Hanwha−$39
- PLPlanet Labs−$37
- HIIHuntington−$34
- ESLTElbit Systems−$25
- ONDSOndas−$16
- AMDassault−$12
- BAHBooz Allen−$11
- DRODroneshield−$7
- 047810Korea+$3
- CACICaci Intl−$1
- MOG/AMoog−$1
- KOGKongsberg−$1
- UnattributedFX, hedging, fees, timing−$374
- CompoundingDaily returns multiply, they do not add+$66
- Fund return−$1038
- Other 1 kind of news+$2
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
- Other 5 countries−$35
- Other 3 countries−$33