Summary
BetaShares - Global Defence ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by BetaShares. Positions inside: 68. The ten largest make up 68% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.55%
- Fund size
- $217.0M
- Positions
- 68
- Dividend yield
- 2.08%
- Running since
- 2024
What speaks for it
Nothing stands out in its favour.
What to watch
- The ten largest positions make up 68% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
- 85% of the fund is in one sector (Industrials).
- Costs of 0.55% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- A young fund: it has been running only since 2024.
- It trades little: only about $618.3K changes hands a day.
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- +0.9%
- 3 months
- +1.8%
- This year
- -8.0%
- 1 year
- -10%
- Avg. market cap
- $121.7B
- P/E
- 26.1x
- Forward P/E
- 23.9x
- P/S
- 2.4x
- P/B
- 5.1x
- P/FCF
- 22.2x
- EV/EBITDA
- 18.3x
- Dividend yield
- 1.13%
- ROIC
- 11.7%
- ROE
- 27.9%
- Gross margin
- 28.7%
- Operating margin
- 12.0%
- Net margin
- 12.3%
- Payout ratio
- 29.5%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.1x
- Beta
- 0.60
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 91% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Concentrated- 1 PLPalantir PLTR 9.7%
- 2 LMLockheed Martin LMT 8.4%
- 3 GDGeneral Dynamics GD 7.9%
- 4 RTRTX RTX 7.8%
- 5 SASafran SAF.PA 7.7%
- 6 BAE SYSTEMS PLC 7.0%
- 7 NONorthrop Grumman Corp NOC 6.8%
- 8 RHRheinmetall AG RHM.DE 5.0%
- 9 LHL3Harris Technologies, Inc. LHX 4.2%
- 10 RKRocket Lab USA RKLB 3.4%
Positions in the fund: 68. The ten largest make up 68% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Industrials 85%
- Technology 15%
By country
- United States 62%
- France 11%
- United Kingdom 8.2%
- Germany 6.5%
- Other countries 13%
By company size
- Mega cap 20%
- Large cap 69%
- Mid cap 9.4%
- Small cap 1.7%
By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M. Counted from the companies that make up 90% of the fund.
Largest sector: Industrials (85%). Largest country: United States (62%). Largest size group: Large cap (69%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $55.00
- Over 20 years
- $2,646
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $55.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $2,646.
How has it done?
Losing value- Over the last year
- -10%
- Deepest drop
- -25%
- Yearly volatility
- 25%
Decline over the last year: 10%. Deepest drop in these years: 25% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 2.08%
- Last payment
- $0.47
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.47 per share, which is 2.08% of today's price. The last payment was $0.47 on Jul 1, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
It trades little- Traded a day
- $618.3K
- Shares a day
- 28K
On an average day about $618.3K of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather expensive- P/E of the companies inside
- 26.1
- Average Bulios Score
- 61 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 19%
- Fairly valued 15%
- Overvalued 65%
On average the companies inside trade for 26.1 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 65% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 91% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
Similar funds
Funds that hold much of the same. The overlap says how much of their weight they share with this fund.
| Fund | Domicile | Size | 1-year change | Dividends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SH SHLD Global X - Defense Tech ETF | United States | 0.50% | $4.25B | -8.7% | Pays out | 73% |
NA NATO.MI HanETF Future of Defence UCITS ETF | Ireland | 0.49% | $3.15B | +11% | Reinvests | 67% |
WD WDGF WisdomTree Global Defense Fund | United States | 0.45% | $2.18M | -4.3% | Pays out | 63% |
DU DUTY U.S. Defense ETF | United States | 0.45% | $666.4K | - | - | 48% |
TS TSSD Truth Social American Security & Defense ETF | United States | 0.65% | $14.9M | - | Pays out | 47% |
MI MISL First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF | United States | 0.60% | $193.7M | -3.8% | Pays out | 46% |
