VanEck Defense UCITS ETF (FRA:DFEN)

Assets	5.52B
Expense Ratio	0.58%
PE Ratio	29.15
Forward PE	21.78
Dividend (ttm)	n/a
Dividend Yield	n/a
Ex-Dividend Date	n/a
Payout Frequency	n/a
Payout Ratio	n/a

Volume	71
Open	51.43
Previous Close	50.94
Day's Range	50.95 - 51.43
52-Week Low	47.65
52-Week High	64.47
Beta	n/a
Holdings	52
Inception Date	Mar 31, 2023

About DFEN

VanEck Defense UCITS ETF was launched on Mar 31, 2023 and is issued by VanEck. It invests mainly in stocks based on a particular theme. The Funds investment objective is to replicate the price and the performance, before fees and expenses, of an index that provides exposure to entities involved in serving national defense industries.

• Asset Class: Equity
• Category: Theme
• Stock Exchange: Frankfurt Stock Exchange
• Ticker Symbol: DFEN
• Provider: VanEck
• Index Tracked: MarketVector Global Defense Industry Index - USD - US Dollar - Benchmark TR Net

Performance

DFEN had a total return of -3.65% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 32.64%.

Top 10 Holdings

60.12% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
RTX Corporation	RTX	8.39%
Palantir Technologies Inc.	PLTR	8.27%
Thales S.A.	HO	7.37%
Saab AB (publ)	SAAB.B	6.15%
Leonardo S.p.a.	LDO	5.92%
Elbit Systems Ltd.	ESLT	5.82%
Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd.	012450	5.10%
Kongsberg Gruppen ASA	KOG	4.82%
Leidos Holdings, Inc.	LDOS	4.16%
Curtiss-Wright Corporation	CW	4.12%

Data Sources: S&P Global Market Intelligence and Finnhub

Historical data is provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Several fund data points are also provided by Finnhub.

Last checked:

Nov 12, 2026

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