Vaneck UCITS ETFs Plc - Vaneck Defense UCITS Etf (LON:DFNS)

Assets	5.69B
Expense Ratio	0.55%
PE Ratio	34.97
Dividend (ttm)	n/a
Dividend Yield	n/a
Ex-Dividend Date	n/a
Payout Frequency	n/a
Payout Ratio	n/a
1-Year Return	+9.52%

Volume	23,000
Open	64.64
Previous Close	64.58
Day's Range	63.22 - 64.68
52-Week Low	54.81
52-Week High	75.19
Beta	0.58
Holdings	55
Inception Date	Mar 31, 2023

About DFNS

DFEN.DE was created on 2023-03-31 by VanEck. The fund's investment portfolio concentrates primarily on theme equity. The ETF currently has 8074.62m in AUM and 46 holdings. 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: London Stock Exchange
• Ticker Symbol: DFNS
• Provider: VanEck
• Index Tracked: MarketVector Global Defense Industry Index - USD - US Dollar - Benchmark TR Net

Performance

DFNS had a total return of 9.52% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 39.92%.

Top 10 Holdings

59.91% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Palantir Technologies Inc.	PLTR	9.38%
RTX Corporation	RTX	8.96%
Thales S.A.	HO	7.18%
Leonardo S.p.a.	LDO	6.59%
Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd.	012450	5.67%
Saab AB (publ)	SAAB.B	5.62%
Elbit Systems Ltd.	ESLT	5.00%
Curtiss-Wright Corporation	CW	4.99%
Leidos Holdings, Inc.	LDOS	3.34%
Kongsberg Gruppen ASA	KOG	3.19%

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:

Aug 24, 2026

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