Summary
PLUS Korea Defense Industry Index ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by PLUS. Positions inside: 21. The ten largest make up 66% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.65%
- Fund size
- $92.0M
- Positions
- 21
- Dividend yield
- 8.97%
- Running since
- 2025
What speaks for it
Nothing stands out in its favour.
What to watch
- The ten largest positions make up 66% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
- 85% of the fund is in one sector (Industrials).
- 100% of the fund is in one country (South Korea).
- Costs of 0.65% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.43%).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 49% from its high.
- A young fund: it has been running only since 2025.
- A small fund with $92.0M under management; small funds get closed more often.
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
- -20%
- 3 months
- -12%
- This year
- -24%
- 1 year
- -31%
- Avg. market cap
- $10.7B
- P/E
- 13.5x
- Forward P/E
- 11.2x
- P/S
- 0.7x
- P/B
- 1.3x
- P/FCF
- -
- EV/EBITDA
- 7.2x
- Dividend yield
- 1.50%
- ROIC
- 8.6%
- ROE
- 16.1%
- Gross margin
- 16.5%
- Operating margin
- 9.6%
- Net margin
- 6.8%
- Payout ratio
- 20.3%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.6x
- Beta
- 1.67
Weighted average of the 16 largest companies, which make up 85% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Concentrated- 1 01Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd. 012450.KS 19%
- 2 07LIG Defense & Aerospace Co Ltd 079550.KS 6.9%
- 3 06Hyundai Rotem Company 064350.KS 6.4%
- 4 04Korea Aerospace Industries, Ltd. 047810.KS 6.0%
- 5 27Hanwha Systems Co., Ltd. 272210.KS 4.8%
- 6 10SK oceanplant Co.,Ltd 100090.KS 4.7%
- 7 00Snt Dynamics Co.,Ltd. 003570.KS 4.7%
- 8 06SNT Motiv Co., Ltd. 064960.KS 4.5%
- 9 10Poongsan Corporation 103140.KS 4.2%
- 10 48MNC Solution Co., Ltd. 484870.KS 4.0%
Positions in the fund: 21. The ten largest make up 66% of it.
Composition as of Oct 23, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Industrials 85%
- Consumer cyclical 7.1%
- Technology 3.9%
- Healthcare 3.7%
By country
- South Korea 100%
- Other countries 0.2%
By company size
- Large cap 29%
- Mid cap 28%
- Small cap 38%
- Micro cap 3.8%
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 85% of the fund.
Largest sector: Industrials (85%). Largest country: South Korea (100%). Largest size group: Small cap (38%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $65.00
- Over 20 years
- $3,099
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $65.00 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 $3,099.
How has it done?
Losing value- Over the last year
- -31%
- Deepest drop
- -49%
- Yearly volatility
- 55%
Decline over the last year: 31%. Deepest drop in these years: 49% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 8.97%
- Last payment
- $2.96
Over the last 12 months it paid $2.96 per share, which is 8.97% of today's price. The last payment was $2.96 on Dec 30, 2025.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Yes- Traded a day
- $1.81M
- Shares a day
- 55K
On an average day about $1.81M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather cheap- P/E of the companies inside
- 13.5
- Average Bulios Score
- 59 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 72%
- Fairly valued 3.8%
- Overvalued 25%
On average the companies inside trade for 13.5 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 72% of the rated weight comes out as undervalued.
Counted from its largest companies (16), which make up 85% 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WD WDAF WisdomTree Asia Defense Fund | United States | 0.45% | $7.11M | -18% | Pays out | 36% |
22 227550.KS MiraeAsset TIGER 200 Industrials ETF | South Korea | 0.40% | $2.56M | -9.9% | Reinvests | 32% |