Global X - Defense Tech ETF SHLD · AMEX
$61.29 -0.31% (-$0.19)
Summary
Global X - Defense Tech ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by Global X. Positions inside: 56. The ten largest make up 66% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.50%
- Fund size
- $6.35B
- Positions
- 56
- Dividend yield
- 0.69%
- Running since
- 2023
What speaks for it
- A large fund with $6.35B under management.
- Easy to buy and sell: about $79.1M changes hands a day.
- Average yearly growth over the last three years: 34%.
What to watch
- The ten largest positions make up 66% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
- 84% of the fund is in one sector (Industrials).
- Costs of 0.50% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
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
- -2.2%
- 3 months
- +2.1%
- This year
- -5.4%
- 1 year
- -8.7%
- 3 years
- +142%
- Avg. market cap
- $134.5B
- P/E
- 28.2x
- Forward P/E
- 23.9x
- P/S
- 2.2x
- P/B
- 4.7x
- P/FCF
- 22.9x
- EV/EBITDA
- 18.6x
- Dividend yield
- 1.13%
- ROIC
- 12.3%
- ROE
- 25.6%
- Gross margin
- 31.0%
- Operating margin
- 14.3%
- Net margin
- 12.7%
- Payout ratio
- 31.8%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.1x
- Beta
- 0.28
Weighted average of the 43 largest companies, which make up 88% 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 13%
- 2 RTRTX RTX 9.1%
- 3 GDGeneral Dynamics GD 8.5%
- 4 LMLockheed Martin LMT 8.3%
- 5 NONorthrop Grumman Corp NOC 7.6%
- 6 BAE SYSTEMS PLC 4.5%
- 7 LHL3Harris Technologies, Inc. LHX 3.7%
- 8 RHRheinmetall AG RHM.DE 3.7%
- 9 SAAB AB-B 3.6%
- 10 HOThales HO.PA 3.6%
Positions in the fund: 56. The ten largest make up 66% of it.
Composition as of Oct 13, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Industrials 84%
- Technology 16%
By country
- United States 63%
- United Kingdom 6.1%
- Germany 4.9%
- France 4.7%
- Other countries 21%
By company size
- Mega cap 26%
- Large cap 63%
- Mid cap 9.5%
- Small cap 1.6%
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 (84%). Largest country: United States (63%). Largest size group: Large cap (63%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $50.00
- Over 20 years
- $2,416
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $50.00 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 $2,416.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 3 years
- +34%
- Deepest drop
- -25%
- Yearly volatility
- 25%
Average yearly growth over the last three years: 34%. Deepest drop in these years: 25% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 0.69%
- Payments a year
- 2
- Last payment
- $0.19
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.42 per share, which is 0.69% of today's price. The last payment was $0.19 on Jun 29, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Very easy- Traded a day
- $79.1M
- Shares a day
- 1.3M
On an average day about $79.1M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather expensive- P/E of the companies inside
- 28.2
- Average Bulios Score
- 61 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 24%
- Fairly valued 14%
- Overvalued 62%
On average the companies inside trade for 28.2 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 62% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (43), which make up 88% 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AR ARMR.AX BetaShares - Global Defence ETF | Australia | 0.55% | $151.8M | -10% | Pays out | 73% |
WD WDGF WisdomTree Global Defense Fund | United States | 0.45% | $2.18M | -4.3% | Pays out | 57% |
NA NATO.MI HanETF Future of Defence UCITS ETF | Ireland | 0.49% | $3.15B | +11% | Reinvests | 54% |
DF DFNS.MI VanEck Defense ETF | Ireland | 0.55% | $6.75B | -2.7% | Reinvests | 48% |
DF DFEN.DE VanEck Defense ETF | Ireland | 0.55% | $6.75B | -2.6% | Reinvests | 48% |
DU DUTY U.S. Defense ETF | United States | 0.45% | $666.4K | - | - | 45% |
