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WisdomTree Europe Defense Fund WDEF · AMEX

$28.46 -1.35% (-$0.39)

Summary

WisdomTree Europe Defense Fund is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by WisdomTree. Positions inside: 51. The ten largest make up 63% of the fund.

Yearly costs
0.45%
Fund size
$78.6M
Positions
51
Running since
2025

What speaks for it

Nothing stands out in its favour.

What to watch

  • The ten largest positions make up 63% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
  • A young fund: it has been running only since 2025.
  • A small fund with $78.6M under management; small funds get closed more often.
  • It trades little: only about $826.4K 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
-2.7%
3 months
+2.8%
This year
-2.0%
1 year
-8.1%
Avg. market cap
$46.5B
P/E
31.5x
Forward P/E
25.6x
P/S
2.3x
P/B
5.7x
P/FCF
19.6x
EV/EBITDA
18.3x
Dividend yield
0.99%
ROIC
9.9%
ROE
21.0%
Gross margin
24.0%
Operating margin
11.5%
Net margin
9.3%
Payout ratio
31.1%
Net debt/EBITDA
-0.1x
Beta
0.50

Weighted average of the 29 largest companies, which make up 67% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.

What is inside?

Concentrated
  1. 1 BAE Systems PLC 10.0%
  2. 2
    HO
    Thales HO.PA 9.9%
  3. 3
    RH
    Rheinmetall AG RHM.DE 9.9%
  4. 4 Saab Ab-B 5.9%
  5. 5
    LD
    Leonardo LDO.MI 5.1%
  6. 6
    AM
    Dassault Aviation AM.PA 4.5%
  7. 7
    KO
    Kongsberg Gruppen ASA KOG.OL 4.5%
  8. 8
    AI
    Airbus AIR.PA 4.4%
  9. 9
    ID
    Indra Sistemas, S.A. IDR.MC 4.4%
  10. 10
    SA
    Safran SAF.PA 4.4%

Positions in the fund: 51. The ten largest make up 63% of it.

Composition as of Oct 16, 2026.

Where is it spread?

Spread out

By country

By company size

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 67% of the fund.

Largest country: United Kingdom (26%). Largest size group: Large cap (76%).

What does it cost me?

Usual costs
A year from $10,000
$45.00
Over 20 years
$2,184

From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $45.00 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 $2,184.

How has it done?

Losing value
Over the last year
-8.1%
Deepest drop
-24%
Yearly volatility
30%

Decline over the last year: 8.1%. Deepest drop in these years: 24% below the earlier high.

Does it pay dividends?

We have no record of payments from this fund.

Is it easy to buy and sell?

It trades little
Traded a day
$826.4K
Shares a day
29K

On an average day about $826.4K of the fund changes hands.

How expensive are the companies inside?

Rather expensive
P/E of the companies inside
31.5
Average Bulios Score
60 out of 100

Weight by Bulios Fair Price

On average the companies inside trade for 31.5 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 49% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.

Counted from its largest companies (29), which make up 67% 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.

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WD
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NA
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DF
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DF
DFEN.DE VanEck Defense ETF
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