Global X Defense Tech ETF
Global stock index ETF · tracks Global X Defense Tech Index
As of its 2026 Q2 report, Global X Defense Tech ETF held 50 positions with $7.99B in net assets. Its ten largest holdings made up 59.3% of the fund. The SHLD share class costs 0.5% a year. Over the 12 months to May 2026, SHLD returned 19.6%, with dividends reinvested. In 2026 Q2 it added 1 new positions and exited 2.
The Global X Defense Tech ETF ("Fund") seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Global X Defense Tech Index ("Underlying Index").
The fund tracks the Global X Defense Tech Index using a replication strategy, holding securities of companies that derive at least 50% of revenues from defense technology, cybersecurity, advanced military systems, or related defense applications across eligible global markets. The fund is non-diversified and may invest a larger percentage of its assets in a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund. Because the fund may use representative sampling when replication is impractical, its performance may diverge from the index.
What you own
| Company | Weight | Value | Shares | Reported price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
8.41% | $672.46M | 1.3M | $530.45 | |
RTX CORPORATION | 7.75% | $619.73M | 3.4M | $179.66 |
7.67% | $613.14M | 1.8M | $346.82 | |
7.07% | $564.59M | 3.6M | $156.54 | |
Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft | 5.76% | $460.07M | 304.8K | $1,509.34 |
BAE SYSTEMS PLC | 4.88% | $390.20M | 14.3M | $27.27 |
4.69% | $374.82M | 1.2M | $315.18 | |
HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD. | 4.40% | $351.30M | 451.3K | $778.37 |
LEONARDO - SOCIETA PER AZIONI | 4.35% | $347.47M | 5.5M | $63.51 |
THALES SA | 4.27% | $341.21M | 1.2M | $279.49 |
Reported price is the fund's own reported value divided by its own reported shares at 2026-05-31 — not a live quote, and not what the fund paid.
All 50 holdings, with the share counts as filed, open with a free account.
What the fund is made of
Percentages are of fund net assets. Rounding, liabilities and short positions can make totals differ from 100%.
| Stocks | 99.64% |
| Cash & short-term | 1.22% |
By sector
- Industrials
- 49.6%
- International
- 40.9%
- Information Technology
- 8.2%
- Other
- 1.2%
- 1 other sector
- 0.0%
- Industrials
- 49.6%
- International
- 40.9%
- Information Technology
- 8.2%
- Other
- 1.2%
- Cash
- 0.0%
How it has done
SHLD share class · total returns with dividends reinvested
Down months are grey, not red — they are part of any record. Volatility over the last 12 months: 24.78%. Past returns are a record, not a forecast.
One month is blank because the fund did not report it — not because it was flat. A cumulative figure is not shown for this class: compounding across an unreported month would treat it as flat and invent a return.
Fees & fund details
Global X Defense Tech ETF is a global equity index ETF that tracks the Global X Defense Tech Index.
- Asset class
- Equity
- Region
- Global
- Management
- Index (passive)
- Fund type
- ETF
- Features
- Non-diversified
- Expense ratio, by class
- 0.50%· SHLD 0.50%
- Portfolio turnover
- 32.79% a year · as of 2026 Q1
Turnover is how much of the portfolio was replaced in a year.
Classified from what the fund holds, not from its name · 2026 Q2. The summary is a paraphrase of the prospectus; the objective is verbatim.
What changed this quarter
Positions that entered or left the fund since its previous filing. Positions that were only resized are not listed.
1 new
2 exited
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