WisdomTree Europe Defense Fund WDEF AMEX · Financials · United States
$26.92 -2.76% -$0.76
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
- $82.2M
- 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.
- 94% of the fund is in one sector (Industrials).
- A young fund: it has been running only since 2025.
- A small fund with $82.2M under management; small funds get closed more often.
- It trades little: only about $738.1K 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
- -0.3%
- 3 months
- -18%
- This year
- -7.2%
- 1 year
- -11%
- Avg. market cap
- $40.7B
- P/E
- 30.2x
- Forward P/E
- 23.0x
- P/S
- 2.1x
- P/B
- 5.1x
- P/FCF
- 18.4x
- EV/EBITDA
- 15.8x
- Dividend yield
- 1.01%
- ROIC
- 10.0%
- ROE
- 19.3%
- Gross margin
- 26.9%
- Operating margin
- 11.3%
- Net margin
- 8.2%
- Payout ratio
- 30.5%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- -0.1x
- Beta
- 0.53
Weighted average of the 30 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 BAE Systems PLC 10%
- 2 HOThales HO.PA 9.8%
- 3 RHRheinmetall AG RHM.DE 9.6%
- 4 Saab Ab-B 6.2%
- 5 LDLeonardo LDO.MI 5.3%
- 6 KOKongsberg Gruppen ASA KOG.OL 5.3%
- 7 AMDassault Aviation AM.PA 4.5%
- 8 IDIndra Sistemas, S.A. IDR.MC 4.3%
- 9 AIAirbus AIR.PA 4.2%
- 10 Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 3.8%
Positions in the fund: 51. The ten largest make up 63% of it.
Composition as of Oct 31, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Industrials 94%
- Technology 4.7%
- Communication services 1.4%
- Other 0.01%
By country
- United Kingdom 26%
- France 24%
- Germany 21%
- Italy 6.4%
- Other countries 23%
By company size
- Large cap 72%
- Mid cap 24%
- Small cap 4.7%
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 sector: Industrials (94%). Largest country: United Kingdom (26%). Largest size group: Large cap (72%).
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
- -11%
- Deepest drop
- -24%
- Yearly volatility
- 31%
Decline over the last year: 11%. 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
- $738.1K
- Shares a day
- 27K
On an average day about $738.1K of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather expensive- P/E of the companies inside
- 30.2
- Average Bulios Score
- 61 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 55%
- Fairly valued 14%
- Overvalued 31%
On average the companies inside trade for 30.2 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 55% of the rated weight comes out as undervalued.
Counted from its largest companies (30), 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.
| Fund | Domicile | Size | 1-year change | Dividends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
XD XDEF Xtrackers Europe Defense Technologies ETF | United States | 0.35% | $4.06M | - | Pays out | 68% |
AR ARMY Tema International Defense Innovation ETF | United States | 0.75% | $2.22M | - | - | 49% |
US USPACE.JO UBS HeliosSpace 27Jun28 | United Kingdom | 0.50% | $2.84M | - | Reinvests | 34% |
WD WDGF WisdomTree Global Defense Fund | United States | 0.45% | $2.07M | -1.3% | Pays out | 29% |
DF DFNS.MI VanEck Defense ETF | Ireland | 0.55% | $6.16B | -3.8% | Reinvests | 27% |
DF DFEN.DE VanEck Defense ETF | Ireland | 0.55% | $6.14B | -3.8% | Reinvests | 27% |
