IDEFiShares Defense Industrials Active ETF
Seeks to maximize total return by investing in companies benefiting from increased global defense and security spending.
By BlackRock · Launched 2025
Annual Cost
0.55%
#3,020 of 6,040 · average
Fund Size
$4.4B
#487 of 6,040 · large
Return (1Y)
+4.9%
Track Record
1 year
#4,325 of 6,040 · young
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$10,561+5.6%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
GlobalCap
Multi cap
Strategy
Active selection
Sector
IndustrialsFocus
Defense Innovation
Holdings
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 40.4% of fundmoderately concentrated
RTX Corp
8.9%
Lockheed Martin Corp
5.0%
Palantir Technologies Inc
4.4%
General Dynamics Corp
4.3%
Northrop Grumman Corp
3.9%
BlackRock Funds III
3.1%
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC
2.8%
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd
2.7%
Rheinmetall AG
2.7%
Boeing Co/The
2.6%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.4%
Cash
0.6%
By sector
Industrials
83.3%
Technology
14.9%
Energy
0.9%
Basic Materials
0.5%
Utilities
0.2%
Communication
0.1%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
23.4%High
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-15.8%Moderate
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
Unavailable
Needs 3+ years of history
Sortino (3Y)
Not yet
Needs 3+ years of history
Listing
- Exchange
- NASDAQ Global Select Market
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks to maximize total return by investing in companies benefiting from increased global defense and security spending.
- Strategy
- Invests primarily in equity securities of U.S. and non-U.S. defense and related industrials companies, including aerospace & defense, construction & engineering, and machinery. The Fund may invest in companies of any market capitalization and utilizes derivatives to enhance returns and manage risks.
- Inception date
- May 19, 2025
- Fund family
- BlackRock
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Data updated on 2026-09-18