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Direxion Daily Aerospace & Defense Bull 3X ETF DFEN

Issuer: Direxion SEC registrant: Direxion Shares ETF Trust Derivatives-based
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Last price 45.94 USD Change: Down −1.10 Percent change: Down −2.34%

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Observed · 1 day ago Quotes may be delayed

Expense ratio
Unavailable
Not found in the fee data
Net assets
$384.1M
As of 31 Jul 2026
Holdings
59
As of 31 Jul 2026
12-month distribution yield
12.24%
Quarterly
Asset class
Derivatives-based
From holdings

Direxion Daily Aerospace & Defense Bull 3X ETF (DFEN) is an exchange-traded fund listed on NYSE Arca in the United States, issued by Direxion. Its category is Derivatives-based. Its last price was US$45.94 on 20 Oct 2026. It reported net assets of US$384.09 million as of 31 Jul 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 59 holdings as of 31 Jul 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$5.62 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 12.24%, paid quarterly.

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Fees

No expense ratio found

This fund's class was not in the SEC prospectus fee data sets for the last five quarters. Check the fund's latest prospectus.

Size and reporting

Net assets
$384,090,157
Total assets
$451,113,260
Holdings as of
31 Jul 2026
Report made public
28 Sep 2026 (59 days after the month end)

Net assets are for the whole fund series, which for some funds (Vanguard's, for example) also includes mutual fund share classes.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Filed

Top holdings

Largest 25 of 59 positions, as of 31 Jul 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

DFEN top holdings as of 31 Jul 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 DREYFUS DREYFUS GOV'T CASH MGMT -INSTITUTIONAL CUSIP 262006208 DGCXX (#289) No identifier reported 25.64% $98.5M Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) United States USD
2 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO US3696043013 14.43% $55.4M Equity (common) United States USD
3 RTX CORP Raytheon Technologies Corporation COM US75513E1010 11.13% $42.8M Equity (common) United States USD
4 BOEING CO/THE The Boeing Company COM USD5.00 US0970231058 5.88% $22.6M Equity (common) United States USD
5 GOLDMAN FINANCIAL GOLDMAN FINL SQ TRSRY INST 506 No identifier reported 5.19% $19.9M Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) United States USD
6 Aerospace & Defense Bull 3X No identifier reported 5.01% $19.3M Other derivatives United States USD
7 Aerospace & Defense Bull 3X No identifier reported 4.74% $18.2M Other derivatives United States USD
8 DOW JONES U.S SELECT AERO DEF INDEX SWAP No identifier reported 3.29% $12.6M Other derivatives United States USD
9 HOWMET AEROSPACE INC Howmet Aerospace Inc COM US4432011082 3.13% $12.0M Equity (common) United States USD
10 GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP General Dynamics Corporation COM USD1.00 US3695501086 3.11% $11.9M Equity (common) United States USD
11 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP Lockheed Martin Corporation COM USD1.00 US5398301094 3.07% $11.8M Equity (common) United States USD
12 TRANSDIGM GROUP INC Transdigm Group Inc. COM USD0.01 US8936411003 2.86% $11.0M Equity (common) United States USD
13 NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP Northrop Grumman Corporation COM USD1 US6668071029 2.77% $10.6M Equity (common) United States USD
14 L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INC L3 Harris Technologies Inc COM USD1.00 US5024311095 2.40% $9.2M Equity (common) United States USD
15 DREYFUS DREYFUS TRSRY SECURITIES CASH MGMT S99991620 2.11% $8.1M Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) United States USD
16 Aerospace & Defense Bull 3X No identifier reported 2.01% $7.7M Other derivatives United States USD
17 AXON ENTERPRISE INC Axon Enterprise Inc COM USD0.00001 US05464C1018 1.98% $7.6M Equity (common) United States USD
18 ROCKET LAB CORP US7731211089 1.54% $5.9M Equity (common) United States USD
19 DOW JONES U.S SELECT AERO DEF INDEX SWAP No identifier reported 1.53% $5.9M Other derivatives United States USD
20 DOW JONES U.S SELECT AERO DEF INDEX SWAP No identifier reported 1.48% $5.7M Other derivatives United States USD
21 CURTISS-WRIGHT CORP Curtiss-Wright Corp. COM USD1 US2315611010 1.24% $4.8M Equity (common) United States USD
22 CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY US1442851036 1.20% $4.6M Equity (common) United States USD
23 ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES ATI INC US01741R1023 1.19% $4.6M Equity (common) United States USD
24 DOW JONES U.S SELECT AERO DEF INDEX SWAP No identifier reported 1.06% $4.1M Other derivatives United States USD
25 WOODWARD INC Woodward Governor COM USD0.00875 US9807451037 1.00% $3.8M Equity (common) United States USD

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Made public Holdings as of 31 Jul 2026

All 59 stored holdings

Breakdowns

Sums of reported weights over every position in the report. Totals can differ from 100% because of derivatives, borrowing and cash.

Warning: Uses derivatives

Derivative contracts in this report have a combined notional amount of 235% of net assets. The weights here show each contract's reported value, not the exposure it creates.

Asset type

Asset type by weight
TypeWeightBar
Equity (common) 65.34%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 32.93%
Other derivatives 19.11%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
United States 117.38%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
US dollar (USD) 117.38%

The currency each holding is denominated in. Currency hedges are not netted off, so a hedged fund still shows its holdings' currencies.

Sector

Sector weights for holdings matched to listed stocks
SectorWeightBar
Industrials 46.03%
Technology 15.91%
Energy 1.00%
Unknown 0.51%
Consumer Discretionary 0.27%

Partial coverage: sectors are known for 63.7% of net assets (98% of the fund's equity weight), the holdings matched by CUSIP or ticker to US stocks listed on this site. The rest is not assigned a sector.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Holdings as of

Distributions

Paid in the last 12 months
$5.6210
4 payments per unit
12-month yield
12.24%
Distributions only, not total return
Frequency
Quarterly
From the gaps between ex-dates
Latest ex-date
22 Sep 2026

12-month yield = distributions per unit with an ex-date in the last 12 months ($5.6210) ÷ latest price ($45.94) × 100 = 12.24%. It looks back, so it is not a forecast; special distributions in the window are included.

Why a distribution yield is not the fund's return: yield vs total return

Distribution history table (20 payments)
DFEN distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
22 Sep 2026$0.0120
23 Jun 2026$0.0210
24 Mar 2026$0.0380
10 Dec 2025$5.5500
23 Sep 2025$0.0510
24 Jun 2025$0.0570
25 Mar 2025$0.0240
23 Dec 2024$0.0940
12 Dec 2024$3.5740
24 Sep 2024$0.0420
25 Jun 2024$0.1030
19 Mar 2024$0.0710
21 Dec 2023$0.1040
19 Sep 2023$0.0610
21 Jun 2023$0.0660
21 Mar 2023$0.0450
20 Dec 2022$0.0510
20 Sep 2022$0.0400
21 Dec 2021$0.0020
9 Dec 2021$0.3390

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Checked · 2 days ago Amounts are adjusted for later unit splits

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