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PLUS Korea Defense Industry Index ETF KDEF

Issuer: not identified from the fund name SEC registrant: Exchange Listed Funds Trust Equity · International
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Last price 36.66 USD Change: Down −1.47 Percent change: Down −3.86%

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Expense ratio
0.65%
Prospectus 30 Mar 2026
Net assets
$156.8M
As of 31 May 2026
Holdings
21
As of 31 May 2026
12-month distribution yield
8.08%
Irregular
Asset class
Equity
From holdings

PLUS Korea Defense Industry Index ETF (KDEF) is an exchange-traded fund listed on NYSE Arca in the United States. Its category is Equity · International (equity). Its last price was US$36.66 on 20 Oct 2026. Its expense ratio is 0.65% a year, from its prospectus dated 30 Mar 2026. It reported net assets of US$156.75 million as of 31 May 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 21 holdings as of 31 May 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$2.96 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 8.08%.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.65%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
No waiver stated
Management fee
0.65%
Prospectus date
30 Mar 2026
Filed with the SEC
27 Mar 2026

Source: SEC prospectus risk/return data sets (opens in a new tab) Filed

Size and reporting

Net assets
$156,752,874
Total assets
$156,851,535
Holdings as of
31 May 2026
Report made public
28 Jul 2026 (58 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 21 of 21 positions, as of 31 May 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

KDEF top holdings as of 31 May 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 HANWHA AEROSPACE CO LTD KR7012450003 18.48% $29.0M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
2 HYUNDAI ROTEM COMPANY ROTEM CO KR7064350002 16.88% $26.5M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
3 LIG DEFENSE & AEROSPACE CO LTD KR7079550000 5.80% $9.1M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
4 HD HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO LTD KR7329180004 4.74% $7.4M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
5 KOREA AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD KR7047810007 4.52% $7.1M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
6 FIRSTEC COMPANY LTD FIRSTEC CO LTD KR7010820009 4.48% $7.0M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
7 POONGSAN CORP KR7103140000 4.10% $6.4M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
8 HANWHA SYSTEMS CO LTD KR7272210006 4.07% $6.4M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
9 SNT DYNAMICS CO LTD KR7003570009 3.96% $6.2M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
10 SAMHYUN CO LTD KR7437730005 3.60% $5.6M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
11 HYUNDAI WIA CORP KR7011210002 3.59% $5.6M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
12 HANWHA OCEAN CO LTD KR7042660001 3.25% $5.1M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
13 HJ SHIPBUILDING & CONSTRUCT CO LTD KR7097230007 2.99% $4.7M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
14 SNT MOTIV CO LTD KR7064960008 2.96% $4.6M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
15 SPHERE CORP KR7347700007 2.86% $4.5M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
16 SK OCEANPLANT CO LTD KR7100090000 2.81% $4.4M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
17 SATREC INITIATIVE CO LTD KR7099320004 2.64% $4.1M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
18 MNC SOLUTION CO LTD KR7484870001 2.48% $3.9M Equity (common) Japan KRW
19 WOORI TECHNOLOGY INC KR7032820003 2.36% $3.7M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
20 SAMYANG COMTECH CO LTD KR7484590005 2.31% $3.6M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
21 BBH SWEEP VEHICLE No identifier reported 1.16% $1.8M Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) United States USD

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

All 21 stored holdings

Breakdowns

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

Asset type

Asset type by weight
TypeWeightBar
Equity (common) 98.88%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 1.16%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
South Korea 96.40%
Japan 2.48%
United States 1.16%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
South Korean won (KRW) 98.88%
US dollar (USD) 1.16%

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

Sector

No sector data

None of this fund's holdings matched a stock listed on this site, so no sector is shown.

Partial coverage: sectors are known for 0.0% of net assets (0% 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
$2.9630
1 payment per unit
12-month yield
8.08%
Distributions only, not total return
Frequency
Irregular
From the gaps between ex-dates
Latest ex-date
30 Dec 2025

12-month yield = distributions per unit with an ex-date in the last 12 months ($2.9630) ÷ latest price ($36.66) × 100 = 8.08%. 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 (1 payments)
KDEF distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
30 Dec 2025$2.9630

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

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