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WisdomTree Europe Defense Fund WDEF

Issuer: WisdomTree SEC registrant: WisdomTree Trust Equity · International
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Last price 28.55 USD Change: Up +0.11 Percent change: Up +0.37%

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

Expense ratio
0.45%
Prospectus 8 Jul 2025
Net assets
$88.0M
As of 30 Jun 2026
Holdings
44
As of 30 Jun 2026
12-month distribution yield
0.07%
Irregular
Asset class
Equity
From holdings

WisdomTree Europe Defense Fund (WDEF) is an exchange-traded fund listed on NYSE Arca in the United States, issued by WisdomTree. Its category is Equity · International (equity). Its last price was US$28.55 on 20 Oct 2026. Its expense ratio is 0.45% a year, from its prospectus dated 8 Jul 2025. It reported net assets of US$88.02 million as of 30 Jun 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 44 holdings as of 30 Jun 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$0.0210 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 0.07%.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.45%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
No waiver stated
Management fee
0.45%
Prospectus date
8 Jul 2025
Filed with the SEC
8 Jul 2025

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

Size and reporting

Net assets
$88,021,124
Total assets
$90,327,704
Holdings as of
30 Jun 2026
Report made public
31 Aug 2026 (62 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 44 positions, as of 30 Jun 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

WDEF top holdings as of 30 Jun 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 BAE SYSTEMS PLC BAE SYSTEMS PLC ORD GBP0.025 GB0002634946 10.11% $8.9M Equity (common) United Kingdom GBP
2 THALES SA THALES SA EUR3 FR0000121329 10.04% $8.8M Equity (common) France EUR
3 RHEINMETALL AG RHEINMETALL AG NPV DE0007030009 8.61% $7.6M Equity (common) Germany EUR
4 SAFRAN SA SAFRAN SA EUR0.20 FR0000073272 5.57% $4.9M Equity (common) France EUR
5 ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC ORD GBP0.20 GB00B63H8491 5.52% $4.9M Equity (common) United Kingdom GBP
6 AIRBUS SE AIRBUS SE EUR1 NL0000235190 5.29% $4.7M Equity (common) Netherlands EUR
7 SAAB AB SAAB AB NPV B SE0021921269 4.78% $4.2M Equity (common) Sweden SEK
8 LEONARDO SPA LEONARDO SPA NPV IT0003856405 4.74% $4.2M Equity (common) Italy EUR
9 KONGSBERG GRUPPEN ASA KONGSBERG GRUPPEN ASA NOK0.19 NO0013536151 4.56% $4.0M Equity (common) Norway NOK
10 DASSAULT AVIATION SA DASSAULT AVIATION SA EUR0.80 FR0014004L86 4.10% $3.6M Equity (common) France EUR
11 HENSOLDT AG HENSOLDT AG NPV DE000HAG0005 4.09% $3.6M Equity (common) Germany EUR
12 BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL GROUP PLC BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.60 GB0009697037 3.07% $2.7M Equity (common) United Kingdom GBP
13 INDRA SISTEMAS SA INDRA SISTEMAS SA EUR0.20 SER 'A' ES0118594417 2.96% $2.6M Equity (common) Spain EUR
14 TKMS AG & CO. KGAA TKMS AG & CO. KGAA NPV DE000TKMS001 2.93% $2.6M Equity (common) Germany EUR
15 DREY INST PREF GOV MM-M No identifier reported 2.58% $2.3M Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) United States USD
16 MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC ORD GBP0.001 GB00BNGDN821 2.51% $2.2M Equity (common) United Kingdom GBP
17 RENK GROUP AG RENK GROUP AG NPV DE000RENK730 2.49% $2.2M Equity (common) Germany EUR
18 EXOSENS SA EXOSENS SA EUR0.425 FR001400Q9V2 1.68% $1.5M Equity (common) France EUR
19 QINETIQ GROUP PLC QINETIQ GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.01 GB00B0WMWD03 1.39% $1.2M Equity (common) United Kingdom GBP
20 EXAIL TECHNOLOGIES SA EXAIL TECHNOLOGIES SA EUR1.00 FR0000062671 1.32% $1.2M Equity (common) France EUR
21 FINCANTIERI SPA FINCANTIERI SPA NPV IT0005599938 1.29% $1.1M Equity (common) Italy EUR
22 THEON INTERNATIONAL PLC THEON INTERNATIONAL PLC EUR0.01 CY0200751713 1.26% $1.1M Equity (common) Cyprus EUR
23 CSG NV CSG NV NPV NL0015073TS8 1.24% $1.1M Equity (common) Netherlands EUR
24 SERCO GROUP PLC SERCO GROUP PLC GBP0.02 GB0007973794 0.93% $822K Equity (common) United Kingdom GBP
25 CHEMRING GROUP PLC CHEMRING GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.01 GB00B45C9X44 0.87% $766K Equity (common) United Kingdom GBP

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Made public Holdings as of 30 Jun 2026

All 44 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) 99.04%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 2.60%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
United Kingdom 25.83%
France 23.38%
Germany 19.41%
Netherlands 6.53%
Italy 6.32%
Sweden 5.99%
Norway 5.72%
Spain 2.96%
United States 2.60%
Cyprus 1.26%
Finland 0.66%
Luxembourg 0.43%
Other (2) 0.55%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
Euro (EUR) 60.94%
British pound (GBP) 25.83%
Swedish krona (SEK) 5.99%
Norwegian krone (NOK) 5.72%
US dollar (USD) 2.60%
Czech koruna (CZK) 0.43%
Swiss franc (CHF) 0.12%

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
$0.0210
1 payment per unit
12-month yield
0.07%
Distributions only, not total return
Frequency
Irregular
From the gaps between ex-dates
Latest ex-date
26 Dec 2025

12-month yield = distributions per unit with an ex-date in the last 12 months ($0.0210) ÷ latest price ($28.55) × 100 = 0.07%. 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)
WDEF distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
26 Dec 2025$0.0210

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

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