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Xtrackers Europe Defense Technologies ETF XDEF

Issuer: Xtrackers (DWS) SEC registrant: DBX ETF Trust Equity · International
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Last price 21.24 USD Change: Down −0.42 Percent change: Down −1.94%

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Expense ratio
0.35%
Prospectus 27 Jan 2026
Net assets
$4.6M
As of 31 May 2026
Holdings
32
As of 31 May 2026
12-month distribution yield
1.64%
Quarterly
Asset class
Equity
From holdings

Xtrackers Europe Defense Technologies ETF (XDEF) is an exchange-traded fund listed on the Nasdaq in the United States, issued by Xtrackers (DWS). Its category is Equity · International (equity). Its last price was US$21.24 on 19 Oct 2026. Its expense ratio is 0.35% a year, from its prospectus dated 27 Jan 2026. It reported net assets of US$4.61 million as of 31 May 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 32 holdings as of 31 May 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$0.35 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 1.64%, paid quarterly.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.35%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
No waiver stated
Management fee
0.35%
Prospectus date
27 Jan 2026
Filed with the SEC
23 Jan 2026

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

Size and reporting

Net assets
$4,614,532
Total assets
$4,615,829
Holdings as of
31 May 2026
Report made public
29 Jul 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 32 positions, as of 31 May 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

XDEF top holdings as of 31 May 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 AIRBUS SE AIRBUS SE EUR1 NL0000235190 8.67% $400K Equity (common) Netherlands EUR
2 ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC ORD GBP0.20 GB00B63H8491 8.62% $398K Equity (common) United Kingdom GBP
3 SAFRAN SA SAFRAN SA EUR0.20 FR0000073272 8.24% $380K Equity (common) France EUR
4 BAE SYSTEMS PLC BAE SYSTEMS PLC ORD GBP0.025 GB0002634946 7.28% $336K Equity (common) United Kingdom GBP
5 RHEINMETALL AG RHEINMETALL AG NPV DE0007030009 6.93% $320K Equity (common) Germany EUR
6 DSV A/S DSV A/S DKK1 DK0060079531 4.69% $217K Equity (common) Denmark DKK
7 THALES SA THALES SA EUR3 FR0000121329 4.39% $203K Equity (common) France EUR
8 MTU AERO ENGINES AG MTU AERO ENGINES AG NPV (REGD) DE000A0D9PT0 4.28% $197K Equity (common) Germany EUR
9 MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC ORD GBP0.001 GB00BNGDN821 4.27% $197K Equity (common) United Kingdom GBP
10 LEONARDO SPA LEONARDO SPA NPV IT0003856405 3.97% $183K Equity (common) Italy EUR
11 KONGSBERG GRUPPEN ASA KONGSBERG GRUPPEN ASA NOK0.19 NO0013536151 3.91% $181K Equity (common) Norway NOK
12 SAAB AB SAAB AB NPV B SE0021921269 3.86% $178K Equity (common) Sweden SEK
13 DASSAULT AVIATION SA DASSAULT AVIATION SA EUR0.80 FR0014004L86 3.71% $171K Equity (common) France EUR
14 BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL GROUP PLC BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.60 GB0009697037 3.69% $170K Equity (common) United Kingdom GBP
15 HENSOLDT AG HENSOLDT AG NPV DE000HAG0005 3.62% $167K Equity (common) Germany EUR
16 INDRA SISTEMAS SA INDRA SISTEMAS SA EUR0.20 SER 'A' ES0118594417 3.41% $157K Equity (common) Spain EUR
17 RENK GROUP AG RENK GROUP AG NPV DE000RENK730 3.26% $150K Equity (common) Germany EUR
18 SES SA SES SA FIDUCIARY DR EACH REP 1 'A' SHS NPV LU0088087324 2.22% $102K Equity (common) Luxembourg EUR
19 SERCO GROUP PLC SERCO GROUP PLC GBP0.02 GB0007973794 2.08% $96K Equity (common) United Kingdom GBP
20 QINETIQ GROUP PLC QINETIQ GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.01 GB00B0WMWD03 1.80% $83K Equity (common) United Kingdom GBP
21 CHEMRING GROUP PLC CHEMRING GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.01 GB00B45C9X44 1.18% $54K Equity (common) United Kingdom GBP
22 AVIO SPA AVIO SPA NPV IT0005119810 1.11% $51K Equity (common) Italy EUR
23 SENIOR PLC SENIOR PLC GBP0.10 GB0007958233 0.95% $44K Equity (common) United Kingdom GBP
24 EUTELSAT COMMUNICATIONS SA EUTELSAT COMMUNICATIONS SA EUR1 FR0010221234 0.93% $43K Equity (common) France EUR
25 KONGSBERG MARITIME ASA KONGSBERG MARITIME ASA NOK0.06 NO0013697029 0.69% $32K Equity (common) Norway NOK

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

All 32 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) 99.83%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 0.01%
Equity derivatives <0.01%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
United Kingdom 30.18%
Germany 18.10%
France 17.27%
Netherlands 8.67%
Norway 5.14%
Italy 5.08%
Denmark 4.69%
Sweden 4.48%
Spain 3.41%
Luxembourg 2.22%
United States 0.61%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
Euro (EUR) 54.75%
British pound (GBP) 30.18%
Norwegian krone (NOK) 5.14%
Danish krone (DKK) 4.69%
Swedish krona (SEK) 4.48%
US dollar (USD) 0.61%

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
$0.3480
2 payments per unit
12-month yield
1.64%
Distributions only, not total return
Frequency
Quarterly
From the gaps between ex-dates
Latest ex-date
18 Sep 2026

12-month yield = distributions per unit with an ex-date in the last 12 months ($0.3480) ÷ latest price ($21.24) × 100 = 1.64%. 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 (2 payments)
XDEF distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
18 Sep 2026$0.0270
18 Jun 2026$0.3210

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

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