Fund · Global X Defense Tech ETF · measured from SEC filings
SHLD holdings
SHLD reports 50 holdings and behaves like 21.3 equally weighted ones, computed from its SEC Form N-PORT filing for 2026-05-31. The fact sheet publishes the first number; this page computes the second, and traces it across 11 quarters of filings.
Measured concentration
as of 2026-05-31Read this figure with the following in mind
1.2% of net assets is securities-lending cash collateral, excluded from the figure; counted as filed the fund would read 21.3
The figure below is what the filing says, published unchanged. What it may not do is sit beside a plain long-only fund and be read as the same quantity. How comparability is decided.
Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing; what the measure does not tell you · every fund in one table · hold it with other funds? X-ray the mix. Pricing: 99.92% at a quoted market price (level 1), 13 issuer countries.
What stands out
as of 2026-05-31SHLD's largest investment is Lockheed Martin Corp at 8.42% of net assets. RTX Corporation and General Dynamics Corp follow; the three together are 23.84%. Ten companies are 59.46% of the fund; the other 40 share the rest. Among the 721 equity funds measured here, SHLD behaves like 21.3 holdings against a median of 42.4 — 2.0 times more concentrated than the median. Across 11 quarterly filings SHLD has held roughly steady since 2023-11-30 (19.4 then, 21.3 now). Between the 2026-02-28 and 2026-05-31 filings 1 positions were added and 1 dropped; 6.1% of the weight moved. the United States is the largest country at 59.09% of the portfolio, across 13 countries in the filing.
Each sentence is read from the fund's own SEC filing; the class median is computed across the comparable equity funds on this site. Nothing here is a view on the fund.
Every filing since 2023
11Between 2023-11-30 and 2026-05-31, SHLD went from behaving like 19.4 equally weighted positions to 21.3 — 10% more, while its top ten went from 63.89% to 59.46% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | 50 | 21.3 | 59.46% | 8.44% |
| 2026-02-28 | 49 | 20.9 | 59.78% | 9.47% |
| 2025-11-30 | 52 | 20.1 | 61.84% | 8.24% |
| 2025-08-31 | 42 | 20 | 62.12% | 8.6% |
| 2025-05-31 | 39 | 17.9 | 65.8% | 11.08% |
| 2025-02-28 | 37 | 19.1 | 64.7% | 9.65% |
| 2024-11-30 | 38 | 19.3 | 62.83% | 8.23% |
| 2024-08-31 | 35 | 19.2 | 62.97% | 8.8% |
Earlier filings (3 more, back to 2023-11-30)
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-31 | 34 | 19.6 | 62.35% | 8.58% |
| 2024-02-29 | 38 | 20.1 | 61.61% | 8.24% |
| 2023-11-30 | 35 | 19.4 | 63.89% | 8.61% |
One row per filed reporting period, newest first, read from EDGAR. Quarterly because that is the public filing cadence. Rows marked * are published but held out of the comparison above; the methodology page says when and why.
As filed, collateral included
1.22% collateralSHLD's filing lists 51 positions including 1.22% of net assets in securities-lending cash collateral. Counted as filed the fund reads 21.3 effective holdings with a top ten of 59.25%; on its own investments — the figure above — it reads 21.3 with a top ten of 59.46%. The collateral is matched by a liability and is not a holding the fund chose; since 2026-09-18 every figure on this site sets it aside (methodology). Both numbers are in the data.
Largest positions, as filed
as of 2026-05-31The 15 largest of 50 positions in SHLD's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: SHLD.csv.gz.
| # | Position | Weight | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | 8.44% | 8.4% |
| 2 | RTX CORPORATION | 7.78% | 16.2% |
| 3 | GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION | 7.70% | 23.9% |
| 4 | PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. | 7.09% | 31.0% |
| 5 | Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft | 5.78% | 36.8% |
| 6 | BAE SYSTEMS PLC | 4.90% | 41.7% |
| 7 | L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 4.71% | 46.4% |
| 8 | HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD. | 4.41% | 50.8% |
| 9 | LEONARDO - SOCIETA PER AZIONI | 4.36% | 55.2% |
| 10 | THALES SA | 4.29% | 59.5% |
| 11 | Northrop Grumman Corporation | 4.24% | 63.7% |
| 12 | ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD | 4.15% | 67.9% |
| 13 | SAAB Aktiebolag | 3.83% | 71.7% |
| 14 | BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 3.06% | 74.7% |
| 15 | LEIDOS HOLDINGS, INC. | 2.78% | 77.5% |
By country of issuer
as of 2026-05-31Share of SHLD's own investments by the issuer country the filer reported (incorporation, not revenue). Each country links to every fund that holds it.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| United States | 58.59% |
| South Korea | 7.75% |
| United Kingdom | 7.00% |
| Germany | 6.84% |
| France | 5.61% |
| Italy | 4.36% |
| Israel | 4.35% |
| Sweden | 3.83% |
Returns the fund reported
2023-09 – 2026-05Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of SHLD's own filings, 32 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.
Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference — percentage points over 0 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: SHLD.json · all funds.
Who borrows SHLD's shares
2026-05-31The fund lends its holdings, and Item B.4.a of the filing names every firm holding them. At 2026-05-31, $160m was out to 17 borrowers, 2.00% of net assets. The largest, Merrill Lynch International, held 24.1% of it.
| Borrower | On loan | Share of the loan |
|---|---|---|
| Merrill Lynch International | $39m | 24.1% |
| GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL | $25m | 15.9% |
| CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. | $22m | 13.6% |
| BNP Paribas Financial Markets | $11m | 7.2% |
| BNP PARIBAS PRIME BROKERAGE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | $11m | 7.0% |
Cash collateral reported against the loan: 1.22% of net assets, 61% of the amount lent. That is a floor on the collateral, not the whole of it — collateral the fund does not hold as a position is not in this filing, so a figure under 100% is not evidence of under-collateralisation. How that figure behaves across all funds. Every quarter SHLD has filed, with each borrower: SHLD.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-02-28 → 2026-05-3149 positions became 49: 1 added (0.0% of the fund at the later date), 1 dropped (0.0% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 6.1%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of SHLD compared this way, as a feed: changes.xml · all funds: filings received.
| Largest increases | 2026-02-28 | 2026-05-31 | Largest decreases | 2026-02-28 | 2026-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. | 5.60% | 7.09% | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | 9.47% | 8.44% |
| ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD | 3.17% | 4.15% | Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft | 6.78% | 5.78% |
| GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION | 7.16% | 7.70% | Northrop Grumman Corporation | 4.92% | 4.24% |
| LIG Defense&Aerospace Co., Ltd | 0.67% | 1.11% | LEIDOS HOLDINGS, INC. | 3.44% | 2.78% |
| MERCURY SYSTEMS, INC. | 0.81% | 1.13% | HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. | 2.67% | 2.05% |
| BAE SYSTEMS PLC | 4.61% | 4.90% | KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC. | 2.20% | 1.82% |
New: BANK OF NEW YORK (THE) (0.00%). Gone: Sdt Uzay ve Savunma Teknolojileri AS (0.01%).
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-05-3198.79% equity, 1.21% repurchase agreement as filed; 99.9% carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1). Categories and levels are the filer's; what a low level-1 share does and does not mean is in the measure's page.
Neighbours by effective holdings, equity funds
10Every measured equity fund lined up by how many holdings it behaves like; these sit either side of SHLD (21.3). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARKG ARK Genomic Revolution ETF | 33 | 21.2 | 59.16% | 2026-07-31 |
| IGV iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF | 110 | 21.3 | 60.65% | 2026-06-30 |
| IOO iShares Global 100 ETF | 113 | 21.3 | 57.41% | 2026-06-30 |
| IGPT Invesco AI and Next Gen Software ETF | 101 | 21.3 | 59.58% | 2026-07-31 |
| MOO VanEck Agribusiness ETF | 46 | 21.3 | 60.2% | 2026-06-30 |
| FLBR Franklin FTSE Brazil ETF | 68 | 21.4 | 56.04% | 2026-06-30 |
| ICF iShares Select U.S. REIT ETF | 32 | 21.5 | 59.05% | 2026-07-31 |
| VNQ Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund | 144 | 21.6 | 54.95% | 2026-07-31 |
| GDX VanEck Gold Miners ETF | 61 | 21.6 | 58.67% | 2026-06-30 |
| FXI iShares China Large-Cap ETF | 54 | 21.7 | 58.83% | 2026-07-31 |
Essays that examine SHLD
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