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About iShares Defense Industrials Active ETF
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Inception date
May 19, 2025
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Qualified dividends
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
BlackRock Fund Advisors
Distributor
BlackRock Investments LLC
ISIN
US09290C6993
IDEF concentrates on companies within the global defense and industrial sectors that are expected to benefit from increasing defense and security spending. Its main investments include aerospace, engineering, machinery, and related industrial companies in the US and abroad. The goal is to maximize total return by primarily investing in sectors aligned with defense activities, picking companies through fundamental research, third-party classification systems, and thematic indices. The fund uses derivatives like options, futures, and swaps to manage risk or enhance returns. IDEF can hold companies of any size worldwide, including those in emerging markets, and may have exposure to related fields such as security and IT services. The fund actively manages its holdings within the industrials sector to seek favorable risk-adjusted returns.
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Frequently Asked Questions
An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a collection of assets (stocks, bonds, commodities, etc.) that track an underlying index and can be bought on an exchange like individual stocks.
IDEF trades at 29.13 USD today, its price has fallen −0.07% in the past 24 hours. Track more dynamics on IDEF price chart.
IDEF net asset value is 29.10 today — it's risen 1.38% over the past month. NAV represents the total value of the fund's assets less liabilities and serves as a gauge of the fund's performance.
IDEF assets under management is 34.38 M USD. AUM is an important metric as it reflects the fund's size and can serve as a gauge of how successful the fund is in attracting investors, which, in its turn, can influence decision-making.
IDEF fund flows account for 21.59 M USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Since ETFs work like an individual stock, they can be bought and sold on exchanges (e.g. NASDAQ, NYSE, EURONEXT). As it happens with stocks, you need to select a brokerage to access trading. Explore our list of available brokers to find the one to help execute your strategies. Don't forget to do your research before getting to trading. Explore ETFs metrics in our ETF screener to find a reliable opportunity.
IDEF expense ratio is 0.55%. It's an important metric for helping traders understand the fund's operating costs relative to assets and how expensive it would be to hold the fund.
No, IDEF isn't leveraged, meaning it doesn't use borrowings or financial derivatives to magnify the performance of the underlying assets or index it follows.
No, IDEF doesn't pay dividends to its holders.
IDEF trades at a premium (0.04%).
Premium/discount to NAV expresses the difference between the ETF’s price and its NAV value. A positive percentage indicates a premium, meaning the ETF trades at a higher price than the calculated NAV. Conversely, a negative percentage indicates a discount, suggesting the ETF trades at a lower price than NAV.
Premium/discount to NAV expresses the difference between the ETF’s price and its NAV value. A positive percentage indicates a premium, meaning the ETF trades at a higher price than the calculated NAV. Conversely, a negative percentage indicates a discount, suggesting the ETF trades at a lower price than NAV.
IDEF shares are issued by BlackRock, Inc.
IDEF follows the No Underlying Index. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
The fund started trading on May 19, 2025.
The fund's management style is active, aiming to outperform its benchmark index by actively selecting and adjusting assets. The goal is to achieve returns that exceed those of the index the fund tracks.