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ARMR

Thematic

Global Defence ETF

About this ETF

ARMR aims to track the performance of an index (before fees and expenses) that provides exposure to leading companies involved in the global defence sector.

IssuerBetaShares
Management fee (MER)0.55% p.a.
Inception date2 Oct 2024

Scout Score

46/100
Ranked #30 of 50 in Thematic

An independent score calculated by ETF Scout across 7 real-data factors (cost, diversification, tracking, liquidity, fund strength, performance, income), ranked against other funds in the same category.

Cost59
Diversification37
Tracking50
Liquidity78
Fund Strength46
Performance8
Income49

Strengths

  • Highly liquid — 0.04% bid/ask spread, better than 78% of Thematic peers.

Weaknesses

  • Weak long-term return — -12.3% p.a. (blended), trails 92% of rated Thematic peers.

Performance (as of 5 Nov 2026)

Total returns, net of fees. Periods longer than 1 year are annualised.

1 Month+2.33%
3 Months-1.51%
YTD-13.03%
1 Year-9.83%

Price history

Cumulative return over the selected period, indexed to 0% at the start of the range.

-9%+18%+45%+72%+100%2024-102025-042025-102026-052026-11

Geographic exposure (as at 4 Nov 2026)

Country (where the company is based).

United States flagUnited States
63.27%
France flagFrance
10.15%
United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom
8.45%
Germany flagGermany
6.06%
South Korea flagSouth Korea
3.20%
Sweden flagSweden
2.33%
Israel flagIsrael
2.29%
Italy flagItaly
2.18%
Norway flagNorway
1.48%
Finland flagFinland
0.21%
Australia flagAustralia
0.15%
Canada flagCanada
0.14%

Sector breakdown (as at 4 Nov 2026)

How your portfolio's holdings are spread across GICS sectors.

Industrials
90.25%
Information Technology
9.66%

Top holdings (as of 4 Nov 2026)

The fund's largest individual holdings, ranked by portfolio weight.

  1. 1.Lockheed Martin Corp logoLockheed Martin Corp9.38%
  2. 2.General Dynamics Corp logoGeneral Dynamics Corp8.41%
  3. 3.Raytheon Technologies Corp8.18%
  4. 4.Palantir Technologies Inc logoPalantir Technologies Inc8.16%
  5. 5.Bae Systems plc logoBae Systems plc7.33%
  6. 6.Northrop Grumman Corp logoNorthrop Grumman Corp7.03%
  7. 7.Safran SA logoSafran SA7.03%
  8. 8.Rheinmetall AG logoRheinmetall AG4.97%
  9. 9.L3harris Technologies Inc4.55%
  10. 10.Rocket Lab Corp logoRocket Lab Corp2.92%
  11. 11.Saab Ab2.33%
  12. 12.Leonardo Spa2.18%
  13. 13.Thales SA logoThales SA2.17%
  14. 14.Elbit Systems Ltd logoElbit Systems Ltd1.90%
  15. 15.Hanwha Aerospace Co Ltd1.68%
  16. 16.Leidos Holdings Inc logoLeidos Holdings Inc1.60%
  17. 17.Curtiss-Wright Corp1.57%
  18. 18.Kongsberg Gruppen Asa1.48%
  19. 19.Caci International Inc1.31%
  20. 20.Huntington Ingalls Industries1.12%