U.S. Defense ETF (DUTY) Price & Chart

U.S. Defense ETF

DUTY — U.S. Defense ETF offers targeted exposure to U.S.-listed companies whose core business is directly tied to defense and national security. Classified in the Industrials sector with a clear Aerospace & Defense niche, the fund tracks a market-cap weighted index composed of “pure‑play” defense equities — companies whose primary revenue streams are linked to military procurement, weapons systems, aerospace platforms, defense electronics, shipbuilding, cybersecurity for government customers, and other defense-related activities. Security inclusion is determined by ARTIS, a proprietary natural‑language processing system that parses public company disclosures, filings and other text-based sources to identify firms with substantive defense involvement. By relying on ARTIS, the ETF focuses on businesses with demonstrable defense exposure rather than broader industrial or diversified conglomerates that only have incidental defense revenue, producing a concentrated, theme‑driven portfolio of U.S. defense specialists. Because the index is market‑cap weighted, larger, established defense contractors will typically carry greater weight alongside smaller, high‑growth suppliers and systems integrators — offering a blend of scale and specialization across the defense ecosystem. That concentrated, sector-specific orientation makes DUTY useful for investors seeking a targeted allocation to U.S. defense spending and technological capabilities as a complement to broader industrial or large‑cap U.S. equity holdings. Investors should be aware that the strategy is exposed to sector concentration risks, and performance can be sensitive to U.S. defense budgets, government contracting cycles and geopolitical developments. DUTY is designed for those looking for focused, rules-based access to pure‑play U.S. companies operating at the core of the nation’s aerospace and defense industry.