Global X Defense Tech ETF
SHLD NYSE Arca
The Global X Defense Tech ETF (SHLD) seeks to invest in companies positioned to benefit from the increased adoption and utilization of defense technology (“Defense Tech”). This includes companies that build and manage cybersecurity systems, utilize artificial intelligence and big data, and build ad...
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- Dividend yield
- – Trailing 12 months
- Volatility · 1Y
- 25.3% Above Average
- Beta
- 0.60 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 58.0277.77
How SHLD has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 30Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, SHLD returned −6.0% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +0.6 pts to the price move.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±25% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −25.4% on Jun 25, 2026 — 108 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 75% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.60 means SHLD has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Downtrend- 12-day average62.63 +1.8%
- 26-day average62.08 +2.7%
- 50-day average62.43 +2.2%
- 200-day average64.11 −0.5%
The price is above 3 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is below the 200-day, a sign of a falling longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
OverboughtRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
- Per share
- 0.42
- Last paid
- Jun 29, 2026
Last 12 months
0.42 USD / shareWhere SHLD shows up
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About Global X Defense Tech ETF
The Global X Defense Tech ETF (SHLD) seeks to invest in companies positioned to benefit from the increased adoption and utilization of defense technology (“Defense Tech”). This includes companies that build and manage cybersecurity systems, utilize artificial intelligence and big data, and build advanced military systems and hardware such as robotics, fuel systems, and aircrafts for defense applications.
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- Ticker
- SHLD
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US37960A5294
- CUSIP
- 37960A529
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- US Equity
- Industry
- InvestableMkt Core
- Benchmark
- Global X Defense Tech Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 30, 2026
Dataas of Nov 2, 2026
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