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Name

As of 12/23/2024

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

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Direxion Daily Aerospace & Defense Bull 3X Shares

DFEN | ETF

$28.29

$226 M

50.46%

$14.30

0.97%

Vitals

YTD Return

30.8%

1 yr return

32.6%

3 Yr Avg Return

20.9%

5 Yr Avg Return

-10.8%

Net Assets

$226 M

Holdings in Top 10

91.3%

52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH

$28.3
$20.29
$40.28

Expenses

OPERATING FEES

Expense Ratio 0.97%

SALES FEES

Front Load N/A

Deferred Load N/A

TRADING FEES

Turnover N/A

Redemption Fee N/A

Min Investment

Standard (Taxable)

N/A

IRA

N/A

Fund Classification

Fund Type

Exchange Traded Fund

Name

As of 12/23/2024

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

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Direxion Daily Aerospace & Defense Bull 3X Shares

DFEN | ETF

$28.29

$226 M

50.46%

$14.30

0.97%

DFEN - Profile

Distributions

  • YTD Total Return 30.8%
  • 3 Yr Annualized Total Return 20.9%
  • 5 Yr Annualized Total Return -10.8%
  • Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually
  • Net Income Ratio -0.17%
DIVIDENDS
  • Dividend Yield 50.5%
  • Dividend Distribution Frequency Quarterly

Fund Details

  • Legal Name
    Direxion Daily Aerospace & Defense Bull 3X Shares
  • Fund Family Name
    Direxion Shares ETF Trust
  • Inception Date
    May 03, 2017
  • Shares Outstanding
    11450001
  • Share Class
    N/A
  • Currency
    USD
  • Domiciled Country
    US
  • Manager
    Paul Brigandi

Fund Description

The Index is provided by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (the “Index Provider”). The Index attempts to measure the performance of the aerospace and defense industry of the U.S. equity market. The Index Provider selects the stocks comprising the Index from the aerospace and defense sector on the basis of the float-adjusted, market capitalization-weight of each constituent. Aerospace companies include manufacturers, assemblers and distributors of aircraft and aircraft parts used in commercial or private air transport. Defense companies include producers of components and equipment for the defense industry, such as military aircraft, radar equipment and weapons.As of December 29, 2023 the Index consisted of 35 components that had a median total market capitalization of $5.3 billion, total market capitalizations ranging from $568.5 million to $157.7 billion and were concentrated in the aerospace and defense industry, which is included in the industrials sector. The Index is rebalanced quarterly.The components of the Index and the percentages represented by various sectors in the Index may change over time. The Fund will concentrate its investment in a particular industry or group of industries (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets in the stocks of a particular industry or group of industries) to approximately the same extent as the Index is so concentrated.The Fund, under normal circumstances, invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowing for investment purposes) in financial instruments, such as swap agreements, securities of the Index, and exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") that track the Index, that, in combination, provide 3X daily leveraged exposure to the Index, consistent with the Fund's investment objective. The financial instruments in which the Fund most commonly invests are swap agreements and futures agreements which are intended to produce economically leveraged investment results.The Fund may invest in the securities of the Index, a representative sample of the securities in the Index that has aggregate characteristics similar to those of the Index, an ETF that tracks the Index or a substantially similar index, and may utilize derivatives, such as swaps or futures on the Index or on an ETF that tracks the same Index or a substantially similar index, that provide leveraged exposure to the above.The Fund seeks to remain fully invested at all times, consistent with its stated investment objective, but may not always have investment exposure to all of the securities in the Index, or its weighting of investment exposure to securities or industries may be different from that of the Index. In addition, the Fund may invest directly or indirectly in securities not included in the Index. In all cases, the investments would be designed to help the Fund track the Index.The Fund will attempt to achieve its investment objective without regard to overall market movement or the increase or decrease of the value of the securities in the Index. At the close of the markets each trading day, Rafferty rebalances the Fund’s portfolio so that its exposure to the Index is consistent with the Fund’s investment objective. The impact of the Index’s movements during the day will affect whether the Fund’s portfolio needs to be re-positioned. For example, if the Index has risen on a given day, net assets of the Fund should rise, meaning that the Fund’s exposure will need to be increased. Conversely, if the Index has fallen on a given day, net assets of the Fund should fall, meaning the Fund’s exposure will need to be reduced. This re-positioning strategy typically results in high portfolio turnover. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund is expected to hold ETFs and money market funds, deposit accounts with institutions with high quality credit ratings (i.e. investment grade or higher), and/or short-term debt instruments that have terms-to-maturity of less than 397 days and exhibit high quality credit profiles, including U.S. government securities and repurchase agreements. The Fund may lend securities representing up to one-third of the value of the Fund’s total assets (excluding the value of the collateral received).The terms “daily,” “day,” and “trading day,” refer to the period from the close of the markets on one trading day to the close of the markets on the next trading day. The Fund is “non-diversified,” meaning that a relatively high percentage of its assets may be invested in a limited number of issuers of securities. Additionally, the Fund’s investment objective is not a fundamental policy and may be changed by the Fund’s Board of Trustees without shareholder approval.Because of daily rebalancing and the compounding of each day’s return over time, the return of the Fund for periods longer than a single day will be the result of each day’s returns compounded over the period, which will very likely differ from 300% of the return of the Index over the same period. The Fund will lose money if the Index performance is flat over time, and as a result of daily rebalancing, the Index’s volatility and the effects of compounding, it is even possible that the Fund will lose money over time while the Index’s performance increases over a period longer than a single day.
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DFEN - Performance

Return Ranking - Trailing

Period DFEN Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 30.8% -69.2% 137.1% 32.28%
1 Yr 32.6% -69.2% 142.3% 32.28%
3 Yr 20.9%* -51.9% 34.8% 4.43%
5 Yr -10.8%* -43.7% 52.9% 87.97%
10 Yr N/A* -32.1% 41.8% 76.62%

* Annualized

Return Ranking - Calendar

Period DFEN Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 23.0% -56.9% 257.9% 48.10%
2022 6.4% -91.0% 124.5% 3.80%
2021 10.6% -79.4% 168.2% 72.78%
2020 -70.6% -97.4% 132.6% 96.84%
2019 94.1% -53.1% 229.8% 7.05%

Total Return Ranking - Trailing

Period DFEN Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 30.8% -69.2% 137.1% 32.28%
1 Yr 32.6% -69.2% 142.3% 32.28%
3 Yr 20.9%* -51.9% 34.8% 4.43%
5 Yr -10.8%* -43.7% 52.9% 87.97%
10 Yr N/A* -32.1% 41.8% N/A

* Annualized

Total Return Ranking - Calendar

Period DFEN Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 24.7% -55.8% 259.6% 46.20%
2022 7.0% -91.0% 130.7% 5.06%
2021 12.8% -79.4% 168.2% 78.48%
2020 -70.3% -97.4% 132.6% 96.84%
2019 95.1% -52.7% 231.9% 7.05%

DFEN - Holdings

Concentration Analysis

DFEN Category Low Category High DFEN % Rank
Net Assets 226 M 1.5 M 25.4 B 26.35%
Number of Holdings 42 5 2002 64.81%
Net Assets in Top 10 169 M 1.01 M 9.23 B 24.07%
Weighting of Top 10 91.31% 13.9% 127.2% 18.52%

Top 10 Holdings

  1. GOLDMAN FINL SQ TRSRY INST 506 17.65%
  2. DREYFUS GOV'T CASH MGMT -INSTITUTIONAL CUSIP 262006208 DGCXX (#289) 17.27%
  3. DOW JONES U.S SELECT AERO DEF INDEX SWAP 14.62%
  4. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO 11.65%
  5. Raytheon Technologies Corporation COM 9.77%
  6. The Boeing Company COM USD5.00 6.58%
  7. DOW JONES U.S SELECT AERO DEF INDEX SWAP 4.70%
  8. Lockheed Martin Corporation COM USD1.00 3.09%
  9. Howmet Aerospace Inc COM 3.01%
  10. Northrop Grumman Corporation COM USD1 2.97%

Asset Allocation

Weighting Return Low Return High DFEN % Rank
Stocks 		62.08% 0.00% 103.56% 66.05%
Cash 		35.26% 0.00% 104.72% 13.58%
Other 		22.76% -7.39% 99.80% 35.19%
Preferred Stocks 		0.00% 0.00% 1.91% 60.49%
Convertible Bonds 		0.00% 0.00% 0.32% 66.05%
Bonds 		0.00% 0.00% 32.81% 70.99%

Stock Sector Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High DFEN % Rank
Industrials 		99.28% 0.00% 100.00% 1.60%
Technology 		0.72% 0.00% 100.00% 64.80%
Utilities 		0.00% 0.00% 100.00% 80.80%
Real Estate 		0.00% 0.00% 100.00% 75.20%
Healthcare 		0.00% 0.00% 100.00% 88.80%
Financial Services 		0.00% 0.00% 100.00% 87.20%
Energy 		0.00% 0.00% 100.00% 84.00%
Communication Services 		0.00% 0.00% 100.00% 88.00%
Consumer Defense 		0.00% 0.00% 52.46% 85.60%
Consumer Cyclical 		0.00% 0.00% 94.15% 88.00%
Basic Materials 		0.00% 0.00% 100.00% 88.00%

Stock Geographic Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High DFEN % Rank
US 		62.08% 0.00% 103.56% 66.05%
Non US 		0.00% 0.00% 20.00% 61.11%

DFEN - Expenses

Operational Fees

DFEN Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Expense Ratio 0.97% 0.68% 5.63% 88.61%
Management Fee 0.75% 0.00% 0.95% 52.69%
12b-1 Fee 0.00% 0.00% 1.00% 29.13%
Administrative Fee N/A 0.03% 0.25% N/A

Sales Fees

DFEN Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Front Load N/A 4.75% 4.75% N/A
Deferred Load N/A 1.00% 1.00% N/A

Trading Fees

DFEN Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Max Redemption Fee N/A N/A N/A N/A

Related Fees

Turnover provides investors a proxy for the trading fees incurred by mutual fund managers who frequently adjust position allocations. Higher turnover means higher trading fees.

DFEN Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Turnover N/A 0.00% 266.00% 32.08%

DFEN - Distributions

Dividend Yield Analysis

DFEN Category Low Category High DFEN % Rank
Dividend Yield 50.46% 0.00% 18.26% 34.13%

Dividend Distribution Analysis

DFEN Category Low Category High Category Mod
Dividend Distribution Frequency Quarterly Annually Monthly Annual

Net Income Ratio Analysis

DFEN Category Low Category High DFEN % Rank
Net Income Ratio -0.17% -2.77% 2.92% 27.22%

Capital Gain Distribution Analysis

DFEN Category Low Category High Capital Mode
Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually Annually Annually Annually

Distributions History

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DFEN - Fund Manager Analysis

Managers

Paul Brigandi

Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

May 03, 2017

5.08

5.1%

Paul Brigandi, the Fund’s Portfolio Manager, is primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund. An investment trading team of Rafferty employees assists Mr. Brigandi in the day-to-day management of the Fund subject to his primary responsibility and oversight. The Portfolio Manager works with the investment trading team to decide the target allocation of the Fund’s investments and on a day-to-day basis, an individual portfolio trader executes transactions for the Fund consistent with its target allocation. The members of the investment trading team rotate among the various series of the Trust, including the Fund periodically so that no single individual is assigned to a specific Fund for extended periods of time. Mr. Brigandi has been a Portfolio Manager at Rafferty since June 2004. Mr. Brigandi was previously involved in the equity trading training program for Fleet Boston Financial Corporation from August 2002 to April 2004. Mr. Brigandi is a 2002 graduate of Fordham University.

Tony Ng

Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

May 03, 2017

5.08

5.1%

Tony Ng is a Portfolio Manager and joined Rafferty Asset Management in April 2006. He was previously a Team Leader in the Trading Assistant Group with Goldman Sachs from 2004 to 2006. Hg was employed with Deutsche Asset Management from 1998 to 2004. Mr. Ng graduated from State University at Buffalo in 1998.

Tenure Analysis

Category Low Category High Category Average Category Mode
1.79 28.9 9.84 8.67

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