Thales SA (HO)
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France
Thales SA (HO) is a French company in the Industrials sector. The stock has its largest weight in ZPRE (MSCI EMU), at 0.34%. Anyone who holds an ETF containing Thales also has an indirect stake in the company.
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Alysly Data Analysis: Thales
Thales Connections
The map shows how Thales connects to ETFs, indices and other names. Each link is based on measured data and is not a recommendation.
- France Country · domicile
- Industrials Sector · sector
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What ETF Is Thales In?
Thales has very high ETF coverage and is held by 27 of the 104 ETFs we track, which together follow 9 indices. That puts the stock in more ETFs than 95.5% of the 4,341 stocks we track.
| ETF | Index | Weight | per €1,000 in the ETF |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZPRE | MSCI EMU | 0.34% | €3.39 |
| XD5E | MSCI EMU | 0.34% | €3.37 |
| XEMU | MSCI EMU | 0.34% | €3.37 |
| XDWI / XMIW | MSCI World Industrials | 0.25% | €2.51 |
| WIND | MSCI World Industrials | 0.25% | €2.48 |
| IMEA | MSCI Europe | 0.18% | €1.80 |
| XMEU / XIEE | MSCI Europe | 0.18% | €1.79 |
| SPYE | MSCI Europe | 0.17% | €1.74 |
| X600 / XESU | STOXX Europe 600 | 0.17% | €1.72 |
| EXSA | STOXX Europe 600 | 0.17% | €1.70 |
| XSX6 / XSX7 | STOXX Europe 600 | 0.17% | €1.69 |
| EXUS / EXU1 | MSCI World ex USA | 0.10% | €1.01 |
| SWWD | MSCI World | 0.03% | €0.32 |
| SPPW | MSCI World | 0.03% | €0.32 |
| EUNL | MSCI World | 0.03% | €0.30 |
| IUSQ | MSCI ACWI | 0.03% | €0.30 |
| XDWD / XDWL | MSCI World | 0.03% | €0.26 |
| WIMI | MSCI World IMI | 0.02% | €0.24 |
| SPYY | MSCI ACWI | 0.02% | €0.23 |
| SPYI / SPSA | MSCI ACWI IMI | < 0.01% | < €0.05 |
The last column shows how much of €1,000 in one of these funds goes to Thales, based on each fund's latest holdings list.
US-listed ETFs holding Thales (weight per latest SEC filing): VXUS 0.06%. These funds are registered in the US; retail investors in the EU usually cannot buy them.
Thales Weight in iShares Core MSCI World (EUNL) Since 2019
In iShares Core MSCI World (EUNL), Thales had a weight of 0.03% on Sep 30, 2019 and 0.03% on Oct 29, 2026. The fund tracks the MSCI World. Its share peaked at 0.04% on Mar 31, 2025. The weight rises and falls with the stock's price performance relative to the other index members. It can also change when the index provider adjusts the index composition.
What's Inside Your ETF Portfolio and the ETF overlap check show how much Thales overlaps with the rest of a portfolio.
Stocks With ETF Exposure Similar to Thales
| Stock | Shared ETFs | r |
|---|---|---|
| Thales | – | – |
| Bureau Veritas | 27 | – |
 Legrand | 27 | – |
| Hensoldt | 27 | – |
 Kingspan Group | 27 | – |
| Metso | 27 | – |
 Wolters Kluwer N.V. | 27 | – |
| AENA Sme | 27 | – |
 ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios | 27 | – |
These stocks reach a portfolio through largely the same funds as Thales. “Shared ETFs” counts the funds that hold both.
Fundamental Analysis: Thales
Latest Patents Granted to Thales
In the 52 weekly issues of the US patent office from Nov 4, 2025 to Oct 27, 2026, Thales received 117 utility patents and 3 design patents. That is 0.036% of all utility patents the US patent office granted in those weeks. The median time from filing to grant was 3.2 years.
| Granted | Patent | Title | Filed | Technology field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 12774869 B2 | Sight for shooting system | F41G Mechanical engineering; lighting; heating; weapons; blasting | ||
| US 12768939 B2 | Target characterisation method for a detection device of multi-panel radar or sonar type with electronic scanning | G01S Radio direction-finding, radar, lidar | ||
| US 12767332 B2 | In-flight entertainment system controlling backlighting while erasing retained images on liquid crystal displays | B64D Aircraft equipment | ||
| US 12764538 B2 | Real-time alerting on cybersecurity attacks targeting aircraft inflight entertainment and communications connectivity systems | H04W Wireless communication networks | ||
| US 12763943 B2 | Method for authenticating an end-user account, method for single authenticating within a cluster of HSM, and method for implementing access control | H04L Transmission of digital information |
These are grants, not applications. The office usually publishes an application 18 months after the priority date; the grant tends to come much later. Owners counted: THALES; THALES DIS CPL USA, INC.; Thales Avionics, Inc. and Thales AVS France SAS. Titles as published by the office; median time based on 47 patents with a known filing date.
The patent screener lists more grants, filterable by company, type and technology field. The M&A and patents page compares companies.
