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DEM

GradeBNew York Stock Exchange Arca

WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund

Factor & Screened Index · WisdomTree · Inception 2007-07-13 · SEC filings

$56.38−0.84 (−1.47%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 3:05 PM EDT

Intraday session: down, 67 prints from 57.22 to 56.38. Range 56.28 to 56.76. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$56.60$56.8010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.63%
Fund size
$4.2B
1Y return
+26.3%
Yield · Last 12 months
3.20%
Holdings
502
Volume · 30D
0.2M sh
NAV per share
$56.23
52W range
low $44.23high $57.41

The ETF.net DEM Grade

B

64/ 100

Rank 4 of 10 in Emerging Markets Dividend Index⁠

Confidence High

Six-pillar profile for DEM. Scores out of 100: Cost 23, Risk 66, Mission 100, Tradability 76, Holdings 70, Durability 76. Strongest: Mission (100). Weakest: Cost (23). Leans toward Mission.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 64 of 100 sits in the B band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.

  • Cost

    What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.
    FScore 23
    Category rank8/10 · bottom quartile

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    AScore 100
    Category rank1/8 · top 13%

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    BScore 66
    Category rank2/10 · top 20%

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    AScore 76
    Category rank3/10 · top 30%

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    AScore 70
    Category rank3/9 · top 33%

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    AScore 76
    Category rank1/10 · top 10%

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026

Our read on DEM

ETF.net Research

BOne of the original emerging-market dividend ETFs (2007). DEM ranks EM payers by yield, keeps only the top slice, then weights them by the actual dollars of dividends they pay. Income-first EM, not market-cap EM.

Stated mandate

The fund seeks to track high-dividend-yielding companies in emerging markets and provides targeted emerging-market all-cap equity exposure.

Why people hold it

  1. 01Launched in 2007, it is one of the earliest EM high-dividend funds and has grown into a multi-billion-dollar portfolio spread across roughly 500 stocks.
  2. 02Weights companies by the cash dividends they actually pay, so dividend dollars rather than market cap drive the portfolio, with weights reset at the annual screening.sec.gov
  3. 03The screen is strict: only the highest-yielding 30% of WisdomTree's emerging-market dividend universe makes the index.sec.gov
  4. 04Hugs its index closely and sits among the easier funds in its peer group to get in and out of.

Worth knowing

  1. 01At 0.63% a year it runs a touch above the typical fund in its peer group, and roughly triple index-tilt rival DIEM at 0.19%.
  2. 02Buying dividend dollars pulls the basket toward the biggest payers in a handful of countries and sectors; the index applies country and sector caps at each annual screening.sec.gov
  3. 03Payouts arrive quarterly and move with emerging-market dividends and currencies; a company paying today can stop paying tomorrow.wisdomtree.com

DEM Holdings

As of Sep 21, 2026, 11:54 PM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
502
Top-10 weight
27%
Largest holding
2454.TW7.1%

Sectors

  • Financials26.2%
  • Technology22.0%
  • Energy10.1%
  • Industrials9.7%
  • Cons. Staples7.0%
  • Consumer Discr.6.3%
  • Materials5.1%
  • Utilities4.4%
  • Communication3.9%
  • Real Estate3.8%
  • Health Care1.4%

Geography

  • Taiwan31.05%
  • China21.37%
  • Brazil6.17%
  • Saudi Arabia5.86%
  • Mexico5.47%
  • Poland5.38%
  • South Africa4.54%
  • Thailand4.45%
  • Other countries (12)15.71%

Developed 1% · Emerging 99% of the foreign sleeve

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 36.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
0012454.TWMediaTek Inc7.11%2,025,000$300M162
0020939.HKChina Construction Bank-H4.56%157,422,054$192M106
0032303.TWUnited Microelectronics Corp2.84%24,449,000$120M112
0041398.HKIndustrial & Commercial Bank of China-H2.74%121,104,823$116M100
005PKN.WAOrlen SA1.87%1,988,695$79M106
006GFNORTEO.MXGrupo Financiero Banorte-O1.79%6,831,585$76M112
0072222.SRSaudi Arabian Oil Co1.76%10,902,898$74M68
008PKO.WAPKO Bank Polski SA1.60%2,151,931$68M95
0092382.TWQuanta Computer Inc1.41%5,531,000$60M109
0102318.HKPing An Insurance Group Co of China1.32%8,197,000$56M107
011FEMSAUBD.MXFomento Economico Mexicano SAB1.30%4,640,781$55M69
012601166.SSIndustrial Bank Co Ltd -A1.22%19,489,900$52M64
0132357.TWAsustek Computer Inc1.22%1,707,000$52M93
0142891.TWCTBC Financial Holding Co Ltd1.09%20,993,000$46M107
015ABEV3.SAAmbev S.A.0.92%12,980,569$39M88

Showing 1–15 of 538 holdings

DEM Performance

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

DEM$12,625
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,723
Sep 22, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026. DEM $12,625. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,284$11,078$12,873Sep 2025Mar 2026Sep 2026

Sep 22, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026

Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.

Trailing total return for DEM. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodDEM
Year to date+24.8%
1 month+3.9%
3 months+3.6%
1 year+26.3%
3 years+19.1%per year
5 years+11.0%per year
10 years+9.3%per year

As of the close, with distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for DEM
YearReturn barDEM
2026 YTD+24.8%
2025+20.3%
2024+4.5%
2023+20.9%
2022−10.4%
2021+9.7%
2020−5.8%

DEM in the news

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DEM Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Sep 22, 2026.
3.20%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$1.83Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.73 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Quarterly

Distribution history

2017–2026

One bar per payment. 36 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Jun 26, 2017 $0.43; Sep 26, 2017 $0.95; Dec 26, 2017 $0.28; Jun 25, 2018 $0.42; Sep 25, 2018 $1.15; Dec 24, 2018 $0.23; Mar 26, 2019 $0.11; Jun 24, 2019 $0.53; Sep 24, 2019 $1.15; Dec 23, 2019 $0.41; Mar 24, 2020 $0.03; Jun 23, 2020 $0.47; Sep 22, 2020 $0.94; Dec 21, 2020 $0.29; Mar 25, 2021 $0.18; Jun 24, 2021 $0.64; Sep 24, 2021 $0.99; Dec 30, 2021 $0.02; Mar 25, 2022 $0.37; Jun 24, 2022 $0.76; Sep 26, 2022 $1.51; Dec 23, 2022 $0.43; Mar 27, 2023 $0.10; Jun 26, 2023 $0.72; Sep 25, 2023 $1.10; Dec 22, 2023 $0.32; Mar 22, 2024 $0.23; Jun 25, 2024 $0.64; Sep 25, 2024 $1.06; Dec 26, 2024 $0.20; Mar 26, 2025 $0.42; Jun 25, 2025 $0.58; Sep 25, 2025 $0.80; Dec 31, 2025 $0.07; Mar 26, 2026 $0.24; Jun 25, 2026 $0.73. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Jun 25, 2026Jun 29, 2026$0.73
Mar 26, 2026Mar 30, 2026$0.24
Dec 31, 2025Jan 5, 2026$0.07
Sep 25, 2025Sep 29, 2025$0.80
Jun 25, 2025Jun 27, 2025$0.58
Mar 26, 2025Mar 28, 2025$0.42
Dec 26, 2024Dec 30, 2024$0.20
Sep 25, 2024Sep 27, 2024$1.06
Jun 25, 2024Jun 27, 2024$0.64
Mar 22, 2024Mar 27, 2024$0.23
Dec 22, 2023Dec 28, 2023$0.32
Sep 25, 2023Sep 28, 2023$1.10

DEM Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
9.7%
Annualised · 36 months to Aug 2026
How it’s calculated: standard deviation

The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
1.34
vs 3-month T-bills · to Aug 2026
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio

Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.

Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−27.1%
Trough Oct 2022
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown

The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.

Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.73
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

DEM Cost

Expense ratio0.63%
  • The middle half of Emerging Markets Dividend Index funds
  • Median 0.59%

7 of the 10 Emerging Markets Dividend Index funds charge less.

DEM costs $63.00 a year on $10,000. The median Emerging Markets Dividend Index fund costs $59.00.