WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund
$55.56+0.09 (+0.16%)
- 0.63%
- $4.2B
- +29.6%
- 3.24%
- 0.2M sh
- $55.59
- low $44.89high $57.41
The ETF.net DEM Grade
B
Score 63 out of 100
- 5 of 10
Score 63 of 100 falls in the B band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.F19 out of 100Rank 8 of 10Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 8Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B67 out of 100Rank 2 of 10Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A80 out of 100Rank 2 of 10Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B68 out of 100Rank 4 of 9Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A76 out of 100Rank 1 of 10
Our read on DEM
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.
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
- Launched 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.
- Weights 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
- The screen is strict: only the highest-yielding 30% of WisdomTree's emerging-market dividend universe makes the index.sec.gov
- Hugs its index closely and sits among the easier funds in its peer group to get in and out of.
Worth knowing
- At 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%.
- Buying 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
- Payouts arrive quarterly and move with emerging-market dividends and currencies; a company paying today can stop paying tomorrow.wisdomtree.com
DEM Holdings
- Stocks
- 535
- 27%
- 2454.TW
Sectors
- Financials26.0%
- Technology22.9%
- Energy10.1%
- Industrials9.7%
- Consumer Staples7.1%
- Consumer Discretionary6.2%
- Materials5.0%
- Utilities4.4%
- Communication3.9%
- Real Estate3.4%
- Health Care1.4%
Geography
- Taiwan31.03%
- China21.59%
- Brazil7.31%
- Saudi Arabia5.72%
- Mexico5.31%
- Poland5.21%
- South Africa4.36%
- Thailand4.28%
- 15.19%
Developed 1% · Emerging 99%
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$12,958
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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.
| Period | DEM |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +22.6% |
| 1 month | −0.9% |
| 3 months | +3.1% |
| 1 year | +29.6% |
| 3 years | +19.0% |
| 5 years | +10.2% |
| 10 years | +9.3% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | DEM |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +22.6% | |
| 2025 | +20.3% | |
| 2024 | +4.5% | |
| 2023 | +20.9% | |
| 2022 | −10.4% | |
| 2021 | +9.7% | |
| 2020 | −5.8% |
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DEM Dividends
- 3.24%
- $1.80
- $0.77 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
DEM Risk
- 9.6%
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.
- 1.39
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.
- −27.1%
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.
- 0.73
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
0.63%
DEM0.63%
- The middle half of Emerging Markets Dividend Index funds
- Median 0.59%
7 of the 10 Emerging Markets Dividend Index funds charge less.
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- BDGSWisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend FundExpense ratio 0.58%1 year return +19.9%
- CDGREWisdomTree Emerging Markets Quality Dividend Growth FundExpense ratio 0.32%1 year return +42.7%
- CEMDVProShares - MSCI Emerging Markets Dividend Growers ETFExpense ratio 0.60%1 year return +9.1%
- CSDEMGlobal X - MSCI SuperDividend Emerging Markets ETFExpense ratio 0.66%1 year return +32.2%