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Schwab's dividend ETF returned 22.8% in a year. Its income rate still trails a one-month bill.
WisdomTree Global High Dividend Fund
$70.22+0.38 (+0.54%)
- 0.58%
- $156M
- +23.2%
- 3.13%
- 0M sh
- $69.25
- low $58.85high $73.51
The ETF.net DEW Grade
C
Score 52 out of 100
- 21 of 35
Score 52 of 100 falls in the C 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.F16 out of 100Rank 26 of 35Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.B69 out of 100Rank 27 of 29Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.A86 out of 100Rank 2 of 35Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C51 out of 100Rank 16 of 35Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A77 out of 100Rank 6 of 33Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C41 out of 100Rank 29 of 35
Our read on DEW
CMost high-dividend funds in this corner of the market stop at the US border. DEW doesn't: one ticket buys the top-yielding slice of US, developed and emerging markets, weighted by the dividend dollars companies actually pay.
The fund seeks to track high-dividend-yielding companies across U.S., developed international, and emerging equity markets.
Why people hold it
- One ticket spans US, developed international and emerging high-yielders. The cohort's cheapest leaders (VYMI, SCHY, IGRO) are ex-US only, making DEW the rarer whole-world version.wisdomtree.com
- Weights companies by the cash dividends they pay rather than market cap, spread across roughly 700 stocks, so no single payer dominates the income stream.wisdomtree.com
- Listed in 2006, one of the longer-running global dividend ETFs, and it pays quarterly.
Worth knowing
- At 0.58% it charges more than the cohort median of 0.50%, and several times the cheapest ex-US dividend peers, VYMI and SCHY, which sit near 0.07%.
- Thinly traded with a modest asset base, so bid-ask spreads and order type matter more here than in the category's giants.
- History before June 2009 reflects a European equity income mandate; the global high-dividend strategy dates from then.wisdomtree.com
DEW Holdings
- Stocks
- 717
- 17%
- XOM
Sectors
- Financials26.1%
- Energy16.5%
- Health Care10.7%
- Real Estate10.6%
- Utilities10.3%
- Consumer Staples8.3%
- Industrials4.7%
- Communication4.0%
- Consumer Discretionary3.4%
- Technology2.6%
- Materials2.6%
Geography
- United States57.91%
- United Kingdom6.80%
- Canada4.52%
- France3.73%
- Spain3.49%
- Italy3.46%
- Australia2.41%
- Switzerland2.07%
- 15.61%
Developed 90% · Emerging 10%
DEW Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
DEW$12,317
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 | DEW |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +16.3% |
| 1 month | −2.3% |
| 3 months | +0.7% |
| 1 year | +23.2% |
| 3 years | +20.3% |
| 5 years | +12.4% |
| 10 years | +9.4% |
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 | DEW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +16.3% | |
| 2025 | +22.4% | |
| 2024 | +11.6% | |
| 2023 | +9.4% | |
| 2022 | −2.7% | |
| 2021 | +21.3% | |
| 2020 | −7.4% |
DEW in the news
DEW Dividends
- 3.13%
- $2.19
- $0.48 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
DEW Risk
- 10.9%
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.
- 1.28
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.
- −18.9%
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.
- 0.61
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DEW Cost
0.58%
DEW0.58%
- The middle half of International Dividend Index funds
- Median 0.50%
25 of the 34 International Dividend Index funds charge less.
Other funds in International Dividend Index
- CEFADProShares - MSCI EAFE Dividend Growers ETFExpense ratio 0.50%1 year return +7.7%
- CDTHWisdomTree International High Dividend FundExpense ratio 0.58%1 year return +20.0%
- CPIDInvesco International Dividend Achievers ETFExpense ratio 0.53%1 year return +6.7%
- CDIMWisdomTree International MidCap Dividend FundExpense ratio 0.58%1 year return +16.3%
- CDNLWisdomTree Global ex-U.S. Quality Growth FundExpense ratio 0.42%1 year return +14.6%