WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend Fund
$75.84−1.08 (−1.40%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.58%
- Fund size
- $168M
- 1Y return
- +12.8%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 3.87%
- Holdings
- 391
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $76.16
- 52W range
The ETF.net DFE Grade
Score 50 of 100 sits in the C 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.DScore 27Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 93Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.DScore 37Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 50Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 36Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 43Category rank
Our read on DFE
CA 2006-vintage fund that weights European small caps by the cash dividends they pay, not by market size. Most rivals in the international small-cap aisle go broad and cap-weighted. This one goes regional and income-tilted.
The share class aims to follow the pre-fee price and yield performance of the WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend UCITS Index.
Why people hold it
- Weights holdings by annual cash dividends paid rather than market cap, so the roughly 400-stock basket tilts toward payers instead of whatever small cap is running hottest.wisdomtree.com
- Pure Europe small cap, no Japan or Pacific filler. Broad peers like SCHC, VSS and SCZ spread across every developed market, so this is the narrower dial.
- The index screens candidates on quality and momentum (WisdomTree's composite risk score) before weighting them, and income goes out quarterly.
- Trading since its 2006 launch, and it still does what the name says: European small caps that pay dividends, tracked against a stated index.
Worth knowing
- The 0.58% fee runs above the typical international small-cap fund, and plain cap-weighted peers like SCHC and VSS charge a small fraction of that.
- Thinly traded next to the category's giants, so the bid-ask spread becomes part of the real cost, most of all on large or hurried orders.
- One region, smaller companies, and European currency moves baked into returns: the ride can be bumpier than a globally spread small-cap blend.
DFE Holdings
- Stocks
- 391
- 15%
- HAUTO.OL
Sectors
- Industrials31.0%
- Consumer Discr.12.6%
- Financials12.1%
- Materials8.3%
- Technology6.4%
- Communication6.4%
- Real Estate6.2%
- Health Care5.2%
- Energy4.4%
- Cons. Staples4.2%
- Utilities3.2%
Geography
- United Kingdom29.08%
- Norway15.16%
- Sweden12.69%
- France5.52%
- Germany5.38%
- Spain4.78%
- Netherlands4.22%
- Portugal4.20%
- 18.97%
Developed 97% · Emerging 3%
DFE Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
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.
| Period | DFE |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +9.5% |
| 1 month | −0.9% |
| 3 months | +5.6% |
| 1 year | +12.8% |
| 3 years | +17.8% |
| 5 years | +5.5% |
| 10 years | +7.5% |
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 | DFE |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +9.5% | |
| 2025 | +32.9% | |
| 2024 | −0.6% | |
| 2023 | +14.9% | |
| 2022 | −22.2% | |
| 2021 | +18.4% | |
| 2020 | +2.1% |
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DFE Dividends
- 3.87%
- $2.98
- $1.58 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2026 | Jun 29, 2026 | $1.58 |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Mar 30, 2026 | $0.03 |
| Dec 26, 2025 | Dec 30, 2025 | $0.90 |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Sep 29, 2025 | $0.47 |
| Jun 25, 2025 | Jun 27, 2025 | $1.54 |
| Mar 26, 2025 | Mar 28, 2025 | $0.24 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | Jan 3, 2025 | $0.14 |
| Dec 26, 2024 | Dec 30, 2024 | $0.67 |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Sep 27, 2024 | $0.45 |
| Jun 25, 2024 | Jun 27, 2024 | $1.32 |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Mar 27, 2024 | $0.22 |
| Dec 28, 2023 | Jan 3, 2024 | $0.09 |
DFE Risk
- 15.1%
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.
- 0.82
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.
- −38.3%
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.
- 1.00
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DFE Cost
- The middle half of International Small-Cap funds
- Median 0.44%
11 of the 16 International Small-Cap funds charge less.