WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Fund
$115.15−1.91 (−1.63%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.58%
- Fund size
- $451M
- 1Y return
- +25.7%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 2.39%
- Holdings
- 773
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $115.61
- 52W range
The ETF.net DFJ Grade
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.CScore 44Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 81Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 62Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 67Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 87Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 66Category rank
Our read on DFJ
BJapan's small caps, filtered down to the ones that actually pay dividends. Running since 2006, holding roughly 800 names and sending cash out every quarter.
The fund provides exposure to Japanese small-cap equities issued by companies that pay dividends.
Why people hold it
- The dividend screen does the work: holdings are Japanese small caps that pay out, not the whole sprawling small-cap universe.
- Roughly 800 holdings, so no single Japanese small cap steers the fund.
- Launched in 2006, with a long track record through Japan's deflation years and its corporate governance overhaul.
- Distributions land quarterly, tracking a rules-based index rather than a manager's stock picks.
Worth knowing
- At 0.58% a year, it costs more than the typical Japan fund, and plain-beta rivals FLJP (0.09%) and BBJP (0.19%) charge a fraction of it.
- Trades lighter than the headline Japan funds, so spreads and limit orders matter, especially on larger tickets.
- Screening for dividend payers leaves out Japanese small caps that reinvest instead of paying, a real tilt away from the full market.
DFJ Holdings
- Stocks
- 773
- 6%
- 7327.T
Sectors
- Industrials25.7%
- Consumer Discr.16.1%
- Financials15.4%
- Materials13.7%
- Technology12.7%
- Cons. Staples6.9%
- Health Care3.7%
- Real Estate2.5%
- Utilities1.6%
- Communication1.3%
- Energy0.4%
Geography
- Japan99.94%
- United States0.06%
Developed 100% · Emerging 0%
DFJ 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 | DFJ |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +23.0% |
| 1 month | +3.5% |
| 3 months | +9.2% |
| 1 year | +25.7% |
| 3 years | +21.0% |
| 5 years | +10.8% |
| 10 years | +9.0% |
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 | DFJ |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +23.0% | |
| 2025 | +31.9% | |
| 2024 | +2.8% | |
| 2023 | +20.9% | |
| 2022 | −9.0% | |
| 2021 | +0.4% | |
| 2020 | +1.3% |
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DFJ Dividends
- 2.39%
- $2.80
- $1.33 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2026 | Jun 29, 2026 | $1.33 |
| Dec 26, 2025 | Dec 30, 2025 | $1.38 |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Sep 29, 2025 | $0.09 |
| Jun 25, 2025 | Jun 27, 2025 | $1.10 |
| Mar 26, 2025 | Mar 28, 2025 | $0.02 |
| Dec 26, 2024 | Dec 30, 2024 | $0.96 |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Sep 27, 2024 | $0.03 |
| Jun 25, 2024 | Jun 27, 2024 | $0.24 |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Mar 27, 2024 | $0.62 |
| Dec 28, 2023 | Jan 3, 2024 | $0.05 |
| Jun 26, 2023 | Jun 29, 2023 | $0.46 |
| Mar 27, 2023 | Mar 30, 2023 | $0.79 |
DFJ Risk
- 13.2%
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.
- 1.14
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.
- −28.2%
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.
- 0.83
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DFJ Cost
- The middle half of Japan funds
- Median 0.54%
9 of the 18 Japan funds charge less.