WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund
$63.87+0.05 (+0.08%)
- 0.58%
- $1.7B
- +19.9%
- 3.73%
- 0M sh
- $64.34
- low $54.97high $66.90
The ETF.net DGS Grade
B
Score 64 out of 100
- 4 of 10
Score 64 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.C51 out of 100Rank 5 of 10Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A98 out of 100Rank 2 of 8Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.D37 out of 100Rank 9 of 10Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C50 out of 100Rank 5 of 10Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A84 out of 100Rank 1 of 9Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B66 out of 100Rank 4 of 10
Our read on DGS
BMost emerging-market dividend funds crowd into the giants. DGS goes the other way: roughly 1,100 dividend-paying small caps across the developing world, a corner it has worked since 2007.
The Fund seeks to track the investment results of dividend-paying small-cap companies in the emerging markets region.
Why people hold it
- The down-cap tilt is the whole point. It screens for dividend payers among emerging-market small caps, a slice the large-cap EM dividend funds mostly skip.
- Roughly 1,100 holdings spread the single-stock risk that usually comes with small caps, and payouts land quarterly.
- Fee runs a shade under the typical emerging-market dividend fund at 0.58%, on a multi-billion-dollar fund that has been trading since 2007.
- Sticks tight to its stated index, one of the cleaner implementations in its emerging-market dividend peer group.
Worth knowing
- Emerging-market small caps are a bumpy ride: local currency moves and single-country shocks hit harder here than in a large-cap EM fund.
- It trades thin next to headline EM funds, so spreads are part of the cost. Limit orders and calm market hours matter more than usual.
- 0.58% is not cheap in absolute terms. Broad EM dividend exposure is available for less, such as DIEM at 0.19%, though without the small-cap focus.
DGS Holdings
- Stocks
- 1,025
- 11%
- 3481.TW
Geography
- Taiwan28.88%
- South Korea12.57%
- China9.09%
- South Africa8.78%
- India8.02%
- Brazil7.31%
- Malaysia5.00%
- Thailand4.91%
- 15.45%
Developed 0% · Emerging 100%
DGS Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
DGS$11,992
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 | DGS |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +14.7% |
| 1 month | +0.3% |
| 3 months | −0.2% |
| 1 year | +19.9% |
| 3 years | +15.6% |
| 5 years | +8.4% |
| 10 years | +8.7% |
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 | DGS |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +14.7% | |
| 2025 | +21.2% | |
| 2024 | +1.2% | |
| 2023 | +19.1% | |
| 2022 | −12.3% | |
| 2021 | +15.3% | |
| 2020 | +4.1% |
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DGS Dividends
- 3.73%
- $2.38
- $0.76 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
DGS Risk
- 12.9%
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.
- 0.80
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.
- −24.6%
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.
- 0.92
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DGS Cost
0.58%
DGS0.58%
- The middle half of Emerging Markets Dividend Index funds
- Median 0.59%
4 of the 10 Emerging Markets Dividend Index funds charge less.
Other funds in Emerging Markets Dividend Index
- AEDIVState Street SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Dividend ETFExpense ratio 0.49%1 year return +10.4%
- BDIEMFranklin Emerging Market Core Dividend Tilt Index ETFExpense ratio 0.19%1 year return +40.1%
- BDEMWisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend FundExpense ratio 0.63%1 year return +29.6%
- 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%