WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Dividend Fund
$99.47−0.06 (−0.06%)
- 0.28%
- $6.3B
- +18.9%
- 1.74%
- 0.1M sh
- $99.08
- low $85.44high $101.83
The ETF.net DLN Grade
A
Score 76 out of 100
- 6 of 53
Score 76 of 100 falls in the A 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.A71 out of 100Rank 15 of 53Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A86 out of 100Rank 22 of 50Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.A80 out of 100Rank 2 of 53Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A81 out of 100Rank 8 of 53Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B64 out of 100Rank 20 of 53Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A74 out of 100Rank 10 of 53
Our read on DLN
AMost dividend funds sort by yield or by streaks of raises. DLN sorts by dollars: the more cash a company is projected to pay out, the bigger its weight. Roughly 300 US large caps, dividend-weighted since 2006, paid out monthly.
The Fund seeks to track the investment results of dividend-paying large-cap companies in the U.S. equity market.
Why people hold it
- Weights holdings by projected cash dividends, not yield, so the biggest actual payers get the biggest slice. A different sort order than most large-cap dividend funds.sec.gov
- At 0.28% a year, it undercuts the typical fund in its dividend-screen peer group, where the median runs 0.39%.
- Pays monthly rather than quarterly, and has run the same dividend-weighted playbook since its 2006 launch.
- A multi-billion-dollar fund that stays close to its stated index, and one of the stronger implementations in the US dividend-screen group.
Worth knowing
- Cheap for its cohort, not cheap outright: VIG, SCHD and DGRO all charge under a tenth of a percent.
- Dividend dollars drive the weights, so the largest payers dominate. No dividend-growth-streak or quality screen sits behind the weighting.sec.gov
- Weights are set once a year at the index measurement date, so between resets the mix drifts with share prices.sec.gov
DLN Holdings
- Stocks
- 310
- 27%
- MSFT
Sectors
- Technology22.5%
- Financials17.1%
- Health Care14.0%
- Consumer Staples8.8%
- Communication8.3%
- Energy8.2%
- Industrials7.3%
- Utilities4.9%
- Consumer Discretionary4.2%
- Real Estate3.7%
- Materials1.0%
Geography
- United States100.00%
DLN Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
DLN$11,888
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 | DLN |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +14.5% |
| 1 month | −0.2% |
| 3 months | +2.0% |
| 1 year | +18.9% |
| 3 years | +19.8% |
| 5 years | +13.0% |
| 10 years | +12.8% |
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 | DLN |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +14.5% | |
| 2025 | +15.5% | |
| 2024 | +19.4% | |
| 2023 | +9.9% | |
| 2022 | −3.8% | |
| 2021 | +25.6% | |
| 2020 | +4.6% |
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DLN Dividends
- 1.74%
- $1.74
- $0.20 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
DLN Risk
- 10.1%
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.
- 1.32
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.
- −16.3%
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.
- 0.75
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DLN Cost
0.28%
DLN0.28%
- The middle half of US Dividend Index funds
- Median 0.38%
14 of the 52 US Dividend Index funds charge less.
Other funds in US Dividend Index
- ADIVBiShares Core Dividend ETFExpense ratio 0.05%1 year return +34.6%
- ASPYDState Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETFExpense ratio 0.07%1 year return +12.9%
- ADTDWisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend FundExpense ratio 0.28%1 year return +18.5%
- AFDVVFidelity High Dividend ETF Expense ratio 0.15%1 year return +16.6%
- ADJDInvesco Dow Jones Industrial Average Dividend ETFExpense ratio 0.07%1 year return +21.8%