WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund
$94.73−0.56 (−0.58%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.28%
- Fund size
- $1.6B
- 1Y return
- +16.0%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.84%
- Holdings
- 839
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $95.12
- 52W range
The ETF.net DTD Grade
Score 71 of 100 sits in the A 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.AScore 71Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 90Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.AScore 73Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.DScore 39Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 71Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 71Category rank
Our read on DTD
AA 2006 original that skips the usual filters: no high-yield hunt, no dividend-growth streak test. DTD holds roughly 800 US dividend payers, from mega caps down to small, and reshuffles once a year.
The Fund uses a passive indexing approach intended to track the price and yield performance of the WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Index before fees and expenses.
Why people hold it
- Owns the broad dividend-paying US market in one ticket, roughly 800 names across the cap range, not a narrow high-yield slice.wisdomtree.comsec.gov
- Charges 0.28% a year, under the typical US dividend-screen fund, and sits in the upper tier of that large peer group.
- Pays monthly and has been running since 2006, through several full market cycles, tracking its index closely.
Worth knowing
- Thinly traded next to category giants like SCHD and VIG, so spreads can run wider, which bites most on large or rushed orders.
- Cheap for the category, but SCHD, VIG and DGRO each charge a fraction of 0.28%.
- The index adds names only at its annual December rebalance, so the lineup can trail changes in who pays what.sec.govsec.gov
DTD Holdings
- Stocks
- 839
- 24%
- MSFT
Sectors
- Technology19.6%
- Financials19.1%
- Health Care12.6%
- Cons. Staples8.3%
- Energy8.1%
- Industrials8.1%
- Communication7.3%
- Consumer Discr.5.2%
- Utilities5.1%
- Real Estate4.9%
- Materials1.5%
Geography
- United States99.91%
- Puerto Rico0.09%
DTD 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 | DTD |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +13.6% |
| 1 month | −2.0% |
| 3 months | +2.9% |
| 1 year | +16.0% |
| 3 years | +18.6% |
| 5 years | +12.3% |
| 10 years | +12.0% |
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 | DTD |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +13.6% | |
| 2025 | +14.3% | |
| 2024 | +18.3% | |
| 2023 | +10.6% | |
| 2022 | −3.8% | |
| 2021 | +26.2% | |
| 2020 | +2.4% |
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DTD Dividends
- 1.84%
- $1.75
- $0.13 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 | $0.13 |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Jul 30, 2026 | $0.11 |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Jun 29, 2026 | $0.21 |
| May 26, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | $0.13 |
| Apr 27, 2026 | Apr 29, 2026 | $0.13 |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Mar 30, 2026 | $0.21 |
| Feb 24, 2026 | Feb 26, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Jan 27, 2026 | Jan 29, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Dec 26, 2025 | Dec 30, 2025 | $0.27 |
| Nov 24, 2025 | Nov 26, 2025 | $0.10 |
| Oct 28, 2025 | Oct 30, 2025 | $0.11 |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Sep 29, 2025 | $0.21 |
DTD Risk
- 10.7%
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.
- 1.17
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.
- −16.2%
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.
- 0.69
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DTD Cost
- The middle half of US Dividend Index funds
- Median 0.38%
14 of the 52 US Dividend Index funds charge less.