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Schwab's dividend ETF returned 22.8% in a year. Its income rate still trails a one-month bill.
WisdomTree International Equity Fund
$73.14+0.48 (+0.66%)
- 0.48%
- $647M
- +14.9%
- 2.75%
- 0M sh
- $72.66
- low $64.58high $84.37
The ETF.net DWM Grade
B
Score 69 out of 100
- 11 of 35
Score 69 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.B63 out of 100Rank 13 of 35Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 29Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C42 out of 100Rank 23 of 35Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C51 out of 100Rank 16 of 35Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A87 out of 100Rank 3 of 33Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B59 out of 100Rank 18 of 35
Our read on DWM
BA 2006 original: a dividend screen thrown across developed markets outside the US and Canada, landing on roughly 1,300 names rather than a short high-yield shortlist.
The fund seeks to track an index of dividend-paying companies in developed markets outside the United States and Canada.
Why people hold it
- Live since 2006, with the same job description the whole time: dividend-paying companies in developed markets outside the US and Canada.wisdomtree.com
- Roughly 1,300 holdings is a wide net, closer to owning the developed-market dividend payers wholesale than to a concentrated yield list.
- Hugs its stated benchmark, the WisdomTree International Equity Index, about as closely as anything in its peer group.wisdomtree.com
- 0.48% a year sits just under the median fee for international dividend funds, and it distributes on a quarterly schedule.
Worth knowing
- The fee is the sore spot in the neighborhood: VYMI charges 0.07% and SCHY 0.08%, so the broad net here comes at a real markup.
- Thinly traded next to the category's giants, which puts more weight on limit orders and a glance at the spread before you deal.
- No US or Canadian stocks by design, and no currency hedge in the mandate, so it behaves like one sleeve of a portfolio rather than the whole thing.wisdomtree.com
DWM Holdings
- Stocks
- 1,407
- 11%
- HSBA.L
Sectors
- Financials22.5%
- Industrials19.7%
- Consumer Discretionary10.0%
- Technology9.8%
- Health Care8.3%
- Consumer Staples7.1%
- Materials5.8%
- Communication5.1%
- Utilities5.1%
- Energy4.1%
- Real Estate2.4%
Geography
- Japan26.88%
- United Kingdom13.24%
- France7.98%
- Switzerland7.81%
- Australia6.28%
- Germany6.13%
- Spain6.11%
- Italy5.20%
- 20.36%
Developed 98% · Emerging 2%
DWM Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
DWM$11,490
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 | DWM |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +7.9% |
| 1 month | −3.3% |
| 3 months | −1.2% |
| 1 year | +14.9% |
| 3 years | +18.4% |
| 5 years | +10.7% |
| 10 years | +8.4% |
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 | DWM |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +7.9% | |
| 2025 | +34.8% | |
| 2024 | +4.2% | |
| 2023 | +16.6% | |
| 2022 | −9.1% | |
| 2021 | +10.7% | |
| 2020 | −2.4% |
DWM in the news
DWM Dividends
- 2.75%
- $2.00
- $0.29 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
DWM Risk
- 11.2%
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.
- 1.21
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.
- −25.7%
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.
- 0.82
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DWM Cost
0.48%
DWM0.48%
- The middle half of International Dividend Index funds
- Median 0.50%
12 of the 34 International Dividend Index funds charge less.
Other funds in International Dividend Index
- AXIDVFranklin International Dividend Booster Index ETFExpense ratio 0.19%1 year return +25.5%
- AIDViShares International Select Dividend ETFExpense ratio 0.50%1 year return +22.6%
- BDWXState Street SPDR S&P International Dividend ETFExpense ratio 0.45%1 year return +12.8%
- BDOLWisdomTree True Developed International FundExpense ratio 0.48%1 year return +23.4%
- BFGDFirst Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index FundExpense ratio 0.55%1 year return +23.4%