WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund
$179.93−1.47 (−0.81%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.48%
- Fund size
- $7.0B
- 1Y return
- +41.3%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.93%
- Holdings
- 441
- Volume · 30D
- 0.3M sh
- NAV per share
- $178.53
- 52W range
The ETF.net DXJ Grade
Score 66 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.BScore 68Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 61Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 72Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.CScore 54Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 81Category rank
Our read on DXJ
BJapanese stocks with the yen taken out of the math. DXJ has run its hedged, dividend-screened index since 2006, pairing roughly 400 Japanese companies with a hedge against yen-dollar swings.
The fund seeks to track the WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Index, providing Japanese equity exposure while reducing the effect of yen-dollar currency movements.
Why people hold it
- The hedge is the point: the index aims to strip out yen-dollar moves, so returns track Japanese share prices rather than the currency.
- Costs 0.48% a year, a shade under the median for single-country Japan funds.
- About 400 holdings picked through a dividend screen rather than a straight market-cap list, with cash paid out quarterly.
- A multi-billion-dollar fund and one of the easier names in its Japan peer group to move in and out of.
Worth knowing
- Hedging cuts both ways. If the yen strengthens against the dollar, you give up the lift an unhedged Japan fund would collect.
- Cheaper hedged Japan exposure exists: FLJH runs at 0.09%.
- The dividend screen means this won't mirror a standard Japan market-cap index, so sector and company weights sit differently.
DXJ Holdings
- Stocks
- 441
- 31%
- 8306.T
Sectors
- Industrials25.3%
- Financials21.2%
- Consumer Discr.15.9%
- Technology12.9%
- Materials7.5%
- Health Care6.2%
- Cons. Staples5.0%
- Communication4.2%
- Energy1.6%
- Utilities0.1%
Geography
- Japan100.00%
Developed 100% · Emerging 0%
DXJ Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
DXJ$14,132
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 | DXJ |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +26.7% |
| 1 month | +2.2% |
| 3 months | +1.6% |
| 1 year | +41.3% |
| 3 years | +29.5% |
| 5 years | +26.8% |
| 10 years | +18.4% |
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 | DXJ |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +26.7% | |
| 2025 | +32.8% | |
| 2024 | +29.8% | |
| 2023 | +42.0% | |
| 2022 | +5.9% | |
| 2021 | +18.0% | |
| 2020 | +4.0% |
DXJ in the news
DXJ Dividends
- 0.93%
- $1.68
- $1.16 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2026 | Jun 29, 2026 | $1.16 |
| Dec 26, 2025 | Dec 30, 2025 | $0.38 |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Sep 29, 2025 | $0.14 |
| Jun 25, 2025 | Jun 27, 2025 | $1.34 |
| Dec 26, 2024 | Dec 30, 2024 | $2.88 |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Sep 27, 2024 | $0.14 |
| Jun 25, 2024 | Jun 27, 2024 | $0.52 |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Mar 27, 2024 | $0.31 |
| Dec 22, 2023 | Dec 28, 2023 | $1.61 |
| Sep 25, 2023 | Sep 28, 2023 | $0.01 |
| Jun 26, 2023 | Jun 29, 2023 | $0.78 |
| Mar 27, 2023 | Mar 30, 2023 | $0.63 |
DXJ Risk
- 12.1%
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.
- 1.94
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.
- −22.2%
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.
- 0.48
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DXJ Cost
0.48%
DXJ0.48%
- The middle half of Japan funds
- Median 0.54%
5 of the 18 Japan funds charge less.