WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Fund
DES
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in mil. unless spec.- CEO
- Richard Lau
- Full Time Employees
- 3,600
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- 250 West 34th Street, 3rd Floor New York NY United States of America 10119
- IPO Date
- Jun 16, 2006
- CIK
- 0001350487
- Website
- deswell.com
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- WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Fund (DES) is an exchange-traded fund that tracks the WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Index, providing exposure to the small-cap dividend-paying segment of the U.S. equity market through a dividend-weighted portfolio of approximately 570 holdings. The fund offers investors core U.S. small-cap equity exposure focused on dividend payers; complements or replaces small-cap value or dividend-oriented strategies; and balances growth potential with income generation via monthly distributions. It emphasizes sectors such as financials, industrials, and real estate, with top holdings including Spire Inc., EPR Properties, and Sabra Health Care REIT; features a dividend yield of around 2.8% to 3.6%, an expense ratio of 0.38%, and assets under management exceeding $1.8 billion. Launched on June 16, 2006, and headquartered in New York as part of WisdomTree, Inc., DES primarily serves institutional and retail investors seeking U.S. small-cap income and value characteristics. The fund concentrates operations in the United States, with nearly 100% allocation to U.S. equities, including minor exposure to Puerto Rico; it categorizes holdings by market cap with about 41% in small-cap (<$2 billion) and 59% in mid-cap stocks. In recent developments, WisdomTree, the fund's issuer, completed the acquisition of Ceres in the third quarter of 2025, diversifying into solar, AI data infrastructure, and water opportunities while expanding revenue capture; reported record assets under management of $137.2 billion for Q3 2025 with 11% annualized organic growth; and launched tokenization platforms WisdomTree Prime and WisdomTree Connect to advance blockchain-enabled finance. These issuer-level strategic expansions support broader product innovation, including routine index rebalances such as those implemented in September 2024 for U.S. dividend indexes; the fund itself maintains steady monthly payouts, with the latest ex-dividend date on September 25, 2025.