The WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund (DGS) is an exchange-traded fund designed to track the performance of dividend-paying small-cap companies across emerging markets. The ETF is managed by WisdomTree Asset Management and trades under the ticker DGS on the NYSE Arca.

Classified as an international dividend-focused equity ETF, the fund provides exposure to emerging-market small-cap companies while applying a dividend-based weighting methodology rather than traditional market-cap weighting.

The ETF follows a passive management approach and seeks to replicate the performance of the WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Index, a benchmark composed of dividend-paying small-cap companies domiciled in emerging-market countries.

Diversification and sector exposure

DGS provides exposure primarily associated with:

• Emerging-market small-cap companies.

• Dividend-paying stocks.

• Industrials.

• Consumer discretionary.

• Financial services.

• Technology.

• Basic materials.

• International equities.

The portfolio includes companies from a broad range of emerging economies, providing diversified exposure to smaller businesses that often exhibit different growth and valuation characteristics than the large-cap companies represented in major global indexes.

The ETF’s performance reflects both the economic development of emerging markets and the results of companies selected according to their dividend-paying characteristics.

Structure and costs

DGS shares trade on the secondary market on the NYSE Arca during regular trading hours. Share creation and redemption occur through authorized participants, a mechanism intended to help align the ETF’s market price with its net asset value (NAV).

The fund charges a management fee as outlined in its prospectus and does not apply a performance fee. Dividends received from portfolio holdings may be distributed periodically to shareholders according to the fund’s distribution policy.

History and evolution of the ETF

The WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund was launched in 2007 with the objective of providing investors access to dividend-paying small-cap companies throughout emerging markets.

Since inception, the fund has offered diversified exposure to businesses across developing economies, serving as an international equity solution focused on both income generation and long-term growth potential.

In recent years, economic expansion, evolving global supply chains, rising domestic consumption, and the continued development of emerging financial markets have remained important factors influencing the companies represented in the ETF’s portfolio.

Additional Information

WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund (United States) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF), with assets under management totaling $1.72 billion.

Over the past 12 months, WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund recorded a return of 13.36%, with its price trading between $55.31 and $66.60 during the same period.

The ETF is traded under the ticker DGS.