WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund

DGS

Market cap $1.62B

Off the Beaten Path: Dividend investors often focus on U.S. and European blue chips, but emerging market small caps may offer overlooked opportunities. Fund Focus: The WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend ETF (DGS) targets dividend-paying small caps across developing markets, offering broad diversification but higher costs and turnover. Valuation Check: With a P/E near 19 and dividend yield of just 3%, DGS looks fairly to slightly overvalued — not yet a bargain for value-oriented investors.

The WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend ETF (DGS) was launched on 10/30/2007, and is a smart beta exchange traded fund designed to offer broad exposure to the Broad Emerging Market ETFs category of the market.

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Launched on 10/30/2007, the WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend ETF (DGS) is a smart beta exchange traded fund offering broad exposure to the Broad Emerging Market ETFs category of the market.

WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund provides unique exposure to emerging markets, focusing on small caps and dividends for a safer investment approach. WisdomTree's strategy results in a more diverse country allocation, overweighting Indonesia, Turkey, Chile, and the Philippines compared to traditional EM indices. The ETF's holdings are well-diversified, with the top 10 positions making up less than 8% of the portfolio, reducing concentration risk.

Designed to provide broad exposure to the Broad Emerging Market ETFs category of the market, the WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend ETF (DGS) is a smart beta exchange traded fund launched on 10/30/2007.

The WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend ETF (DGS) made its debut on 10/30/2007, and is a smart beta exchange traded fund that provides broad exposure to the Broad Emerging Market ETFs category of the market.

In 2025, emerging markets are anything but uniform, with Poland up over 35% while Thailand has plunged nearly 12%, highlighting the massive dispersion beneath the modest 5.7% year-to-date gain of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Latin America has quietly outperformed thanks to stability and low expectations, while parts of Asia have disappointed due to weak exports, political uncertainty and fading commodity tailwinds. The WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund aims to thrive on yield and value in politically re-rating markets like Poland and Colombia.

Making its debut on 10/30/2007, smart beta exchange traded fund WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend ETF (DGS) provides investors broad exposure to the Broad Emerging Market ETFs category of the market.

EM SCV offers diversification and risk mitigation due to its negative correlation with the S&P 500 and historically strong risk-adjusted returns. Adding EM SCV to a globally diversified portfolio can enhance risk-adjusted returns, providing potential upside with reduced risk. WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund ETF (DGS) is the best ETF for targeting EM SCV due to its factor loadings despite being more expensive.