FundNYSEARCAJapan

WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Fund

DFJ NYSE Arca

WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Fund seeks to track the investment results of dividend-paying small-cap companies in the Japanese equity market. With the fund, gain exposure to Japanese small cap equity from dividend paying companies and complement Japanese exposure accessing local economic grow...

116.04USD
+27.21 (+30.62%) 1 Year · close Oct 12

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Fund size
253M
as of Feb 2020
Expense ratio
0.58%
per year
Dividend yield
1.24%
Quarterly
Volatility · 1Y
17.6%
Average Risk
Beta
0.49
vs the market
52-week range
88.84117.45
01 Performance

How DFJ has paid off

Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.

Return by period

Price · to Oct 12
Strong performance Select a period to update every chart on the page.

Total return vs price return

Price only
+1.6 pts
0%10%20%30% DFJ +32.2% Price +30.6%

Over 1 year, DFJ returned +32.2% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +1.6 pts to the price move.

02 Risk

How bumpy is the ride?

Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.

Volatility

Annualized · 1Y
17.6%Average Risk

A typical year sees the price swing about ±18% around its trend.

Drawdown from peak

How far below its previous high the price has been
−13.0%
0%-7%−13.0%

Deepest fall −13.0% on Mar 20, 2026 — 21 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 36% of the time.

Market sensitivity

Beta
Market moves+10.0%
DFJ tends to move+4.9%

A beta of 0.49 means DFJ has moved less than the market.

Sharpe ratio 1.57 Return earned per unit of volatility
03 Technicals

Trend & momentum

Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.

Price vs moving averages

Uptrend
116.04
  • 12-day average115.90 +0.1%
  • 26-day average115.41 +0.5%
  • 50-day average113.93 +1.8%
  • 200-day average106.31 +9.2%

The price is above 4 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.

Relative strength (RSI)

Neutral
OversoldOverbought51.4

RSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.

Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.

04 Fund

Inside the fund

Japan · InvestableMkt SmalCap — tracking the WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Index.

  • Assets under management253MUSD
  • Expense ratio0.58%per year
  • Holdings821
  • Risk score5.5Medium

Launched June 2006. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.

05 Dividends

What it pays you

Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.

Dividend yield1.24%

About 12 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.

Per share
1.44
Frequency
Quarterly
Last paid
Sep 25, 2026

Last 12 months

1.44 USD / share
1.38Dec 260.07Sep 25
06 Themes

Where DFJ shows up

Curated themes and indices that hold DFJ. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.

07 Profile

About WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Fund

WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Fund seeks to track the investment results of dividend-paying small-cap companies in the Japanese equity market. With the fund, gain exposure to Japanese small cap equity from dividend paying companies and complement Japanese exposure accessing local economic growth

  • Featured in 1 curated theme
  • 821 holdings
Ticker
DFJ
Exchange
NYSE Arca
ISIN
US97717W8367
CUSIP
97717W836
Currency
U.S. Dollar (USD)
Country
USA
Sector
Japan
Industry
InvestableMkt SmalCap
Benchmark
WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Index
All key statistics

Details

NameWisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Fund
TickerDFJ
ISINUS97717W8367
CUSIP97717W836
ExchangeNYSEARCA
CategoryJapan
Sub CategoryInvestableMkt SmalCap
CountryUSA
CurrencyU.S. Dollar
Inception DateJun 16, 2006
BenchmarkWisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Index

Shareas of Oct 12, 2026

Close Price USD116.04
52W Low / High 88.84 / 117.45
1Y Total Return32.25%
Strong
1Y Volatility17.40%
Average Risk
Beta0.49
12M Dividends1.440
Last Dividend DateSep 25, 2026
Dist. FrequencyQuarterly
Dividend Yield1.24%

Dataas of Feb 28, 2020

AUM253 M
Discount/Premium-1.372%
NAV62.58
Shares Outstanding4.1 M
Volume 20D Avg39 K
Nbr of Holdings821
Risk RankMedium
Net Expense0.580%
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