WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Fund (DFJ)
| Assets | $453.30M |
| Expense Ratio | 0.58% |
| PE Ratio | 14.53 |
| Shares Out | 3.80M |
| Dividend (ttm) | $2.58 |
| Dividend Yield | 2.29% |
| Ex-Dividend Date | Dec 26, 2025 |
| Payout Ratio | 33.22% |
| 1-Year Return | +46.17% |
| Volume | 34,532 |
| Open | 113.08 |
| Previous Close | 111.40 |
| Day's Range | 112.88 - 113.22 |
| 52-Week Low | 70.04 |
| 52-Week High | 113.22 |
| Beta | 0.39 |
| Holdings | 804 |
| Inception Date | Jun 16, 2006 |
About DFJ
Fund Home PageThe WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Fund (DFJ) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend index. The fund tracks an index of Japanese small-cap stocks selected and weighted based on dividends. DFJ was launched on Jun 16, 2006 and is issued by WisdomTree.
Top 10 Holdings
5.97% of assets| Name | Symbol | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| NSK Ltd. | 6471 | 0.67% |
| Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group, Inc. | 7327 | 0.66% |
| Chugin Financial Group,Inc. | 5832 | 0.66% |
| TOA Corporation | 1885 | 0.63% |
| Hazama Ando Corporation | 1719 | 0.58% |
| EXEDY Corporation | 7278 | 0.58% |
| Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | 5711 | 0.56% |
| INFRONEER Holdings Inc. | 5076 | 0.55% |
| Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd. | 4114 | 0.55% |
| Adeka Corporation | 4401 | 0.52% |
Dividends
| Ex-Dividend | Amount | Pay Date |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 2025 | $1.37546 | Dec 30, 2025 |
| Sep 25, 2025 | $0.090 | Sep 29, 2025 |
| Jun 25, 2025 | $1.095 | Jun 27, 2025 |
| Mar 26, 2025 | $0.020 | Mar 28, 2025 |
| Dec 26, 2024 | $0.96435 | Dec 30, 2024 |
| Sep 25, 2024 | $0.025 | Sep 27, 2024 |
News
DFJ: More JPY Depreciation Benefit To Large Caps
The WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Fund ETF faces heightened FX risk due to its domestic exposure and limited benefit from yen depreciation. DFJ's sector allocation leans toward domestic demand re...
DFJ: Japanese Dividend Stocks Remain Attractive As Political Uncertainty Fades
The WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Fund ETF is off to a strong start in 2026 as investors rotate into cheaper small-cap stocks. While DFJ holdings' valuations are not as low as they were back in 2...
Nikkei 225 Slips As BOJ Hike Bets Surge Ahead Of December Meeting
The Nikkei 225 falls to 49,303 as rate-hike odds for December 19 approach 80%. Electronics, pharma, and industrials lead declines as liquidity expectations tighten.
DFJ: Dividend Growth And A Play On The Japanese Yen Strengthening In Value
The WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Fund ETF invests in Japanese stocks paying a dividend, principally with a market capitalization below $2 billion. The ETF is heavily overweight in cyclical secto...
DFJ: Probably Still A Safe Bet
Japanese small caps remain undervalued, with low PBRs and discounted PEs versus large caps. Corporate governance reforms are catalyzing price appreciation, especially in cash-rich, low PBR companies, ...
APAC Equities: The Sensitivity To Oil Prices
Among APAC equity markets, Australia has a higher beta to oil prices while India, Indonesia and Thailand have lower betas. Domestic political uncertainties have been one main reason for the decoupling...
Japan Stock Market Makes All-Time Highs, This Is How
Japan's stock market is hitting new highs due to strong fiscal flows from government spending, current account surplus, and rising bank credit creation. Government spending at over 4% of GDP, a positi...
Japan In The Spotlight; Blockchain In AI's Shadow
As the global private equity industry took tentative steps toward recovery in 2024, Japan raced ahead. The value of private equity investment in Japan jumped nearly 41% over the prior-year total in 20...
Japan: Hotter Than Expected Inflation, Output Rebound Should Support The BoJ's Policy Normalization
Today's data were a mixed bag, but the Bank of Japan will pay more attention to the sharp rise in Tokyo's inflation. Tokyo consumer prices rose more than expected to 2.6% YoY (vs 2.2% in July, 2.3% ma...
Third Quarter Economy Signals Sought From Flash PMI Data After Japan GDP Shows Rebound
Japan's economy enjoyed a strong second quarter, according to official data, which corroborates recent robust survey data. Gross domestic product rose 0.8% in the three months to June, according to in...
BoJ Hikes By 25 Bps And Starts QT: Too Little Too Late, But In Right Direction To Prop Up The Plunging Yen
The “real” policy rate is massively negative, with the new policy rate of 0.25% far below Core CPI of 2.6%. When QT reaches about ¥3 trillion per month in 2026, it would represent a reduction of its J...
Escape Velocity: Japan's Drift Toward Sustained Inflation
Japan has been struggling for some time to generate enough velocity in inflation to escape the gravitational pull of deflation. The story for the rest of 2024 and into 2025 is now centered on whether ...
What's The Next Step For The Bank of Japan?
In March, the Bank of Japan abolished its 8-year-old negative interest rate policy, hiking rates for the first time in 17 years by raising its benchmark rate to 0-0.1%. To combat inflation while also ...
DFJ: Very Clear Small-Cap Discount In Japan
DFJ has a lower PBR than the broader large-cap driven Japanese indices. With corporate governance reform being an important factor for the market's appreciation, and similar distributions of sectoral ...
Mixed Japanese Data Supports BoJ's Policy Normalization
We'd rather downplay the weaker-than-expected manufacturing data and focus on a solid recovery in retail sales and a reacceleration in inflation, which will be welcomed by the Bank of Japan. Inflation...
What Has Led To Japan's Come-Back?
By end-April 2024, Japanese equities had outperformed the FTSE All-World index over 12 months and in the year to date. Japan has undertaken significant structural corporate reforms in recent years.
Cooler Inflation Ahead Of The Bank of Japan Meeting
Inflation slowed down in March but underlying inflationary pressures are still alive. The BoJ's pause at its next week's meeting is widely expected but markets will pay more attention to the BoJ's qua...
Can Japan's Stock Market Continue Its Record-Setting Run?
Japan's equity benchmark, the Nikkei 225 Index, has been on a tear in 2024, eclipsing its previous high set back in 1989. As of early April, the index is hovering near 40,000. Solid economic growth, a...
The Bank of Japan's New Path Ahead
The Bank of Japan is set to normalise monetary policy when certain conditions are met, namely inflation, positive real cash earnings, and a recovery in domestic demand growth. We expect the window for...
The End Of Japan's Negative Interest Rates: What It Means For Gold
The Bank of Japan's historic move to end the country's negative interest rate policy after nearly two decades triggered a jolt upward to new all-time highs for gold against the yen. The BoJ announced ...