WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Fund · DES · AMEX
Distribution report · updated Nov 13, 2026
$39.24 +0.00% on the day, +$0.00
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Yearly payout / yield
$0.60·1.53%
$0.05 monthly x 12 ⓘ
Next payment
~$0.05/mo
pays ~Nov 28 (est.) ⓘ
Next ex-date
Nov 26est.
ex in 13 days ⓘ
Paying since
2006
195 payments on file
Pays
Monthly
12 payments a year
Yield vs history ⓘ
34
Below its usual yield
plus special dividends: $0.354 total in the last year — not in the rate
DES share price & total return
Daily closing price, adjusted for stock splits.
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Last 20 payments
DES Dividend Growth (CAGR)
1Y +33.0%3Y +7.7%5Y -4.6%10Y -0.8%
Per-share amount, by the date it paid (~ = about, from its usual pay gap). A red dashed stub marks a payment that was due by its usual rhythm but is not on file. Orange = special or irregular payment. The enlarge button shows all 195 payments since 2006.
Annual dividends and growth
Total paid per share in each calendar year; 2026 YTD is paid so far, the amounts vary too much to estimate the rest. Years with an extra or a missing payment (dates sliding across New Year) are compared per payment. Totals include specials; the growth line leaves them out.

How Many DES Shares for $500 or $1,000 a Month?

At $0.60 a share a year, $500 a month takes about 10,000 DES shares, about $392,400 at the Nov 13, 2026 close of $39.24. $1,000 a month takes about 20,000 shares, about $784,800. Before taxes, and only while the rate holds.

WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Fund (DES) pays $0.05 a share monthly, $0.60 a year, a 1.53% run-rate yield at the Nov 13, 2026 close of $39.24. Special dividends added $0.354 in the last year; they are paid case by case, so they never count in the rate or the yield here. It has made 195 distribution payments since 2006.

At today’s rate of $0.05 monthly and the last close of $39.24, this is what DES pays before taxes, if the rate stays where it is:

You holdEach paymentPer month (avg)Per year
1 share$0.05$0.05$0.60
100 shares$5.00$5.00$60.00
$10,000 invested (254.8 shares)$12.74$12.74$152.91
10,000 shares ($500/mo)$500.00$500.00$6,000.00
20,000 shares ($1,000/mo)$1,000.00$1,000.00$12,000.00

With DRIP on, every payment buys more shares instead of landing as cash. 100 DES shares reinvest into 0.13 new shares each payment, about 1.5 new shares a year at today’s price and rate, and each new share collects the next payment too. To DRIP one whole new share every payment you need about 785 shares. A rising payout speeds that up; a falling share price buys more shares per payment, but each is worth less. See the snowball over 10 to 30 years with DES’s own history in the DES DRIP calculator.

The payout is not the return. In the 12 months to Nov 13, 2026, DES paid $0.90 a share and its share price went from $32.76 to $39.24, so total return covered every dollar paid.

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  • NAV trend: is the fund’s share price holding up report
  • Distribution funded by NAV: is it paying you with your own money report
  • Distribution stability: how much the payout jumps around history
  • Distribution trend: is the payout growing or shrinking history
  • Crash test: how the fund held up in market drops history
  • Yield sanity: is the yield too high to be believable rating

DES Dividend Yield Today vs Its 5-Year Range

34/100Below its usual yieldvs its 10-yr history
  • DES yields 1.53% today, at the Nov 13, 2026 close of $39.24.
  • Its own 10-year median is 2.32%, so today’s yield is below its usual level.
  • No steady norm: its payout changed too much in 3 years to read a steady norm. So this reads today’s yield against its own 10-year history as it is.
Last 5 years: lowest to highest month-end yield
0.36% low5.48% high
Blue mark = today, grey = its 10-year median. A higher yield than usual means a lower price against the payout.

Where today ranks in its own history is in the paid report

How it works. Each month-end over the last 10 years gives one yield: the regular payment then, times payments a year, over that day’s close. Specials are left out. 50 means today’s yield sits right at its usual level. A lower score means the yield is below its usual level, so the price is high against the payout. A higher score means the yield is above its usual level. On price alone a payer stays between 15 and 85. Steady raisers get a few points back. It reads the past, not the future.

When Is DES’s Next Distribution? Ex-Date and Pay Date After October 2026

DES has not declared its next distribution yet. By its usual rhythm of about 30 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Nov 26, 2026, with the cash around Nov 28, 2026. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.05 a share, went ex on Oct 27, 2026 and paid Oct 29, 2026.

  • Ex-dates: about every 30 days (monthly)
  • Payment: usually about 2 days after the ex-date

Every payer going ex-dividend this week is on the dividend calendar.

How Often Does DES Pay?

DES pays monthly, 12 times a year. The ex-date comes about every 30 days, and the cash usually lands about 2 days later.

Paid in the 12 months to Nov 13, 2026
$0.90 a share, in 12 payments, $0.354 of it special.
+2.0% against the 12 months before ($0.89 in 13 payments).
By ex-date, the same 12 months the NAV check on this page reads. The yield up top uses today’s rate instead, so a raise or a cut shows there first.
Payout months
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Pays every month.

DES vs Similar Dividend Funds (PHO, FLQL...)

Against the 10 dividend funds in Asset Management closest to DES in fund size, DES’s 1.53% run-rate yield is above the group’s middle yield of 0.78%. A higher yield than the group is not a bonus by itself: in income funds it often comes with a faster-falling share price, so read it next to the NAV trend and the rating.

Ticker Dividend ⓘ Yield Safety Rating
DES $39.24WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Fund $0.05/mo$0.60/yr fwd 1.53% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
PHO $76.19Invesco Water Resources ETF $0.0613/qtr$0.25/yr fwd 0.32% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
FLQL $76.51Franklin U.S. Large Cap Multifactor Index ETF $0.194/qtr$0.78/yr fwd 1.01% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
PSI $118.95Invesco Semiconductors ETF $0.016/qtr$0.06/yr fwd 0.05% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
ITB $93.77iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF $0.159/qtr$0.64/yr fwd 0.68% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
DUSB $50.60Dimensional Ultrashort Fixed Income ETF $0.153/mo$1.84/yr fwd 3.63% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
NLR $89.45VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF $0.614/yr 0.69% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
BBMC $123.64JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Mid Cap Equity ETF $0.363/qtr$1.45/yr fwd 1.17% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
RING $71.18iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF $0.5264/half-yr$1.05/yr fwd 1.48% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
USPX $66.14Franklin U.S. Equity Index ETF $0.144/qtr$0.58/yr fwd 0.87% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
RPG $52.98Invesco S&P 500 Pure Growth ETF $0.039/qtr$0.16/yr fwd 0.29% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only

DES Dividend History: Every Payment Since 2006

Ex-datePay dateAmountFrequencyType
Oct 27, 2026Oct 29, 2026$0.05MonthlyRegular
Sep 25, 2026Sep 28, 2026$0.12MonthlyRegular
Aug 26, 2026Aug 28, 2026$0.075MonthlyRegular
Jul 28, 2026Jul 30, 2026$0.045MonthlyRegular
Jun 25, 2026Jun 29, 2026$0.145MonthlySpecial
May 26, 2026May 28, 2026$0.055MonthlyRegular
Apr 27, 2026Apr 29, 2026$0.06MonthlyRegular
Mar 26, 2026Mar 30, 2026$0.08MonthlyRegular
Feb 24, 2026Feb 26, 2026$0.01MonthlyRegular
Jan 27, 2026Jan 29, 2026$0.009MonthlyRegular
The other 185 DES payments come with a paid plan.
Show all 195 payments »
Newest first. Amounts are per share as paid, restated for splits; frequency is the schedule on file for that payment; a payment over 2.5x its neighbours is marked special.
From reported payments, prices and filings — data, not investment advice.

What the Dividend Safety Rating Means for DES

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DES Dividend Questions

How often does DES pay distributions?

DES pays monthly, 12 times a year. The ex-date comes about every 30 days, and the cash usually lands about 2 days later.

Does DES pay distributions monthly?

Yes. DES pays monthly, 12 times a year.

When is the next DES distribution?

DES has not declared its next distribution yet. By its usual rhythm of about 30 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Nov 26, 2026, with the cash around Nov 28, 2026. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.05 a share, went ex on Oct 27, 2026 and paid Oct 29, 2026. The current rate is $0.05 per share, $0.60 a year.

Does DES pay a distribution in November 2026?

Not declared yet. By its usual rhythm the next ex-date falls around Nov 26, 2026, with the cash around Nov 28, 2026, so a payment in November 2026 is likely. Only the company’s declaration makes it final.

How much does DES pay per share?

DES pays $0.05 a share monthly, $0.60 a year. At the Nov 13, 2026 close of $39.24 that is a 1.53% run-rate yield, below its usual level: its own 10-year median is 2.32%.

Does DES’s payout grow?

Its last 12 payments (about a year) averaged $0.0753, +15.7% against $0.065 for the 12 before. Its payout floats with the income the fund earns each period, so there is no fixed rate to raise. Measured over a full year, the payout rate changed +33.0%.

Is DES’s distribution safe?

No rating can promise a future payment, but the record on file says a lot. In the 12 months to Nov 13, 2026 it paid $0.90 a share while its share price went from $32.76 to $39.24. This is data, not investment advice. The full 6-check rating comes with a plan.

How do I track my DES distributions?

Add DES to a free DRIPCalc portfolio once, with your buy date and share count. Every payout since fills in, dated and in dollars; with DRIP on, the new shares each payment buys are counted for you, so there is no spreadsheet to update and no broker login. To project the snowball, run DES in the DRIP calculator.

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How this page is built: the rate is the latest regular distribution per share; run-rate yield = rate × payments per year ÷ last close (Nov 13, 2026), never a trailing 12-month total, which lags after a raise and hides a cut. Specials and one-off payments never count in the rate; a payer whose regular payments differ in size is annualized over its last full cycle of regular payments. Raise streak = consecutive calendar years with a higher amount per payment than the year before; years without a cut = years in which the amount per payment held within 1%. The Dividend Safety Rating reads 6 visible lines: coverage, streak, raise pace and yield range for dividend stocks; NAV trend, NAV funding and payout stability for income funds. Similar payers = the same sector or fund group, nearest in market value or fund size. Payments, prices and filings come from DRIPCALC’s price and dividend database. History is not a forecast. This is data, not investment advice.