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3 Best Dividend ETFs for Small- and Mid-Cap Exposure, 8/12/26
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The WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Index is a fundamentally weighted index measuring the performance of the small-capitalization segment of the US dividend-paying market. The Index is comprised of the companies that compose the bottom 25% of the market capitalization of the WisdomTree U.S. Dividend Index after the 300 largest companies have been removed. The index is dividend weighted annually to reflect the proportionate share of the aggregate cash dividends each component company is projected to pay in the coming year.
WisdomTree U.S. Smallcap Dividend trades on the ARCA stock market under the symbol DES.
As of August 12, 2026, DES stock price climbed to $41.27 with 118,974 million shares trading.
DES has a beta of 0.40, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. DES has a correlation of 0.11 to the broad based SPY ETF.
DES has a market cap of $2.22 billion. This is considered a Mid Cap stock.
In the last 3 years, DES traded as high as $41.85 and as low as $26.41.
DES has outperformed the market in the last year with a return of +31.8%, while the SPY ETF gained +22.7%. In the last 3 month period, DES beat the market returning +8.1%, while SPY returned +4.7%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks DES has underperformed the stock market by returning +0.4%, while SPY returned +4.3%.
DES support price is $40.77 and resistance is $41.51 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that DES shares will trade within this expected range on the day.
