QSML ETF — WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Growth Fund

WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Growth Fund (QSML)

Updated October 16, 2026.

QSML is an ETF. its distribution rate is 0.53%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.54%, its expense ratio is 0.38%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 50/100 (Unproven). Total return is 34.1% over the past 2.7 years, 27.4 points behind SPY at 61.5%.

WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Growth Fund is an ETF that tracks an index of small-cap U.S. companies, investing at least 80% of its assets in the constituent securities of the index. The fund carries a low expense ratio of 0.38% and offers a modest current distribution rate, with distributions paid as they occur rather than on a set schedule. This fund appeals to investors seeking exposure to small-cap equities with a quality and growth focus.

QSML performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 34.1% over the past 2.7 years, 27.4 points behind SPY at 61.5%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 19.6%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 10.7%.

QSML key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

50 · Unproven

Issuer

WisdomTree

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

01/23/2024

Expense ratio

0.38%

Distribution rate

0.53%

Trailing yield

0.54%

Last close

$33.14 (as of 2026-10-16)

AUM

$12,462,504

Average volume

7.0

Dividend

$0.179

Ex-dividend date

12/26/2025

Payment date

12/30/2025

Beta

1.0232

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.53%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.54%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: WisdomTree; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

QSML risks and drawbacks

QSML's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 10.7%.

Who may consider QSML — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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