WDGF ETF — WisdomTree Global Defense Fund

WisdomTree Global Defense Fund (WDGF)

Updated October 16, 2026.

WDGF is an ETF. its trailing-12-month yield is 0.05%, its expense ratio is 0.45%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 50/100 (Unproven). Total return is -2.0% over the past 1.1 years, 19.7 points behind SPY at 17.7%.

WisdomTree Global Defense Fund is an ETF that invests at least 80% of its assets in companies with economic characteristics similar to those in a defense-focused index of 20 to 100 constituents, with individual position limits to manage concentration. The fund has an annual distribution frequency with an unknown current distribution rate; the most recent distribution was special or one-time and may not recur regularly. With an expense ratio of 0.45%, this fund appeals to income and growth investors seeking exposure to defense and security-related equities on a global basis.

WDGF performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is -2.0% over the past 1.1 years, 19.7 points behind SPY at 17.7%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 19.9%.

WDGF key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

50 · Unproven

Issuer

WisdomTree

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

09/10/2025

Expense ratio

0.45%

Distribution frequency

Annual

Trailing yield

0.05%

Last close

$30.05 (as of 2026-10-16)

AUM

$5,121,867

Average volume

30.0

Dividend

$0.015

Ex-dividend date

12/26/2025

Payment date

12/30/2025

Beta

0.9281

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.05%) 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.

WDGF risks and drawbacks

Payments are annual, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 19.9%.

Who may consider WDGF — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (WDGF pays annual); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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