WisdomTree Trust
Annual Report
March 31, 2023
WisdomTree U.S. AI Enhanced Value Fund (AIVL)
WisdomTree U.S. ESG Fund (RESP)
WisdomTree U.S. Growth & Momentum Fund (WGRO)
WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Fund (DHS)
WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Dividend Fund (DLN)
WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Fund (EPS)
WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund (DON)
WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Fund (EZM)
WisdomTree U.S. Multifactor Fund (USMF)
WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRW)
WisdomTree U.S. Quality Growth Fund (QGRW)
WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Fund (DES)
WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Fund (EES)
WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRS)
WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund (DTD)
WisdomTree U.S. Value Fund (WTV)
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Information about Performance and Shareholder Expense Examples (unaudited) |
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Approval of Investment Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements (unaudited) |
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(unaudited)
U.S. equity markets, as measured by the S&P 500 Index, returned -7.73% in U.S. dollar terms for the 12-month fiscal year ending March 31, 2023 (the “period”).
U.S. equities were down significantly for much of the year, and lost as much as 20% at certain points, as markets contended with the ramifications of record fiscal and monetary stimulus introduced to support the post-pandemic recovery and its implications for the path of monetary policy. Most of the period was characterized by record inflation, which had not been observed in several decades, and a robust labor market. Inflation grew 6% year-over-year at the end of 2022, and reached a high of 9.1% year-over-year during June 2022. Meanwhile, the U-3 Unemployment Rate seldom budged from the 3.4-3.7% range, similar to pre-pandemic levels and the lowest since the early 1970s.
With each monthly release of inflation and nonfarm payroll data, markets analyzed the reports for their impact on the future direction of monetary policy. The Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) was forced to act quickly and decisively to combat rising inflation, raising the Federal Funds Rate a cumulative 4.50% during the period, which included a sequence of four consecutive hikes of 75 basis points during the summer and fall months.
Higher interest rate, and the threat of recession from the Fed’s aggressive rate hike policy campaign, weighed negatively on equities and overall investor sentiment for the period.
During the first quarter of the period, U.S. markets plummeted under the initial onslaught of the Fed’s effort to combat inflation via rate hikes. The Fed hiked rates 1.25% between two meetings, sending the S&P 500 Index near bear market territory, falling 16.10%. Small cap equities (proxied by the Russell 2000 Index), favored by risk-on investors, suffered even more, losing 17.2%. Real gross domestic product (GDP) slightly fell -0.6% quarter-over-quarter during the quarter, putting the U.S. economy in a technical recession after two straight quarters of declines.
The second quarter of the period was more tempered than the previous, though U.S. markets remained negative. For much of June to September 2022, U.S. equities recovered from their recent lows and rebounded almost 20% from June’s close by mid-August. Unfortunately, that optimism was short-lived, as stubbornly high inflation persisted despite the Fed’s rate hike efforts. Year-over-year inflation fell off its 9.1% peak from June 2022, but remained over 8% during the summer months, which disappointed markets after the Fed realized that even more interest rate hikes were necessary. During these three months, the Fed raised rates 1.50% further, concluding the quarter at 3.25% with no sign that the Fed’s interest rate increases would cease. The S&P 500 Index lost 4.88% while the Russell 2000 Index lost 2.19%. After two quarters of declines, real GDP rose 3.2% quarter-over-quarter.
The third quarter of the period offered a modest respite from the volatility that characterized most of the period to that point. Although year-over-year inflation remained high by historical standards, the U.S. began to observe disinflationary pressures, with Headline CPI readings falling from 7.7% to 6.5% by quarter-end. This provided markets some optimism that the Fed’s aggressive policy tightening campaign was working and the end was in sight. More importantly, markets appeared to be encouraged that the Fed might be able to direct a “soft landing” economic scenario, where their interest rate hikes successfully reduce inflation without causing a severe recession. The S&P 500 Index returned a positive 7.56% during the quarter, while the Russell 2000 Index returned 6.23%. The Fed raised rates another 1.25% during the quarter, concluding 2022 at 4.5% on the Federal Funds Rate. Real GDP grew by 2.6% during the third quarter of the period.
Many investors entered 2023 optimistically believing that the end of interest rate hikes and high inflation was in sight, and that a soft landing scenario was still possible. Disinflationary pressures remained in Headline CPI through the first quarter of 2023, and the Fed slowed their rate hike campaign, opting for two consecutive 25 basis point increases to bring the Federal Funds Rate to 5%. The first quarter of 2023 was volatile, however, resulting from the banking crisis triggered by the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank due to depositor runs and mismanaged interest rate risks in their
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Market Environment Overview
(unaudited) (concluded)
asset portfolios. Optimism plummeted for much of March 2023, with markets giving up the gains they had earned to that point, as fears of contagion and recession from the banking system triggered flashbacks to the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2009. The Fed acted decisively once again, creating lending facilities to bolster weaker, vulnerable banks, while other institutions helped facilitate the sale of failing banks, which helped to ease investor anxieties and restore confidence that contagion would likely be avoided. Markets finished the quarter stronger, with the S&P 500 Index and Russell 2000 Index increasing 7.50% and 2.74%, respectively. U.S. Real GDP grew 1.1% during the quarter.
Entering the new fiscal year, many of these risk factors remain paramount, and U.S. financial market performance will be heavily dependent on the health of the banking sector and the path of monetary policy in the U.S. as updated economic data is received.
Each WisdomTree Fund’s performance as set forth in “Management’s Discussion of Funds’ Performance” in the pages that follow should also be viewed in light of the foregoing market environment.
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Information about Performance and Shareholder Expense Examples (unaudited)
Performance
The performance tables on the following pages are provided for comparative purposes and represent the period noted. Each Fund’s per share net asset value (“NAV”) is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market price return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market price returns is the midpoint of the bid and ask price for Fund shares as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. NAV and market price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and market price, respectively. As with other exchange traded funds (“ETFs”), NAV returns and market price returns may differ because of factors such as the supply and demand for Fund shares and investors’ assessments of the underlying value of a Fund’s portfolio securities.
Fund shares are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from a Fund. Fund NAV returns are calculated using a Fund’s daily 4:00 p.m. eastern time NAV. Market price returns reflect the midpoint of the bid and ask price as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. Market price returns do not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Total returns for a period of less than one year are cumulative.
Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Investment returns and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. For the most recent month-end performance information visit www.wisdomtree.com/investments.
An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities, incur expenses or pay any transaction costs. Therefore, index returns do not reflect deductions for fees or expenses and an index is not available for direct investment. In comparison, the Funds’ performance is negatively impacted by these deductions. Fund returns do not reflect brokerage commissions or taxes on transactions in Fund shares or taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Shareholder Expense Examples
Each Fund’s performance table is accompanied by a shareholder expense example. As a shareholder of a WisdomTree Fund, you incur two types of cost: (1) transaction costs, including brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of your Fund shares and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. The examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars and cents) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.
The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from October 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023. Except where noted, expenses are calculated using each Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after the effect of contractual or voluntary fee waivers, if any), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). The annualized expense ratio does not include acquired fund fees and expenses (“AFFEs”), which are fees and expenses incurred indirectly by a Fund through its investments in certain underlying investment companies.
Actual expenses
The first line in the shareholder expense example table shown on the following pages provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for your Fund under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes
The second line in the shareholder expense example table shown on the following pages provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as brokerage commissions paid on purchases and sales of Fund shares. Therefore, the second line in the table is useful in comparing ongoing Fund costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
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Management’s Discussion of Funds’ Performance
as of March 31, 2023 (unaudited)
WisdomTree U.S. AI Enhanced Value Fund (AIVL)
Sector Breakdown†
Sector | % of Net Assets | |||
Industrials |
20.9% | |||
Financials |
17.9% | |||
Health Care |
12.8% | |||
Consumer Staples |
9.6% | |||
Information Technology |
8.7% | |||
Materials |
7.8% | |||
Communication Services |
6.7% | |||
Energy |
6.2% | |||
Utilities |
3.4% | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
3.3% | |||
Real Estate |
1.5% | |||
Investment Company |
0.7% | |||
Other Assets less Liabilities‡ |
0.5% | |||
Total |
100.0% |
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The Fund’s sector breakdown is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time. In addition, a sector may be comprised of several industries. |
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Other assets less liabilities may include investment of cash collateral for securities on loan and/or receivables/payables on derivatives (if any). |
Top Ten Holdings*
Description | % of Net Assets | |||
Comcast Corp., Class A |
3.6% | |||
Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc. |
3.2% | |||
Medtronic PLC |
3.2% | |||
Williams Cos., Inc. |
3.1% | |||
Abbott Laboratories |
3.1% | |||
LKQ Corp. |
3.0% | |||
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. |
3.0% | |||
Nasdaq, Inc. |
3.0% | |||
Roper Technologies, Inc. |
2.9% | |||
Amcor PLC |
2.8% |
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The ten largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular company. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any). |
The WisdomTree U.S. AI Enhanced Value Fund (the “Fund”) seeks income and capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities selected from a universe of U.S. equities that exhibit value characteristics based on the selection results of a proprietary, quantitative artificial intelligence (“AI”) model developed by the Fund’s sub-adviser, Voya Investment Management Co., LLC.
The Fund returned -5.25% at net asset value (“NAV”) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 (for more complete performance information please see the table below). As an AI-driven actively managed fund, the portfolio positioning underwent changes throughout the year. In the first quarter of the fiscal year, the portfolio benefited from strong security selection within Financials and Information Technology, but its underweight allocation to Energy resulted in missed opportunities to participate in the energy rally, which was a major detractor to the Fund’s performance. Moving into the second quarter of the fiscal year, security selection was the main driver of relative underperformance, with stock selection within Communication Services, Information Technology, and Materials being the leading detractors, while allocation effects were minimal. However, in the third quarter of the fiscal year, positive security selection and allocation effects within Communication Services, Utilities, and Information Technology led to outperformance. As the year progressed, allocation and selection effects within Communication Services and Information Technology drove underperformance, while selection within Consumer Discretionary further dampened returns in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year. This resulted in poor performance for the fourth quarter and overall underperformance for the year. The Fund’s failure to participate in the first quarter energy rally, as well as the fourth quarter technology and less-value oriented equity rallies, contributed to the Fund’s overall underperformance for the fiscal year.
Shareholder Expense Example (for the six-month period ended March 31, 2023)
Beginning Account Value |
Ending Account Value |
Annualized Expense Ratio |
Expenses Paid During the Period |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,135.90 | 0.38 | % | $ | 2.02 | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.04 | 0.38 | % | $ | 1.92 |
Performance
Average Annual Total Return | ||||||||||||||||
1 Year | 3 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | |||||||||||||
Fund NAV Returns1 |
-5.25 | % | 15.59 | % | 4.95 | % | 7.38 | % | ||||||||
Fund Market Price Returns1 |
-5.40 | % | 15.62 | % | 4.92 | % | 7.37 | % | ||||||||
Russell 1000® Value Index |
-5.91 | % | 17.93 | % | 7.50 | % | 9.13 | % |
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The Fund’s investment objective changed effective January 18, 2022. Prior to January 18, 2022, the Fund’s investment objective sought to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. Dividend ex-Financials Index. |
Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.
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Management’s Discussion of Funds’ Performance
as of March 31, 2023 (unaudited)
WisdomTree U.S. ESG Fund (RESP)
Sector Breakdown†
Sector | % of Net Assets | |||
Information Technology |
25.7% | |||
Health Care |
14.9% | |||
Financials |
14.6% | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
10.8% | |||
Industrials |
9.5% | |||
Communication Services |
8.7% | |||
Consumer Staples |
7.5% | |||
Utilities |
2.9% | |||
Real Estate |
2.7% | |||
Materials |
2.6% | |||
Other Assets less Liabilities‡ |
0.1% | |||
Total |
100.0% |
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The Fund’s sector breakdown is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time. In addition, a sector may be comprised of several industries. |
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Other assets less liabilities may include investment of cash collateral for securities on loan and/or receivables/payables on derivatives (if any). |
Top Ten Holdings*
Description | % of Net Assets | |||
Apple, Inc. |
7.5% | |||
Microsoft Corp. |
6.2% | |||
Alphabet, Inc., Class A |
4.5% | |||
Amazon.com, Inc. |
2.6% | |||
Visa, Inc., Class A |
1.6% | |||
MasterCard, Inc., Class A |
1.3% | |||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
1.0% | |||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. |
1.0% | |||
Oracle Corp. |
1.0% | |||
Johnson & Johnson |
0.9% |
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The ten largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular company. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any). |
The WisdomTree U.S. ESG Fund (the “Fund”) seeks capital appreciation. The Fund is actively managed using a model-based approach. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in U.S. equity securities that exhibit certain characteristics believed to be indicative of positive future returns as well as incorporating favorable environmental, social, and governance(“ESG”) characteristics.
The Fund returned -9.07% at net asset value (“NAV”) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 (for more complete performance information please see the table below). The Fund benefited from its exposures to Consumer Staples, Financials, and Materials primarily due to stock selection effects. The Fund’s position in Information Technology had a negative impact on performance, also due to stock selection effects. Fund performance also suffered due to the Fund’s lack of exposure to the Energy sector, which saw major gains as the Russian invasion of Ukraine caused energy costs to increase.
Shareholder Expense Example (for the six-month period ended March 31, 2023)
Beginning Account Value |
Ending Account Value |
Annualized Expense Ratio |
Expenses Paid During the Period |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,134.60 | 0.28 | % | $ | 1.49 | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.54 | 0.28 | % | $ | 1.41 |
Performance
Average Annual Total Return | ||||||||||||||||
1 Year | 3 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | |||||||||||||
Fund NAV Returns1 |
-9.07 | % | 17.78 | % | 8.68 | % | 10.70 | % | ||||||||
Fund Market Price Returns1 |
-9.32 | % | 17.83 | % | 8.64 | % | 10.68 | % | ||||||||
MSCI USA Extended ESG Focus Index2 |
-8.94 | % | 18.08 | % | 11.26 | % | N/A | |||||||||
S&P 500® Index |
-7.73 | % | 18.60 | % | 11.19 | % | 12.24 | % |
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The Fund’s name, investment objective and strategies changed effective March 16, 2020. Prior to March 16, 2020, Fund performance reflects the investment objective of the Fund when it was known as the WisdomTree U.S. Total Market Fund (EXT) and tracked the performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. Total Market Index. |
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The MSCI USA Extended ESG Focus Index began on March 27, 2018, and the line graph for the Index begins at the same value as the Fund on that date. |
Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.
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Management’s Discussion of Funds’ Performance
as of March 31, 2023 (unaudited)
WisdomTree U.S. Growth & Momentum Fund (WGRO)
Sector Breakdown†
Sector | % of Net Assets | |||
Health Care |
21.9% | |||
Industrials |
19.3% | |||
Financials |
15.2% | |||
Information Technology |
11.7% | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
10.4% | |||
Consumer Staples |
7.7% | |||
Materials |
5.9% | |||
Communication Services |
5.0% | |||
Energy |
2.8% | |||
Other Assets less Liabilities‡ |
0.1% | |||
Total |
100.0% |
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The Fund’s sector breakdown is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time. In addition, a sector may be comprised of several industries. |
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Other assets less liabilities may include investment of cash collateral for securities on loan and/or receivables/payables on derivatives (if any). |
Top Ten Holdings*
Description | % of Net Assets | |||
White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. |
2.2% | |||
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. |
2.2% | |||
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. |
2.0% | |||
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. |
2.0% | |||
Post Holdings, Inc. |
2.0% | |||
Flex Ltd. |
2.0% | |||
Incyte Corp. |
2.0% | |||
Iridium Communications, Inc. |
2.0% | |||
Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A |
1.9% | |||
Performance Food Group Co. |
1.9% |
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The ten largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular company. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any). |
The WisdomTree U.S. Growth & Momentum Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the O’Neil Growth Index (the “Index”), which is comprised of mid- and large-capitalization companies that provide exposure to high growth and momentum U.S. listed stocks. The Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally will invest in a sample of securities in the Index.
The Fund returned -8.89% at net asset value (“NAV”) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 (for more complete performance information please see the table below). The Fund benefited from its exposures to the Consumer Discretionary, Industrials, and Communication Services sectors, due to both allocation and stock selection factors. Positions in Health Care and Information Technology negatively impacted returns, also due to both allocation and stock selection factors. The Fund’s allocation to companies that are not currently profitable put downward pressure on returns, and the rising interest rate environment that dominated 2022 dampened the performance of many growth stocks, which are particularly interest rate-sensitive.
Shareholder Expense Example (for the six-month period ended March 31, 2023)
Beginning Account Value |
Ending Account Value |
Annualized Expense Ratio |
Expenses Paid During the Period |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,129.00 | 0.55 | % | $ | 2.92 | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,022.19 | 0.55 | % | $ | 2.77 |
Performance
Average Annual Total Return | ||||||||
1 Year | Since Inception1 | |||||||
Fund NAV Returns |
-8.89 | % | -11.36 | % | ||||
Fund Market Price Returns |
-9.04 | % | -11.31 | % | ||||
O’Neil Growth Index |
-8.33 | % | -10.83 | % | ||||
Russell 1000® Growth Index |
-10.90 | % | -4.00 | % | ||||
MSCI USA Momentum Index |
-14.60 | % | -8.78 | % |
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Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of Fund trading on the NASDAQ on June 24, 2021. |
Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.
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Management’s Discussion of Funds’ Performance
as of March 31, 2023 (unaudited)
WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Fund (DHS)
Sector Breakdown†
Sector | % of Net Assets | |||
Energy |
19.1% | |||
Financials |
18.2% | |||
Utilities |
13.4% | |||
Health Care |
12.1% | |||
Consumer Staples |
11.6% | |||
Information Technology |
6.7% | |||
Real Estate |
5.1% | |||
Communication Services |
4.5% | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
4.2% | |||
Materials |
2.6% | |||
Industrials |
2.2% | |||
Investment Company |
0.0% | * | ||
Other Assets less Liabilities‡ |
0.3% | |||
Total |
100.0% |
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The Fund’s sector breakdown is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time. In addition, a sector may be comprised of several industries. |
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Other assets less liabilities may include investment of cash collateral for securities on loan and/or receivables/payables on derivatives (if any). |
* |
Represents less than 0.1%. |
Top Ten Holdings*
Description | % of Net Assets | |||
Exxon Mobil Corp. |
5.5% | |||
AbbVie, Inc. |
5.2% | |||
Chevron Corp. |
4.9% | |||
Philip Morris International, Inc. |
4.4% | |||
Pfizer, Inc. |
4.3% | |||
Cisco Systems, Inc. |
3.9% | |||
Altria Group, Inc. |
3.8% | |||
AT&T, Inc. |
3.2% | |||
International Business Machines Corp. |
2.1% | |||
Gilead Sciences, Inc. |
2.1% |
* |
The ten largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular company. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any). |
The WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Index (the “Index”). In seeking to track the Index, the Fund invests in high dividend yielding companies in the U.S. equity market. The Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally will invest in a sample of securities in the Index.
The Fund returned -2.49% at net asset value (“NAV”) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 (for more complete performance information please see the table below). The Fund benefited from its positions in the Energy, Health Care, and Consumer Staples sectors mainly due to allocation effects. Defensive sectors (such as Health Care and Consumer Staples, for example) outperformed last year, while Energy benefited from a broader commodity rally in a highly inflationary environment. Positions in Financials and Industrials weighed negatively on performance, primarily due to stock selection effects in the former and allocation effects in the latter. Cyclical economic sectors (such as Consumer Discretionary and Real Estate, for example) struggled during the fiscal year due to fears of an imminent recession from the Federal Reserve’s aggressive monetary policy tightening. The Fund’s emphasis on high dividend-paying companies was beneficial during the year’s rising interest rate environment, where income-generating equities were rewarded at the expense of non-dividend-payers.
Shareholder Expense Example (for the six-month period ended March 31, 2023)
Beginning Account Value |
Ending Account Value |
Annualized Net Expense Ratio |
Expenses Paid During the Period |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,108.30 | 0.38 | % | $ | 2.00 | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.04 | 0.38 | % | $ | 1.92 |
Performance
Average Annual Total Return | ||||||||||||||||
1 Year | 3 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | |||||||||||||
Fund NAV Returns |
-2.49 | % | 17.81 | % | 7.85 | % | 8.63 | % | ||||||||
Fund Market Price Returns |
-2.70 | % | 17.82 | % | 7.84 | % | 8.61 | % | ||||||||
WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Index |
-2.09 | % | 18.34 | % | 8.27 | % | 9.04 | % | ||||||||
Russell 1000® Value Index |
-5.91 | % | 17.93 | % | 7.50 | % | 9.13 | % |
Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.
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Management’s Discussion of Funds’ Performance
as of March 31, 2023 (unaudited)
WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Dividend Fund (DLN)
Sector Breakdown†
Sector | % of Net Assets | |||
Information Technology |
16.8% | |||
Health Care |
16.2% | |||
Financials |
13.8% | |||
Consumer Staples |
13.0% | |||
Energy |
10.6% | |||
Industrials |
9.6% | |||
Utilities |
5.7% | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
5.2% | |||
Real Estate |
4.7% | |||
Communication Services |
2.5% | |||
Materials |
1.7% | |||
Investment Company |
0.1% | |||
Other Assets less Liabilities‡ |
0.1% | |||
Total |
100.0% |
† |
The Fund’s sector breakdown is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time. In addition, a sector may be comprised of several industries. |
‡ |
Other assets less liabilities may include investment of cash collateral for securities on loan and/or receivables/payables on derivatives (if any). |
Top Ten Holdings*
Description | % of Net Assets | |||
Apple, Inc. |
4.0% | |||
Microsoft Corp. |
3.8% | |||
Exxon Mobil Corp. |
3.8% | |||
AbbVie, Inc. |
2.5% | |||
Chevron Corp. |
2.5% | |||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
1.9% | |||
Coca-Cola Co. |
1.8% | |||
Pfizer, Inc. |
1.8% | |||
Merck & Co., Inc. |
1.8% | |||
Philip Morris International, Inc. |
1.7% |
* |
The ten largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular company. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any). |
The WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Dividend Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Dividend Index (the “Index”). In seeking to track the Index, the Fund invests in dividend-paying large-cap companies in the U.S. equity market. The Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally will invest in a sample of securities in the Index.
The Fund returned -3.22% at net asset value (“NAV”) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 (for more complete performance information please see the table below). The Fund benefited from its positions in the Energy, Financials and Consumer Staples sectors, all primarily due to allocation effects. Energy in particular was additive due to the year’s broader rally in commodities in an inflationary environment. Financials benefited from rising interest rate environments, while Consumer Staples benefited in a volatile economic environment where defensive sectors (such as Health Care and Consumer Staples, for example) outperformed. Materials and Industrials were the largest detractors from performance due to stock selection effects, however, the overall impact to performance from these two sectors was modest. Cyclical economic sectors (such as Industrials and Materials, for example) underperformed during the period due to recessionary fears. The Fund’s emphasis on dividend-paying companies was additive during the year’s rising interest rate environment, where income-generating equities were rewarded at the expense of non-dividend-payers.
Shareholder Expense Example (for the six-month period ended March 31, 2023)
Beginning Account Value |
Ending Account Value |
Annualized Net Expense Ratio |
Expenses Paid During the Period |
|||||||||||||
Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,136.00 | 0.28 | % | $ | 1.49 | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.54 | 0.28 | % | $ | 1.41 |
Performance
Average Annual Total Return | ||||||||||||||||
1 Year | 3 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | |||||||||||||
Fund NAV Returns |
-3.22 | % | 18.13 | % | 9.78 | % | 10.57 | % | ||||||||
Fund Market Price Returns |
-3.43 | % | 18.13 | % | 9.74 | % | 10.55 | % | ||||||||
WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Dividend Index |
-3.00 | % | 18.50 | % | 10.11 | % | 10.89 | % | ||||||||
S&P 500® Index |
-7.73 | % | 18.60 | % | 11.19 | % | 12.24 | % | ||||||||
Russell 1000® Value Index |
-5.91 | % | 17.93 | % | 7.50 | % | 9.13 | % |
Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.
8 | WisdomTree Trust |
Management’s Discussion of Funds’ Performance
as of March 31, 2023 (unaudited)
WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Fund (EPS)
Sector Breakdown†
Sector | % of Net Assets | |||
Information Technology |
20.9% | |||
Financials |
14.9% | |||
Health Care |
13.7% | |||
Communication Services |
13.6% | |||
Energy |
9.0% | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
7.2% | |||
Industrials |
7.2% | |||
Consumer Staples |
6.4% | |||
Materials |
2.7% | |||
Utilities |
2.5% | |||
Real Estate |
1.8% | |||
Investment Company |
0.0% | * | ||
Other Assets less Liabilities‡ |
0.1% | |||
Total |
100.0% |
† |
The Fund’s sector breakdown is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time. In addition, a sector may be comprised of several industries. |
‡ |
Other assets less liabilities may include investment of cash collateral for securities on loan and/or receivables/payables on derivatives (if any). |
* |
Represents less than 0.1%. |
Top Ten Holdings*
Description | % of Net Assets | |||
Apple, Inc. |
5.5% | |||
Alphabet, Inc., Class A |
4.8% | |||
Microsoft Corp. |
4.7% | |||
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A |
3.9% | |||
Exxon Mobil Corp. |
2.7% | |||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
1.7% | |||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B |
1.5% | |||
Chevron Corp. |
1.5% | |||
Pfizer, Inc. |
1.5% | |||
AbbVie, Inc. |
1.1% |
* |
The ten largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular company. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any). |
The WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Index (the “Index”). In seeking to track the Index, the Fund invests in earnings-generating large-cap companies in the U.S. equity market. The Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally will invest in a sample of securities in the Index.
The Fund returned -7.42% at net asset value (“NAV”) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 (for more complete performance information please see the table below). The Fund benefited from its positions in the Health Care, Consumer Discretionary, and Consumer Staples sectors, all primarily due to stock selection. In an environment where defensive sectors such as Health Care and Consumer Staples outperformed, these were particularly additive for the Fund. The Information Technology sector was the greatest detractor from the Fund’s performance during the year, equally due to allocation and stock selection. Technology stocks in particular struggled during the year under the weight of rising interest rates, as higher interest rates tend to discount the value of technology shares more severely than other sectors.
Shareholder Expense Example (for the six-month period ended March 31, 2023)
Beginning Account Value |
Ending Account Value |
Annualized Expense Ratio |
Expenses Paid During the Period |
|||||||||||||
Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,152.60 | 0.08 | % | $ | 0.43 | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,024.53 | 0.08 | % | $ | 0.40 |
Performance
Average Annual Total Return | ||||||||||||||||
1 Year | 3 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | |||||||||||||
Fund NAV Returns |
-7.42 | % | 18.08 | % | 9.73 | % | 11.30 | % | ||||||||
Fund Market Price Returns |
-7.65 | % | 18.12 | % | 9.68 | % | 11.29 | % | ||||||||
WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Index |
-7.37 | % | 18.19 | % | 9.87 | % | 11.53 | % | ||||||||
S&P 500® Index |
-7.73 | % | 18.60 | % | 11.19 | % | 12.24 | % |
Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.
WisdomTree Trust | 9 |
Management’s Discussion of Funds’ Performance
as of March 31, 2023 (unaudited)
WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund (DON)
Sector Breakdown†
Sector | % of Net Assets | |||
Financials |
22.5% | |||
Industrials |
16.4% | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
11.6% | |||
Real Estate |
9.7% | |||
Utilities |
9.6% | |||
Materials |
9.1% | |||
Energy |
7.4% | |||
Information Technology |
4.8% | |||
Communication Services |
3.0% | |||
Health Care |
3.0% | |||
Consumer Staples |
2.7% | |||
Other Assets less Liabilities‡ |
0.2% | |||
Total |
100.0% |
† |
The Fund’s sector breakdown is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time. In addition, a sector may be comprised of several industries. |
‡ |
Other assets less liabilities may include investment of cash collateral for securities on loan and/or receivables/payables on derivatives (if any). |
Top Ten Holdings*
Description | % of Net Assets | |||
Paramount Global, Class B |
1.1% | |||
Packaging Corp. of America |
1.1% | |||
Chesapeake Energy Corp. |
1.1% | |||
International Paper Co. |
1.0% | |||
Evergy, Inc. |
0.9% | |||
Franklin Resources, Inc. |
0.9% | |||
Watsco, Inc. |
0.8% | |||
Snap-on, Inc. |
0.8% | |||
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. |
0.8% | |||
Viatris, Inc. |
0.8% |
* |
The ten largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular company. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any). |
The WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Index (the “Index”). In seeking to track the Index, the Fund invests in dividend-paying mid-cap companies in the U.S. equity market. The Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally will invest in a sample of securities in the Index.
The Fund returned -4.65% at net asset value (“NAV”) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 (for more complete performance information please see the table below). The Fund benefited from its positions in the Real Estate, Communication Services, and Consumer Staples sectors, almost entirely due to strong stock selection within each. Communication Services and Real Estate exhibited weakness during the year, but the Fund’s allocation to dividend-paying companies within each was beneficial. No sectors weighed negatively on performance versus broader U.S. mid-caps over the period, as even Consumer Discretionary and Materials had modestly positive and neutral impacts, respectively. Overall, the Fund’s emphasis on dividend-paying companies was additive during the year’s rising interest rate environment, where income-generating equities were rewarded at the expense of non-dividend-payers.
Shareholder Expense Example (for the six-month period ended March 31, 2023)
Beginning Account Value |
Ending Account Value |
Annualized Net Expense Ratio |
Expenses Paid During the Period |
|||||||||||||
Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,105.20 | 0.38 | % | $ | 1.99 | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.04 | 0.38 | % | $ | 1.92 |
Performance
Average Annual Total Return | ||||||||||||||||
1 Year | 3 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | |||||||||||||
Fund NAV Returns |
-4.65 | % | 22.41 | % | 6.52 | % | 9.37 | % | ||||||||
Fund Market Price Returns |
-4.86 | % | 22.47 | % | 6.49 | % | 9.35 | % | ||||||||
WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Index |
-4.26 | % | 22.97 | % | 6.90 | % | 9.75 | % | ||||||||
S&P MidCap 400® Index |
-5.12 | % | 22.10 | % | 7.67 | % | 9.80 | % | ||||||||
Russell Midcap Value Index |
-9.22 | % | 20.69 | % | 6.54 | % | 8.80 | % |
Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.
10 | WisdomTree Trust |
Management’s Discussion of Funds’ Performance
as of March 31, 2023 (unaudited)
WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Fund (EZM)
Sector Breakdown†
Sector | % of Net Assets | |||
Industrials |
19.5% | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
18.6% | |||
Financials |
16.8% | |||
Information Technology |
9.5% | |||
Materials |
9.1% | |||
Energy |
7.5% | |||
Health Care |
6.4% | |||
Real Estate |
4.6% | |||
Consumer Staples |
2.8% | |||
Utilities |
2.5% | |||
Communication Services |
2.5% | |||
Investment Company |
0.1% | |||
Other Assets less Liabilities‡ |
0.1% | |||
Total |
100.0% |
† |
The Fund’s sector breakdown is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time. In addition, a sector may be comprised of several industries. |
‡ |
Other assets less liabilities may include investment of cash collateral for securities on loan and/or receivables/payables on derivatives (if any). |
Top Ten Holdings*
Description | % of Net Assets | |||
Builders FirstSource, Inc. |
1.4% | |||
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. |
1.0% | |||
Avis Budget Group, Inc. |
1.0% | |||
Ally Financial, Inc. |
0.9% | |||
Arrow Electronics, Inc. |
0.7% | |||
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. |
0.7% | |||
AutoNation, Inc. |
0.7% | |||
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. |
0.7% | |||
United States Steel Corp. |
0.6% | |||
PBF Energy, Inc., Class A |
0.6% |
* |
The ten largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular company. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any). |
The WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Index (the “Index”). In seeking to track the Index, the Fund invests in earnings-generating mid-cap companies in the U.S. equity market. The Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally will invest in a sample of securities in the Index.
The Fund returned -7.50% at net asset value (“NAV”) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 (for more complete performance information please see the table below). The Fund benefited from its positions in the Industrials, Information Technology, and Consumer Discretionary sectors over the fiscal year, almost entirely due to stock selection within each. Positions within Energy, Materials and Health Care negatively weighed the most on performance, also all due to stock selection impacts. The Fund’s emphasis on companies with positive earnings resulted in overweights to the top two quintiles of companies when ranked by profits, which was beneficial during the period. Despite this, underweight positions to the lower quintiles (those companies generating less earnings) weighed negatively on Fund performance mainly due to poor stock selection.
Shareholder Expense Example (for the six-month period ended March 31, 2023)
Beginning Account Value |
Ending Account Value |
Annualized Net Expense Ratio |
Expenses Paid During the Period |
|||||||||||||
Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,141.10 | 0.38 | % | $ | 2.03 | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.04 | 0.38 | % | $ | 1.92 |
Performance
Average Annual Total Return | ||||||||||||||||
1 Year | 3 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | |||||||||||||
Fund NAV Returns |
-7.50 | % | 25.31 | % | 6.84 | % | 9.33 | % | ||||||||
Fund Market Price Returns |
-7.62 | % | 25.43 | % | 6.82 | % | 9.31 | % | ||||||||
WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Index |
-7.16 | % | 25.77 | % | 7.21 | % | 9.67 | % | ||||||||
S&P MidCap 400® Index |
-5.12 | % | 22.10 | % | 7.67 | % | 9.80 | % | ||||||||
Russell Midcap Value Index |
-9.22 | % | 20.69 | % | 6.54 | % | 8.80 | % |
Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.
WisdomTree Trust | 11 |
Management’s Discussion of Funds’ Performance
as of March 31, 2023 (unaudited)
WisdomTree U.S. Multifactor Fund (USMF)
Sector Breakdown†
Sector | % of Net Assets | |||
Information Technology |
20.8% | |||
Financials |
17.2% | |||
Health Care |
14.3% | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
10.7% | |||
Industrials |
9.4% | |||
Communication Services |
8.0% | |||
Consumer Staples |
6.8% | |||
Energy |
4.5% | |||
Utilities |
2.8% | |||
Real Estate |
2.7% | |||
Materials |
2.6% | |||
Other Assets less Liabilities‡ |
0.2% | |||
Total |
100.0% |
† |
The Fund’s sector breakdown is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time. In addition, a sector may be comprised of several industries. |
‡ |
Other assets less liabilities may include investment of cash collateral for securities on loan and/or receivables/payables on derivatives (if any). |
Top Ten Holdings*
Description | % of Net Assets | |||
International Business Machines Corp. |
1.5% | |||
Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A |
1.3% | |||
Visa, Inc., Class A |
1.2% | |||
Oracle Corp. |
1.2% | |||
Black Knight, Inc. |
1.2% | |||
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. |
1.2% | |||
Cisco Systems, Inc. |
1.2% | |||
Fiserv, Inc. |
1.1% | |||
Akamai Technologies, Inc. |
1.1% | |||
MasterCard, Inc., Class A |
1.1% |
* |
The ten largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular company. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any). |
The WisdomTree U.S. Multifactor Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. Multifactor Index (the “Index”). In seeking to track the Index, the Fund invests in U.S. companies with the highest composite scores based on two fundamental factors, value and quality measures, and two technical factors, momentum and correlation. The Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally will invest in a sample of securities in the Index.
The Fund returned -6.68% at net asset value (“NAV”) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 (for more complete performance information please see the table below). The Fund benefited from its positions in Consumer Discretionary, Communication Services, and Materials, entirely due to stock selection. Similarly, its positions in Real Estate, Information Technology, and Energy were the largest detractors from performance due to poor stock selection. Real Estate and Information Technology were two sectors that struggled during the year in a rising interest rate environment, as higher costs of borrowing hurt real estate values, discouraged new property development and forced cash flows to be discounted at higher rates, resulting in low values. Fund holdings within these two sectors were disproportionately harmed during the high interest rate and high inflation market environment during the fiscal year.
Shareholder Expense Example (for the six-month period ended March 31, 2023)
Beginning Account Value |
Ending Account Value |
Annualized Expense Ratio |
Expenses Paid During the Period |
|||||||||||||
Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,107.20 | 0.28 | % | $ | 1.47 | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.54 | 0.28 | % | $ | 1.41 |
Performance
Average Annual Total Return | ||||||||||||||||
1 Year | 3 Year | 5 Year | Since Inception1 | |||||||||||||
Fund NAV Returns |
-6.68 | % | 16.84 | % | 7.75 | % | 9.14 | % | ||||||||
Fund Market Price Returns |
-6.82 | % | 16.88 | % | 7.71 | % | 9.11 | % | ||||||||
WisdomTree U.S. Multifactor Index |
-6.48 | % | 17.11 | % | 7.96 | % | 9.31 | % | ||||||||
S&P 500® Index |
-7.73 | % | 18.60 | % | 11.19 | % | 11.61 | % | ||||||||
S&P 500® Equal Weight Index |
-6.31 | % | 22.06 | % | 9.96 | % | 10.28 | % | ||||||||
Russell 3000® Index |
-8.58 | % | 18.48 | % | 10.45 | % | 10.95 | % |
1 |
Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of Fund trading on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. on June 29, 2017. |
Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.
12 | WisdomTree Trust |
Management’s Discussion of Funds’ Performance
as of March 31, 2023 (unaudited)
WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRW)
Sector Breakdown†
Sector | % of Net Assets | |||
Information Technology |
27.3% | |||
Consumer Staples |
17.8% | |||
Industrials |
14.9% | |||
Health Care |
13.1% | |||
Financials |
12.1% | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
9.7% | |||
Materials |
2.2% | |||
Real Estate |
1.3% | |||
Utilities |
0.5% | |||
Energy |
0.5% | |||
Communication Services |
0.4% | |||
Other Assets less Liabilities‡ |
0.2% | |||
Total |
100.0% |
† |
The Fund’s sector breakdown is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time. In addition, a sector may be comprised of several industries. |
‡ |
Other assets less liabilities may include investment of cash collateral for securities on loan and/or receivables/payables on derivatives (if any). |
Top Ten Holdings*
Description | % of Net Assets | |||
Microsoft Corp. |
8.0% | |||
Apple, Inc. |
5.6% | |||
Johnson & Johnson |
3.5% | |||
Procter & Gamble Co. |
2.9% | |||
Broadcom, Inc. |
2.7% | |||
Coca-Cola Co. |
2.5% | |||
Merck & Co., Inc. |
2.4% | |||
Home Depot, Inc. |
2.4% | |||
Philip Morris International, Inc. |
2.3% | |||
Cisco Systems, Inc. |
2.3% |
* |
The ten largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular company. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any). |
The WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Index (the “Index”). In seeking to track the Index, the Fund invests in dividend-paying large-cap companies with growth characteristics in the U.S. equity market. The Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally will invest in a sample of securities in the Index.
The Fund returned 0.29% at net asset value (“NAV”) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 (for more complete performance information please see the table below). The Fund benefited from its positions in the Health Care, Consumer Discretionary, and Consumer Staples sectors due to a combination of strong stock selection and allocation effects within each. Energy and Financials were the biggest detractors from performance, attributable to both allocation and poor stock selection effects. Energy was a strong performing sector for much of the fiscal period due to a broad commodity rally around the world in a high inflation environment and the Fund’s underweight position to energy detracted from performance. However, this was partially offset by a sizable overweight to Consumer Staples, which outperformed along with other defensive sectors (such as Consumer Staples and Health Care, for example) during the fiscal year. The Fund’s emphasis on selecting high quality companies that grow their dividend payments was a beneficial strategy as well, as it benefited from positive stock selection and allocation effects among companies with the highest return-on-equity.
Shareholder Expense Example (for the six-month period ended March 31, 2023)
Beginning Account Value |
Ending Account Value |
Annualized Expense Ratio |
Expenses Paid During the Period |
|||||||||||||
Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,170.10 | 0.28 | % | $ | 1.51 | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.54 | 0.28 | % | $ | 1.41 |
Performance
Average Annual Total Return | ||||||||||||||||
1 Year | 3 Year | 5 Year | Since Inception1 | |||||||||||||
Fund NAV Returns |
0.29 | % | 19.54 | % | 11.53 | % | 12.11 | % | ||||||||
Fund Market Price Returns |
0.09 | % | 19.53 | % | 11.49 | % | 12.10 | % | ||||||||
WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Index |
0.56 | % | 19.91 | % | 11.85 | % | 12.44 | % | ||||||||
NASDAQ U.S. Dividend AchieversTM Select Index |
-3.25 | % | 16.42 | % | 10.92 | % | 10.79 | % | ||||||||
S&P 500® Index |
-7.73 | % | 18.60 | % | 11.19 | % | 11.78 | % | ||||||||
Russell 3000® Index |
-8.58 | % | 18.48 | % | 10.45 | % | 11.31 | % |
1 |
Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of Fund trading on the NASDAQ on May 22, 2013. |
Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.
WisdomTree Trust | 13 |
Management’s Discussion of Funds’ Performance
as of March 31, 2023 (unaudited)
WisdomTree U.S. Quality Growth Fund (QGRW)
Sector Breakdown†
Sector | % of Net Assets | |||
Information Technology |
44.1% | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
18.0% | |||
Communication Services |
13.4% | |||
Financials |
11.2% | |||
Health Care |
8.9% | |||
Industrials |
2.3% | |||
Materials |
1.4% | |||
Consumer Staples |
0.5% | |||
Energy |
0.1% | |||
Other Assets less Liabilities‡ |
0.1% | |||
Total |
100.0% |
† |
The Fund’s sector breakdown is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time. In addition, a sector may be comprised of several industries. |
‡ |
Other assets less liabilities may include investment of cash collateral for securities on loan and/or receivables/payables on derivatives (if any). |
Top Ten Holdings*
Description | % of Net Assets | |||
Apple, Inc. |
12.9% | |||
Microsoft Corp. |
11.0% | |||
Alphabet, Inc., Class A |
6.9% | |||
NVIDIA Corp. |
5.6% | |||
Amazon.com, Inc. |
5.4% | |||
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A |
4.5% | |||
Tesla, Inc. |
4.3% | |||
Visa, Inc., Class A |
3.8% | |||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. |
3.5% | |||
MasterCard, Inc., Class A |
2.8% |
* |
The ten largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular company. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any). |
The WisdomTree U.S. Quality Growth Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. Quality Growth Index (the “Index”). In seeking to track the Index, the Fund invests in U.S. large-capitalization and mid-capitalization companies with the highest composite scores based on two fundamental factors: growth and quality, which are equally weighted. The Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally will invest in a sample of securities in the Index.
The Fund returned 13.06% since its inception on December 15, 2022 to March 31, 2023. The Fund benefited from positions in the Information Technology and Financial sectors, due to allocation and stock selection effects, respectively. The Fund’s performance was negatively impacted by its allocation to the Energy sector, primarily due to stock selection. The Fund’s emphasis on companies with good quality and growth characteristics was beneficial during the period, as companies trading at high price-to-earnings ratios outperformed those with lower valuations, and the Fund had greater exposure to the former than the latter.
The Fund had less than six months of operating history at the end of the reporting period and therefore no comparative performance information is shown in this shareholder report. Comparative performance information for the most recent month-end is available at www.wisdomtree.com/investments.
Shareholder Expense Example (for the period1 ended March 31, 2023)
Beginning Account Value |
Ending Account Value |
Annualized Expense Ratio |
Expenses Paid During the Period |
|||||||||||||
Actual1 |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,130.60 | 0.28 | % | $ | 0.87 | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.54 | 0.28 | % | $ | 1.41 |
1 |
Fund commenced operations on December 15, 2022. Actual expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by 107/365 (to reflect the period since commencement of operations). |
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Management’s Discussion of Funds’ Performance
as of March 31, 2023 (unaudited)
WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Fund (DES)
Sector Breakdown†
Sector | % of Net Assets | |||
Financials |
22.5% | |||
Industrials |
17.6% | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
14.9% | |||
Real Estate |
9.5% | |||
Materials |
8.5% | |||
Consumer Staples |
6.4% | |||
Energy |
6.2% | |||
Information Technology |
4.3% | |||
Utilities |
4.2% | |||
Communication Services |
3.1% | |||
Health Care |
2.6% | |||
Investment Company |
0.0% | * | ||
Other Assets less Liabilities‡ |
0.2% | |||
Total |
100.0% |
† |
The Fund’s sector breakdown is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time. In addition, a sector may be comprised of several industries. |
‡ |
Other assets less liabilities may include investment of cash collateral for securities on loan and/or receivables/payables on derivatives (if any). |
* |
Represents less than 0.1%. |
Top Ten Holdings*
Description | % of Net Assets | |||
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. |
0.9% | |||
EPR Properties |
0.9% | |||
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. |
0.8% | |||
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. |
0.8% | |||
Radian Group, Inc. |
0.8% | |||
Arch Resources, Inc. |
0.7% | |||
MDC Holdings, Inc. |
0.7% | |||
Greif, Inc., Class A |
0.7% | |||
Jackson Financial, Inc., Class A |
0.6% | |||
CONSOL Energy, Inc. |
0.6% |
* |
The ten largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular company. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any). |
The WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Index (the “Index”). In seeking to track the Index, the Fund invests in dividend-paying small-cap companies in the U.S. equity market. The Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally will invest in a sample of securities in the Index.
The Fund returned -7.59% at net asset value (“NAV”) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 (for more complete performance information please see the table below). The Fund benefited from its positions in Health Care, Utilities, and Industrials, mainly due to a mixture of allocation and stock selection impacts. Real Estate and Energy were the only two sectors that detracted from performance during the period, due to a mix of both poor stock selection and allocation effects. The Fund’s focus on dividend-paying companies benefited the Fund during the period. The Fund’s overweight positions in the top four quintiles of companies ranked by dividend yield and by having no exposure to non-payers positively impacted the Fund’s performance during the period. Only the fifth quintile, those with the lowest dividend yield, weighed negatively on performance due to stock selection effects. Overall, the Fund’s emphasis on dividend-paying companies was especially additive during the fiscal year’s rising interest rate environment.
Shareholder Expense Example (for the six-month period ended March 31, 2023)
Beginning Account Value |
Ending Account Value |
Annualized Net Expense Ratio |
Expenses Paid During the Period |
|||||||||||||
Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,125.80 | 0.38 | % | $ | 2.01 | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.04 | 0.38 | % | $ | 1.92 |
Performance
Average Annual Total Return | ||||||||||||||||
1 Year | 3 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | |||||||||||||
Fund NAV Returns |
-7.59 | % | 19.77 | % | 3.75 | % | 7.20 | % | ||||||||
Fund Market Price Returns |
-7.78 | % | 19.94 | % | 3.74 | % | 7.18 | % | ||||||||
WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Index |
-7.23 | % | 20.28 | % | 4.15 | % | 7.45 | % | ||||||||
Russell 2000® Index |
-11.61 | % | 17.51 | % | 4.71 | % | 8.04 | % | ||||||||
Russell 2000® Value Index |
-12.96 | % | 21.01 | % | 4.55 | % | 7.22 | % |
Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.
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Management’s Discussion of Funds’ Performance
as of March 31, 2023 (unaudited)
WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Fund (EES)
Sector Breakdown†
Sector | % of Net Assets | |||
Financials |
23.0% | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
21.5% | |||
Industrials |
16.9% | |||
Information Technology |
8.0% | |||
Health Care |
7.8% | |||
Materials |
5.4% | |||
Energy |
4.9% | |||
Real Estate |
4.0% | |||
Communication Services |
3.8% | |||
Consumer Staples |
3.4% | |||
Utilities |
1.0% | |||
Investment Company |
0.2% | |||
Other Assets less Liabilities‡ |
0.1% | |||
Total |
100.0% |
† |
The Fund’s sector breakdown is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time. In addition, a sector may be comprised of several industries. |
‡ |
Other assets less liabilities may include investment of cash collateral for securities on loan and/or receivables/payables on derivatives (if any). |
Top Ten Holdings*
Description | % of Net Assets | |||
MDC Holdings, Inc. |
0.9% | |||
Tri Pointe Homes, Inc. |
0.8% | |||
Matson, Inc. |
0.7% | |||
Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A |
0.7% | |||
Century Communities, Inc. |
0.6% | |||
Sotera Health Co. |
0.6% | |||
LCI Industries |
0.6% | |||
O-I Glass, Inc. |
0.6% | |||
Levi Strauss & Co., Class A |
0.6% | |||
Warrior Met Coal, Inc. |
0.6% |
* |
The ten largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular company. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any). |
The WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Index (the “Index”). In seeking to track the Index, the Fund invests in earnings-generating small-cap companies in the U.S. equity market. The Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally will invest in a sample of securities in the Index.
The Fund returned -8.51% at net asset value (“NAV”) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 (for more complete performance information please see the table below). The Fund benefited from its underweight position in the Health Care sector due to allocation effects. Performance was also positively impacted from an overweight position in the Consumer Discretionary sector. It also benefited from positive stock selection in the Industrials sector. Energy was the biggest laggard for the Fund during the period, due to a combination of allocation effects resulting from underweight positions in an outperforming sector and then poor stock selection within the sector. The Fund’s emphasis on allocating more to companies with stronger earnings was generally beneficial during the period. The only exception was the second quintile, which had strong earnings and of which the Fund was overweight, however, due to poor stock selection, investments in second quintile companies detracted from the Fund’s performance.
Shareholder Expense Example (for the six-month period ended March 31, 2023)
Beginning Account Value |
Ending Account Value |
Annualized Net Expense Ratio |
Expenses Paid During the Period |
|||||||||||||
Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,112.70 | 0.38 | % | $ | 2.00 | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.04 | 0.38 | % | $ | 1.92 |
Performance
Average Annual Total Return | ||||||||||||||||
1 Year | 3 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | |||||||||||||
Fund NAV Returns |
-8.51 | % | 26.33 | % | 5.51 | % | 8.84 | % | ||||||||
Fund Market Price Returns |
-8.77 | % | 26.44 | % | 5.46 | % | 8.82 | % | ||||||||
WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Index |
-8.27 | % | 26.80 | % | 5.82 | % | 9.07 | % | ||||||||
Russell 2000® Index |
-11.61 | % | 17.51 | % | 4.71 | % | 8.04 | % | ||||||||
Russell 2000® Value Index |
-12.96 | % | 21.01 | % | 4.55 | % | 7.22 | % |
Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.
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Management’s Discussion of Funds’ Performance
as of March 31, 2023 (unaudited)
WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRS)
Sector Breakdown†
Sector | % of Net Assets | |||
Financials |
22.5% | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
21.9% | |||
Industrials |
20.1% | |||
Materials |
10.4% | |||
Consumer Staples |
6.2% | |||
Energy |
4.7% | |||
Information Technology |
3.5% | |||
Health Care |
3.4% | |||
Real Estate |
3.0% | |||
Communication Services |
2.1% | |||
Utilities |
2.0% | |||
Other Assets less Liabilities‡ |
0.2% | |||
Total |
100.0% |
† |
The Fund’s sector breakdown is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time. In addition, a sector may be comprised of several industries. |
‡ |
Other assets less liabilities may include investment of cash collateral for securities on loan and/or receivables/payables on derivatives (if any). |
Top Ten Holdings*
Description | % of Net Assets | |||
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. |
2.2% | |||
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. |
1.6% | |||
Moelis & Co., Class A |
1.6% | |||
Arch Resources, Inc. |
1.6% | |||
Kontoor Brands, Inc. |
1.4% | |||
CONSOL Energy, Inc. |
1.4% | |||
Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A |
1.4% | |||
LCI Industries |
1.4% | |||
Carter’s, Inc. |
1.4% | |||
Cohen & Steers, Inc. |
1.2% |
* |
The ten largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular company. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any). |
The WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Index (the “Index”). In seeking to track the Index, the Fund invests in dividend-paying small-cap companies with growth characteristics in the U.S. equity market. The Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally will invest in a sample of securities in the Index.
The Fund returned -4.14% at net asset value (“NAV”) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 (for more complete performance information please see the table below). The Fund benefited from its positions in the Consumer Discretionary, Materials, and Health Care sectors, due to almost an equal mixture of allocation and stock selection impacts. Only the Energy sector had a notably poor performance effect for the Fund. The Fund’s underweight position in the Energy sector during a period when Energy was a stronger performer resulted in negative allocation effects, further compounded by poor stock selection. The Fund’s emphasis on selecting high-quality dividend-growing companies within the small cap space was additive during the period, with overweight positions to the first two quintiles of companies ranked by return-on-equity (ROE) being especially additive. Only the fifth quintile, representing those companies with the lowest ROE, weighed negatively on performance due to a rally by certain lower-quality stocks late in the fiscal year, resulting in poor stock selection.
Shareholder Expense Example (for the six-month period ended March 31, 2023)
Beginning Account Value |
Ending Account Value |
Annualized Expense Ratio |
Expenses Paid During the Period |
|||||||||||||
Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,174.20 | 0.38 | % | $ | 2.06 | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.04 | 0.38 | % | $ | 1.92 |
Performance
Average Annual Total Return | ||||||||||||||||
1 Year | 3 Year | 5 Year | Since Inception1 | |||||||||||||
Fund NAV Returns |
-4.14 | % | 21.65 | % | 6.63 | % | 7.88 | % | ||||||||
Fund Market Price Returns |
-4.29 | % | 21.80 | % | 6.61 | % | 7.85 | % | ||||||||
WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Index |
-3.91 | % | 22.14 | % | 6.98 | % | 8.18 | % | ||||||||
Russell 2000® Index |
-11.61 | % | 17.51 | % | 4.71 | % | 7.12 | % |
1 |
Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of Fund trading on the NASDAQ on July 25, 2013. |
Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.
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Management’s Discussion of Funds’ Performance
as of March 31, 2023 (unaudited)
WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund (DTD)
Sector Breakdown†
Sector | % of Net Assets | |||
Financials |
15.5% | |||
Information Technology |
15.1% | |||
Health Care |
14.4% | |||
Consumer Staples |
11.8% | |||
Industrials |
10.5% | |||
Energy |
10.2% | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
6.1% | |||
Utilities |
6.0% | |||
Real Estate |
5.0% | |||
Communication Services |
2.6% | |||
Materials |
2.6% | |||
Other Assets less Liabilities‡ |
0.2% | |||
Total |
100.0% |
† |
The Fund’s sector breakdown is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time. In addition, a sector may be comprised of several industries. |
‡ |
Other assets less liabilities may include investment of cash collateral for securities on loan and/or receivables/payables on derivatives (if any). |
Top Ten Holdings*
Description | % of Net Assets | |||
Apple, Inc. |
3.5% | |||
Microsoft Corp. |
3.3% | |||
Exxon Mobil Corp. |
3.3% | |||
AbbVie, Inc. |
2.2% | |||
Chevron Corp. |
2.2% | |||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
1.6% | |||
Coca-Cola Co. |
1.6% | |||
Pfizer, Inc. |
1.5% | |||
Merck & Co., Inc. |
1.5% | |||
Philip Morris International, Inc. |
1.5% |
* |
The ten largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular company. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any). |
The WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. Dividend Index (the “Index”). In seeking to track the Index, the Fund invests in U.S. equities from a broad range of dividend-paying companies. The Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally will invest in a sample of securities in the Index.
The Fund returned -3.44% at net asset value (“NAV”) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 (for more complete performance information please see the table below). The Fund benefited from its positions in the Consumer Discretionary, Materials and Health Care sectors due to a mixture of positive stock selection and allocation effects within each sector. Only the Energy sector had a notable negative impact on performance, which was also due to both stock selection and allocation impacts. Overall, the Fund’s emphasis on dividend-paying companies in the U.S. was beneficial during the year’s rising interest rate environment. Investors rewarded companies paying dividends to shareholders at the expense of low- and non-payers, and income-generating investments helped defend portfolios against larger selloffs amid the market turmoil. Overweighting the dividend-paying universe was universally valuable for the Fund. The Fund’s lack of exposure to non-payers detracted from performance slightly, mainly due to a rally among this group toward the end of the period.
Shareholder Expense Example (for the six-month period ended March 31, 2023)
Beginning Account Value |
Ending Account Value |
Annualized Expense Ratio |
Expenses Paid During the Period |
|||||||||||||
Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,131.40 | 0.28 | % | $ | 1.49 | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.54 | 0.28 | % | $ | 1.41 |
Performance
Average Annual Total Return | ||||||||||||||||
1 Year | 3 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | |||||||||||||
Fund NAV Returns |
-3.44 | % | 18.64 | % | 9.20 | % | 10.29 | % | ||||||||
Fund Market Price Returns |
-3.58 | % | 18.68 | % | 9.18 | % | 10.29 | % | ||||||||
WisdomTree U.S. Dividend Index |
-3.08 | % | 19.00 | % | 9.54 | % | 10.61 | % | ||||||||
Russell 3000® Index |
-8.58 | % | 18.48 | % | 10.45 | % | 11.73 | % | ||||||||
Russell 3000® Value Index |
-6.35 | % | 18.12 | % | 7.30 | % | 8.99 | % |
Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.
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Management’s Discussion of Funds’ Performance
as of March 31, 2023 (unaudited)
WisdomTree U.S. Value Fund (WTV)
Sector Breakdown†
Sector | % of Net Assets | |||
Financials |
19.2% | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
16.1% | |||
Industrials |
11.7% | |||
Information Technology |
11.8% | |||
Materials |
11.3% | |||
Energy |
9.6% | |||
Communication Services |
7.2% | |||
Health Care |
6.9% | |||
Real Estate |
2.8% | |||
Consumer Staples |
1.7% | |||
Utilities |
1.6% | |||
Other Assets less Liabilities‡ |
0.1% | |||
Total |
100.0% |
† |
The Fund’s sector breakdown is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time. In addition, a sector may be comprised of several industries. |
‡ |
Other assets less liabilities may include investment of cash collateral for securities on loan and/or receivables/payables on derivatives (if any). |
Top Ten Holdings*
Description | % of Net Assets | |||
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A |
1.7% | |||
Builders FirstSource, Inc. |
1.3% | |||
Zillow Group, Inc., Class C |
1.2% | |||
Marathon Petroleum Corp. |
1.2% | |||
Voya Financial, Inc. |
1.1% | |||
FleetCor Technologies, Inc. |
1.1% | |||
Arrow Electronics, Inc. |
1.1% | |||
Avis Budget Group, Inc. |
1.1% | |||
HCA Healthcare, Inc. |
1.1% | |||
Dow, Inc. |
1.1% |
* |
The ten largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular company. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any). |
The WisdomTree U.S. Value Fund (the “Fund”) is actively managed using a model-based approach seeking income and capital appreciation by investing primarily in U.S. equity securities that provide a high total shareholder yield with favorable relative quality characteristics.
The Fund returned -2.54% at net asset value (“NAV”) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 (for more complete performance information please see the table below). The Fund benefited from its exposures to the Consumer Discretionary and Health Care sectors, primarily due to stock selection effects. The Fund’s performance was negatively impacted by its allocation to the Financials sector due to stock selection effects. The Fund’s overweight to securities with high dividend yield and share buyback yield values allowed the Fund to avoid the significant negative performance of companies with zero or negative yields, which were down over 20% during the period.
Shareholder Expense Example (for the six-month period ended March 31, 2023)
Beginning Account Value |
Ending Account Value |
Annualized Net Expense Ratio |
Expenses Paid During the Period |
|||||||||||||
Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,160.30 | 0.12 | % | $ | 0.65 | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,024.33 | 0.12 | % | $ | 0.61 |
Performance
Average Annual Total Return | ||||||||||||||||
1 Year | 3 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | |||||||||||||
Fund NAV Returns1 |
-2.54 | % | 24.02 | % | 9.72 | % | 10.91 | % | ||||||||
Fund Market Price Returns1 |
-2.73 | % | 24.02 | % | 9.70 | % | 10.91 | % | ||||||||
Russell 1000® Value Index |
-5.91 | % | 17.93 | % | 7.50 | % | 9.13 | % |
1 |
The Fund’s investment objective changed effective December 18, 2017. Prior to December 18, 2017, the Fund’s investment objective sought to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Value Index. |
Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.
WisdomTree Trust | 19 |
Description of Terms and Indexes (unaudited)
Below are descriptions of certain terms and of each Index referenced in this report:
Allocation Effect measures an investment manager’s ability to effectively allocate a portfolio’s assets to various segments. A segment refers to assets or securities that are grouped within a certain classification such as sectors, industries, or countries. The allocation effect determines whether the overweighting or underweighting of segments relative to a benchmark contributes positively or negatively to the overall portfolio return. Positive allocation occurs when the portfolio is overweighted in a segment that outperforms the benchmark and underweighted in a segment that underperforms the benchmark. Negative allocation occurs when the portfolio is overweighted in a segment that underperforms the benchmark and underweighted in a segment that outperforms the benchmark.
Correlation is a statistical measure of how two sets of returns move in relation to each other. Correlation coefficients range from -1 to 1. A correlation of 1 means the two subjects of analysis move in lockstep with each other. A correlation of -1 means the two subjects of analysis have moved in exactly the opposite direction.
Factors generally are attributes that are based on fundamentals or share price behavior.
Growth is generally characterized by higher price levels relative to fundamentals, such as dividends or earnings. Price levels are higher because investors are willing to pay more due to their expectations of future improvements in these fundamentals.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the total monetary or market value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country’s borders in a specific time period. As a broad measure of overall domestic production, it functions as a comprehensive scorecard of a country’s economic health.
Momentum is generally characterized by assets with recent price increase trends over time. This term is also associated with the momentum factor which associates these stock characteristics with excess return vs. the market over time.
The MSCI USA Extended ESG Focus Index is designed to maximize exposure to positive environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors while exhibiting risk and return characteristics similar to those of the MSCI USA Index, its parent index.
The MSCI USA Momentum Index is designed to reflect the performance of an equity momentum strategy by emphasizing stocks with high price momentum, while maintaining reasonably high trading liquidity, investment capacity and moderate index turnover.
The NASDAQ U.S. Dividend AchieversTM Select Index is a capitalization-weighted index that measures the performance of U.S. common stocks that have a history of increasing dividends for at least ten consecutive years.
The O’Neil Growth Index is comprised of mid- and large-cap companies that provide exposure to high growth and momentum U.S. exchange-listed companies.
Quality is generally characterized by higher efficiency and profitability. Typical measures include earnings, return-on-equity, return on assets, operating profitability as well as others. This term is also related to the quality factor, which associates these stock characteristics with excess returns vs. the market over time.
Quintiles refers to separating a universe of companies into five groups of equal size on the basis of dividend yield, price-to-earnings, or return-on-equity, as applicable.
Return-on-Equity (ROE) measures a corporation’s profitability by revealing how much profit a company generates with the money shareholders have invested.
Risk-on and Risk-off refers to investors’ appetites for risk which rise and fall over time. During periods when risk is perceived as low, the risk-on risk-off theory states that investors tend to engage in higher-risk investments (i.e., “Risk-on”). When risk is perceived to be high, investors have the tendency to gravitate toward lower-risk investments (i.e., “Risk-off”).
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Description of Terms and Indexes (unaudited) (continued)
The Russell 1000® Growth Index measures the performance of the large-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000® companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forcasted growth values. The Russell 1000® Growth Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive and unbiased barometer for the large-cap growth segment.
The Russell 1000® Index represents the top 1,000 companies by market capitalization in the United States.
The Russell 1000® Value Index is a capitalization-weighted index that is comprised of the large-capitalization value segment of the U.S. equity universe, selecting from the Russell 1000 Index.
The Russell 2000® Index is a capitalization-weighted index that is comprised of the smallest 2,000 securities in the Russell 3000 Index, based on total market capitalization.
The Russell 2000® Value Index is a capitalization-weighted index that is comprised of the small-capitalization value segment of the U.S. equity universe, selecting from the Russell 2000 Index.
The Russell 3000® Index is a capitalization-weighted index that is comprised of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies, based on total market capitalization.
The Russell 3000® Value Index is a capitalization-weighted index that measures the performance of the value segment of the broad U.S. equity market, selecting from the Russell 3000 Index.
The Russell MidCap® Index is a market capitalization-weighted index that is comprised of the smallest 800 stocks of the Russell 1000 Index.
The Russell MidCap® Value Index is a capitalization-weighted index that measures the midcap value segment of the U.S. equity universe, selecting from the Russell MidCap Index.
The S&P 500® Equal Weight Index is the equal-weight version of the widely used S&P 500® Index. The index includes the same constituents as the capitalization-weighted S&P 500 Index, but each company is allocated a fixed weight — or 0.2% of the index total at each quarterly rebalance.
The S&P 500® Index is a capitalization-weighted index of 500 stocks selected by the Standard & Poor’s Index Committee, designed to represent the performance of the leading industries in the United States economy.
The S&P MidCap 400® Index is a capitalization-weighted index that is comprised of the mid-capitalization range of the U.S. stock market, with stocks selected by the Standard & Poor’s Index Committee.
Selection Effect measures an investment manager’s ability to select securities within a given segment relative to a benchmark. The over or underperformance of the portfolio is weighted by the benchmark weight, therefore, selection is not affected by the investment manager’s allocation to the segment. The weight of the segment in the portfolio determines the size of the effect — the larger the segment, the larger the effect is, positive or negative. A positive selection effect occurs when the portfolio return is greater than the benchmark return. Thus, the investment manager made good decisions in selecting securities that, as a whole, outperformed similar securities in the benchmark. A negative selection effect occurs when the portfolio return is less than the benchmark return. Thus, the investment manager made poor decisions in selecting securities that, as a whole, underperformed similar securities in the benchmark.
Shareholder Yield generally refers to a data point that references a combination of dividend yield and buyback yield.
Value is generally characterized by lower price levels relative to fundamentals, such as earnings or dividends. Prices are lower because investors are less certain of the performance of these fundamentals in the future. This term is also related to the value factor, which associates these stock characteristics with excess returns vs. the market over time.
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Description of Terms and Indexes (unaudited) (continued)
Volatility is a statistical measure of the dispersion of returns for a given security or market index around a particular average level. If the price stays relatively stable, the security has low volatility. A highly volatile security hits new highs and lows quickly, moves erratically, and has rapid increases and dramatic falls.
The WisdomTree U.S. Dividend Index defines the dividend-paying portion of the U.S. stock market.
The WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Index is comprised of companies with high dividend yields, selected from the WisdomTree U.S. Dividend Index.
The WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Dividend Index is comprised of the large-capitalization segment of the U.S. dividend-paying market, selected from the WisdomTree U.S. Dividend Index.
The WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Index is a fundamentally weighted index that measures the performance of earnings-generating companies within the large-capitalization segment of the U.S. stock market.
The WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Index is comprised of the mid-capitalization segment of the U.S. dividend-paying market, selected from the WisdomTree U.S. Dividend Index.
The WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Index is a fundamentally weighted index that measures the performance of earnings-generating companies within the mid-capitalization segment of the U.S. stock market.
The WisdomTree U.S. Multifactor Index is comprised of 200 U.S. companies with the highest composite scores based on two fundamental factors, value and quality measures, and two technical factors, momentum and correlation.
The WisdomTree U.S. Quality Growth Index is a market-cap weighted index that consists of companies with quality and growth characteristics. The top 500 U.S. companies by market capitalization are ranked on a composite score of two fundamental factors: growth and quality, which are equally weighted.
The WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Index is comprised of dividend-paying stocks with growth characteristics.
The WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Index is comprised of the small-capitalization segment of the U.S. dividend-paying market, selected from the WisdomTree U.S. Dividend Index.
The WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Index is a fundamentally weighted index that measures the performance of earnings-generating companies within the small-capitalization segment of the U.S. stock market.
The WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Index is comprised of the small-capitalization segment of dividend-paying stocks with growth characteristics.
Index performance information assumes the reinvestment of dividends and excludes
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WisdomTree U.S. AI Enhanced Value Fund (AIVL)
March 31, 2023
Investments | Shares | Value | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS – 98.8% | ||||||||
United States – 95.3% | ||||||||
Aerospace & Defense – 2.0% | ||||||||
BWX Technologies, Inc. |
20,654 | $ | 1,302,028 | |||||
Curtiss-Wright Corp. |
5,641 | 994,283 | ||||||
HEICO Corp. |
5,957 | 1,018,885 | ||||||
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. |
4,818 | 945,485 | ||||||
Raytheon Technologies Corp. |
10,054 | 984,588 | ||||||
Textron, Inc. |
26,395 | 1,864,279 | ||||||
Woodward, Inc. |
9,960 | 969,805 | ||||||
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Total Aerospace & Defense | 8,079,353 | |||||||
Automobile Components – 0.2% | ||||||||
Gentex Corp. |
34,542 | 968,212 | ||||||
Banks – 5.2% | ||||||||
Bank of America Corp. |
150,435 | 4,302,441 | ||||||
Citigroup, Inc. |
186,731 | 8,755,817 | ||||||
U.S. Bancorp |
106,290 | 3,831,754 | ||||||
Wells Fargo & Co. |
96,123 | 3,593,078 | ||||||
|
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Total Banks | 20,483,090 | |||||||
Beverages – 4.0% | ||||||||
Brown-Forman Corp., Class A |
15,191 | 990,301 | ||||||
Brown-Forman Corp., Class B |
15,203 | 977,097 | ||||||
Coca-Cola Co. |
16,572 | 1,027,961 | ||||||
Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc. |
361,143 | 12,741,125 | ||||||
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Total Beverages | 15,736,484 | |||||||
Building Products – 1.2% | ||||||||
Carrier Global Corp. |
59,468 | 2,720,661 | ||||||
Johnson Controls International PLC |
15,724 | 946,899 | ||||||
Masco Corp. |
18,809 | 935,184 | ||||||
|
|
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Total Building Products | 4,602,744 | |||||||
Capital Markets – 6.3% | ||||||||
CME Group, Inc. |
5,320 | 1,018,886 | ||||||
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. |
114,655 | 11,957,370 | ||||||
Nasdaq, Inc. |
218,426 | 11,941,350 | ||||||
|
|
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Total Capital Markets | 24,917,606 | |||||||
Chemicals – 4.8% | ||||||||
Ashland, Inc. |
9,690 | 995,260 | ||||||
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.* |
33,094 | 1,002,417 | ||||||
Corteva, Inc. |
15,833 | 954,888 | ||||||
Dow, Inc. |
104,465 | 5,726,771 | ||||||
Ecolab, Inc. |
6,188 | 1,024,300 | ||||||
Element Solutions, Inc. |
248,869 | 4,805,661 | ||||||
Huntsman Corp. |
66,328 | 1,814,734 | ||||||
PPG Industries, Inc. |
20,160 | 2,692,973 | ||||||
|
|
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Total Chemicals | 19,017,004 | |||||||
Commercial Services & Supplies – 0.6% | ||||||||
Rollins, Inc. |
59,093 | 2,217,760 | ||||||
Communications Equipment – 0.6% | ||||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. |
42,893 | 2,242,232 | ||||||
Construction & Engineering – 0.3% | ||||||||
MDU Resources Group, Inc. |
33,807 | 1,030,437 | ||||||
Containers & Packaging – 3.0% | ||||||||
Amcor PLC |
964,093 | 10,971,378 | ||||||
International Paper Co. |
27,100 | 977,226 | ||||||
|
|
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Total Containers & Packaging | 11,948,604 | |||||||
Distributors – 3.0% | ||||||||
LKQ Corp. |
211,881 | 12,026,366 | ||||||
Electric Utilities – 0.7% | ||||||||
Avangrid, Inc.(a) |
42,315 | 1,687,522 | ||||||
PPL Corp. |
36,430 | 1,012,390 | ||||||
|
|
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Total Electric Utilities | 2,699,912 | |||||||
Electrical Equipment – 0.3% | ||||||||
Emerson Electric Co. |
11,923 | 1,038,970 | ||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 1.5% |
| |||||||
Corning, Inc. |
168,790 | 5,954,911 | ||||||
Entertainment – 1.2% | ||||||||
Electronic Arts, Inc. |
8,890 | 1,070,800 | ||||||
Playtika Holding Corp.* |
102,729 | 1,156,729 | ||||||
ROBLOX Corp., Class A* |
55,757 | 2,507,950 | ||||||
|
|
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Total Entertainment | 4,735,479 | |||||||
Financial Services – 0.2% | ||||||||
Western Union Co. |
76,095 | 848,459 | ||||||
Food Products – 2.1% | ||||||||
Conagra Brands, Inc. |
27,085 | 1,017,313 | ||||||
Flowers Foods, Inc. |
70,051 | 1,920,098 | ||||||
Kraft Heinz Co. |
25,327 | 979,395 | ||||||
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A |
46,620 | 3,250,346 | ||||||
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A |
16,648 | 987,559 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total Food Products | 8,154,711 | |||||||
Gas Utilities – 0.9% | ||||||||
UGI Corp. |
101,284 | 3,520,632 | ||||||
Ground Transportation – 1.6% | ||||||||
CSX Corp. |
215,015 | 6,437,549 | ||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 9.5% | ||||||||
Abbott Laboratories |
120,754 | 12,227,550 | ||||||
Dentsply Sirona, Inc. |
25,904 | 1,017,509 | ||||||
Globus Medical, Inc., Class A* |
16,904 | 957,443 | ||||||
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.*(a) |
77,407 | 4,443,936 | ||||||
Medtronic PLC |
157,807 | 12,722,400 | ||||||
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
47,680 | 6,160,256 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies | 37,529,094 | |||||||
Health Care Providers & Services – 0.3% | ||||||||
Premier, Inc., Class A |
31,794 | 1,029,172 | ||||||
Health Care REITs – 0.2% | ||||||||
Medical Properties Trust, Inc.(a) |
95,748 | 787,049 | ||||||
Industrial Conglomerates – 2.8% | ||||||||
3M Co. |
86,247 | 9,065,422 | ||||||
Honeywell International, Inc. |
10,645 | 2,034,473 | ||||||
|
|
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Total Industrial Conglomerates | 11,099,895 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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WisdomTree U.S. AI Enhanced Value Fund (AIVL)
March 31, 2023
Investments | Shares | Value | ||||||
Industrial REITs – 0.2% | ||||||||
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. |
18,696 | $ | 994,627 | |||||
Insurance – 5.0% | ||||||||
American International Group, Inc. |
82,183 | 4,138,736 | ||||||
Brown & Brown, Inc. |
134,060 | 7,697,725 | ||||||
First American Financial Corp. |
17,369 | 966,759 | ||||||
Old Republic International Corp. |
287,829 | 7,187,090 | ||||||
|
|
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Total Insurance | 19,990,310 | |||||||
Life Sciences Tools & Services – 1.0% | ||||||||
Bio-Techne Corp. |
13,577 | 1,007,278 | ||||||
Bruker Corp. |
36,922 | 2,910,930 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total Life Sciences Tools & Services | 3,918,208 | |||||||
Machinery – 4.6% | ||||||||
Donaldson Co., Inc. |
15,592 | 1,018,781 | ||||||
Dover Corp. |
6,579 | 999,613 | ||||||
Fortive Corp. |
109,123 | 7,438,915 | ||||||
Gates Industrial Corp. PLC* |
70,241 | 975,648 | ||||||
Otis Worldwide Corp. |
94,181 | 7,948,876 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total Machinery | 18,381,833 | |||||||
Media – 5.6% | ||||||||
Comcast Corp., Class A |
371,448 | 14,081,593 | ||||||
Fox Corp., Class A |
28,160 | 958,848 | ||||||
Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.(a) |
1,768,509 | 7,020,981 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total Media | 22,061,422 | |||||||
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 1.2% |
| |||||||
AGNC Investment Corp. |
390,657 | 3,937,823 | ||||||
Rithm Capital Corp. |
108,374 | 866,992 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) |
|
4,804,815 | ||||||
Multi-Utilities – 1.8% | ||||||||
CMS Energy Corp. |
85,765 | 5,264,256 | ||||||
Dominion Energy, Inc. |
17,732 | 991,396 | ||||||
NiSource, Inc. |
37,467 | 1,047,577 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total Multi-Utilities | 7,303,229 | |||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 6.2% | ||||||||
Antero Midstream Corp. |
377,351 | 3,958,412 | ||||||
Kinder Morgan, Inc. |
378,437 | 6,626,432 | ||||||
Occidental Petroleum Corp. |
27,706 | 1,729,685 | ||||||
Williams Cos., Inc. |
410,387 | 12,254,156 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels | 24,568,685 | |||||||
Professional Services – 5.8% | ||||||||
Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. |
166,077 | 1,949,744 | ||||||
Genpact Ltd. |
212,540 | 9,823,599 | ||||||
Paychex, Inc. |
9,002 | 1,031,539 | ||||||
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. |
182,162 | 10,286,688 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total Professional Services | 23,091,570 | |||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 2.5% |
| |||||||
Intel Corp. |
305,029 | 9,965,298 | ||||||
Software – 4.1% |
|
|||||||
Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A |
11,986 | 1,023,844 | ||||||
Dropbox, Inc., Class A* |
166,869 | 3,607,708 | ||||||
Roper Technologies, Inc. |
26,473 | 11,666,386 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total Software | 16,297,938 | |||||||
Specialized REITs – 1.0% | ||||||||
Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc. |
18,303 | 952,854 | ||||||
SBA Communications Corp. |
5,311 | 1,386,543 | ||||||
Weyerhaeuser Co. |
59,572 | 1,794,904 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total Specialized REITs | 4,134,301 | |||||||
Tobacco – 3.5% | ||||||||
Altria Group, Inc. |
138,491 | 6,179,468 | ||||||
Philip Morris International, Inc. |
80,524 | 7,830,959 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total Tobacco | 14,010,427 | |||||||
Trading Companies & Distributors – 0.3% | ||||||||
Fastenal Co. |
22,991 | 1,240,135 | ||||||
Total United States | 377,868,523 | |||||||
Netherlands – 2.1% | ||||||||
Life Sciences Tools & Services – 2.1% | ||||||||
QIAGEN NV* |
179,998 | 8,267,308 | ||||||
United Kingdom – 1.4% | ||||||||
Machinery – 1.4% | ||||||||
Pentair PLC |
101,254 | 5,596,308 | ||||||
TOTAL COMMON
STOCKS (Cost: $415,169,160) |
391,732,139 | |||||||
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND – 0.7% | ||||||||
United States – 0.7% | ||||||||
iShares Russell
1000 Value ETF(a)
(Cost: $2,716,660) |
17,706 | 2,695,916 | ||||||
INVESTMENT OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED – 1.9% |
| |||||||
United States – 1.9% | ||||||||
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, 4.84%(b) |
||||||||
(Cost: $7,531,713) | 7,531,713 | 7,531,713 | ||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 101.4% (Cost: $425,417,533) |
401,959,768 | |||||||
Other Assets less Liabilities – (1.4)% |
(5,593,213 | ) | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
NET ASSETS – 100.0% | $ | 396,366,555 |
* |
Non-income producing security. |
(a) |
Security, or portion thereof, was on loan at March 31, 2023 (See Note 2). At March 31, 2023, the total market value of the Fund’s securities on loan identified in the Schedule of Investments was $9,873,380 and the total market value of the collateral held by the Fund was $10,401,160. The total market value of the collateral includes non-cash U.S. Government securities collateral having a value of $2,869,447. |
(b) |
Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of March 31, 2023. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments (concluded)
WisdomTree U.S. AI Enhanced Value Fund (AIVL)
March 31, 2023
FAIR VALUATION SUMMARY |
The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of March 31, 2023 in valuing the Fund’s investments (See Note 2 — Fair Value Measurement):
Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1) |
Other Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2) |
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |
Total | |||||||||||||
Assets: |
||||||||||||||||
Investments in Securities |
||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks |
$ | 391,732,139 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 391,732,139 | ||||||||
Exchange-Traded Fund |
2,695,916 | — | — | 2,695,916 | ||||||||||||
Investment of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned |
— | 7,531,713 | — | 7,531,713 | ||||||||||||
Total Investments in Securities |
$ | 394,428,055 | $ | 7,531,713 | $ | — | $ | 401,959,768 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments
WisdomTree U.S. ESG Fund (RESP)
March 31, 2023
Investments | Shares | Value | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS – 99.9% |
| |||||||
United States – 99.9% |
| |||||||
Air Freight & Logistics – 1.3% |
| |||||||
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. |
567 | $ | 56,343 | |||||
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. |
1,041 | 114,635 | ||||||
FedEx Corp. |
874 | 199,700 | ||||||
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B |
2,534 | 491,571 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total Air Freight & Logistics |
|
862,249 | ||||||
Automobile Components – 0.4% |
| |||||||
BorgWarner, Inc. |
2,757 | 135,396 | ||||||
Lear Corp. |
1,143 | 159,437 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total Automobile Components |
|
294,833 | ||||||
Automobiles – 0.5% |
| |||||||
General Motors Co. |
6,503 | 238,530 | ||||||
Harley-Davidson, Inc. |
2,929 | 111,214 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total Automobiles |
|
349,744 | ||||||
Banks – 3.0% |
| |||||||
Bank of America Corp. |
16,570 | 473,902 | ||||||
Citigroup, Inc. |
4,700 | 220,383 | ||||||
Comerica, Inc. |
733 | 31,827 | ||||||
Fifth Third Bancorp |
2,682 | 71,449 | ||||||
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. |
9,853 | 110,354 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
5,208 | 678,655 | ||||||
KeyCorp |
9,554 | 119,616 | ||||||
Regions Financial Corp. |
6,724 | 124,797 | ||||||
U.S. Bancorp |
5,244 | 189,046 | ||||||
Wintrust Financial Corp. |
653 | 47,636 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total Banks |
|
2,067,665 | ||||||
Beverages – 1.4% |
| |||||||
Brown-Forman Corp., Class B |
2,361 | 151,741 | ||||||
Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc. |
5,485 | 193,511 | ||||||
Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B |
2,373 | 122,637 | ||||||
PepsiCo, Inc. |
2,535 | 462,130 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total Beverages |
|
930,019 | ||||||
Biotechnology – 3.2% |
| |||||||
AbbVie, Inc. |
3,234 | 515,402 | ||||||
Amgen, Inc. |
1,170 | 282,847 | ||||||
Biogen, Inc.* |
665 | 184,890 | ||||||
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.* |
1,215 | 118,147 | ||||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc. |
3,531 | 292,967 | ||||||
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.* |
1,308 | 49,952 | ||||||
Incyte Corp.* |
1,021 | 73,788 | ||||||
Moderna, Inc.* |
853 | 131,004 | ||||||
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.* |
186 | 18,827 | ||||||
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* |
325 | 267,043 | ||||||
United Therapeutics Corp.* |
282 | 63,157 | ||||||
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* |
659 | 207,631 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total Biotechnology |
|
2,205,655 | ||||||
Broadline Retail – 2.7% |
| |||||||
Amazon.com, Inc.* |
16,785 | 1,733,723 | ||||||
Dillard’s, Inc., Class A |
68 | 20,922 | ||||||
Macy’s, Inc. |
5,563 | 97,297 | ||||||
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Total Broadline Retail |
|
1,851,942 | ||||||
Building Products – 0.8% |
| |||||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.(a) |
854 | 71,915 | ||||||
Builders FirstSource, Inc.* |
235 | 20,863 | ||||||
Carrier Global Corp. |
4,362 | 199,562 | ||||||
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. |
1,604 | 94,203 | ||||||
Owens Corning |
1,969 | 188,630 | ||||||
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Total Building Products |
|
575,173 | ||||||
Capital Markets – 3.2% |
| |||||||
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. |
689 | 98,127 | ||||||
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. |
475 | 145,587 | ||||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. |
3,714 | 168,764 | ||||||
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. |
594 | 79,739 | ||||||
Charles Schwab Corp. |
3,687 | 193,125 | ||||||
CME Group, Inc. |
1,038 | 198,798 | ||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. |
821 | 268,557 | ||||||
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A |
492 | 40,620 | ||||||
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. |
527 | 106,665 | ||||||
Morgan Stanley |
3,686 | 323,631 | ||||||
Nasdaq, Inc. |
2,713 | 148,320 | ||||||
Northern Trust Corp. |
1,770 | 155,990 | ||||||
SEI Investments Co. |
1,478 | 85,059 | ||||||
State Street Corp. |
2,050 | 155,164 | ||||||
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Total Capital Markets |
|
2,168,146 | ||||||
Chemicals – 1.1% |
| |||||||
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. |
2,099 | 152,157 | ||||||
Dow, Inc. |
4,084 | 223,885 | ||||||
Huntsman Corp. |
5,149 | 140,877 | ||||||
Mosaic Co. |
3,013 | 138,236 | ||||||
Westlake Corp. |
683 | 79,214 | ||||||
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Total Chemicals |
|
734,369 | ||||||
Commercial Services & Supplies – 1.0% |
| |||||||
Clean Harbors, Inc.* |
765 | 109,059 | ||||||
Republic Services, Inc. |
1,635 | 221,085 | ||||||
Rollins, Inc. |
1,225 | 45,974 | ||||||
Waste Management, Inc. |
1,855 | 302,680 | ||||||
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Total Commercial Services & Supplies |
|
678,798 | ||||||
Communications Equipment – 1.5% |
| |||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. |
11,015 | 575,809 | ||||||
Juniper Networks, Inc. |
6,028 | 207,484 | ||||||
Motorola Solutions, Inc. |
919 | 262,953 | ||||||
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Total Communications Equipment |
|
1,046,246 | ||||||
Construction & Engineering – 0.5% |
| |||||||
AECOM |
1,415 | 119,313 | ||||||
EMCOR Group, Inc. |
999 | 162,427 | ||||||
Valmont Industries, Inc. |
154 | 49,169 | ||||||
WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp.* |
602 | 28,222 | ||||||
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Total Construction & Engineering |
|
359,131 | ||||||
Consumer Finance – 0.8% |
| |||||||
American Express Co. |
1,854 | 305,817 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments (continued)
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Discover Financial Services |
1,084 | $ | 107,143 | |||||
Synchrony Financial |
3,311 | 96,284 | ||||||
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Total Consumer Finance |
|
509,244 | ||||||
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail – 0.8% |
| |||||||
Sysco Corp. |
1,995 | 154,074 | ||||||
Target Corp. |
1,835 | 303,931 | ||||||
U.S. Foods Holding Corp.* |
2,089 | 77,168 | ||||||
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Total Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail |
|
535,173 | ||||||
Containers & Packaging – 0.4% |
| |||||||
Packaging Corp. of America |
857 | 118,977 | ||||||
Sonoco Products Co. |
2,845 | 173,545 | ||||||
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Total Containers & Packaging |
|
292,522 | ||||||
Distributors – 0.2% |
| |||||||
Genuine Parts Co. |
475 | 79,472 | ||||||
LKQ Corp. |
1,331 | 75,548 | ||||||
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Total Distributors |
|
155,020 | ||||||
Diversified Consumer Services – 0.4% |
| |||||||
ADT, Inc. |
11,734 | 84,837 | ||||||
H&R Block, Inc. |
2,445 | 86,186 | ||||||
Service Corp. International |
1,072 | 73,732 | ||||||
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Total Diversified Consumer Services |
|
244,755 | ||||||
Diversified REITs – 0.2% |
| |||||||
W.P. Carey, Inc. |
1,309 | 101,382 | ||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services – 1.7% |
| |||||||
AT&T, Inc. |
26,333 | 506,910 | ||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. |
15,967 | 620,957 | ||||||
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|||||||
Total Diversified Telecommunication Services |
|
1,127,867 | ||||||
Electric Utilities – 1.6% |
| |||||||
Avangrid, Inc. |
6,563 | 261,732 | ||||||
Edison International |
3,212 | 226,735 | ||||||
Eversource Energy |
3,737 | 292,458 | ||||||
Exelon Corp. |
6,598 | 276,390 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total Electric Utilities |
|
1,057,315 | ||||||
Electrical Equipment – 0.4% |
| |||||||
Acuity Brands, Inc. |
541 | 98,857 | ||||||
Atkore, Inc.* |
601 | 84,429 | ||||||
Hubbell, Inc. |
417 | 101,460 | ||||||
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|
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Total Electrical Equipment |
|
284,746 | ||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 1.0% |
| |||||||
Arrow Electronics, Inc.* |
1,305 | 162,955 | ||||||
Jabil, Inc. |
2,654 | 233,977 | ||||||
Keysight Technologies, Inc.* |
1,550 | 250,294 | ||||||
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|
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Total Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components |
|
647,226 | ||||||
Entertainment – 0.7% |
| |||||||
Activision Blizzard, Inc. |
1,748 | 149,612 | ||||||
Electronic Arts, Inc. |
1,322 | 159,235 | ||||||
Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc., Class A*(a) |
5,925 | 141,785 | ||||||
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A |
297 | 27,104 | ||||||
|
|
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Total Entertainment |
|
477,736 | ||||||
Financial Services – 4.3% |
| |||||||
Fiserv, Inc.* |
2,129 | 240,641 | ||||||
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. |
706 | 106,408 | ||||||
MasterCard, Inc., Class A |
2,396 | 870,730 | ||||||
PayPal Holdings, Inc.* |
4,607 | 349,856 | ||||||
Visa, Inc., Class A |
4,833 | 1,089,648 | ||||||
Voya Financial, Inc. |
2,220 | 158,641 | ||||||
WEX, Inc.* |
477 | 87,716 | ||||||
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|
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Total Financial Services |
|
2,903,640 | ||||||
Food Products – 3.3% |
| |||||||
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. |
2,020 | 160,913 | ||||||
Campbell Soup Co. |
2,943 | 161,806 | ||||||
Conagra Brands, Inc. |
3,879 | 145,695 | ||||||
Darling Ingredients, Inc.* |
1,331 | 77,731 | ||||||
Flowers Foods, Inc. |
2,708 | 74,226 | ||||||
General Mills, Inc. |
2,318 | 198,096 | ||||||
Hershey Co. |
857 | 218,029 | ||||||
Hormel Foods Corp. |
3,635 | 144,964 | ||||||
J.M. Smucker Co. |
770 | 121,175 | ||||||
Kellogg Co. |
2,397 | 160,503 | ||||||
Kraft Heinz Co. |
3,883 | 150,156 | ||||||
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. |
981 | 102,534 | ||||||
McCormick & Co., Inc., Non-Voting Shares |
2,282 | 189,885 | ||||||
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A |
3,430 | 239,140 | ||||||
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A |
1,853 | 109,920 | ||||||
|
|
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Total Food Products |
|
2,254,773 | ||||||
Gas Utilities – 0.1% |
| |||||||
UGI Corp. |
2,311 | 80,330 | ||||||
Ground Transportation – 0.4% |
| |||||||
Avis Budget Group, Inc.* |
563 | 109,672 | ||||||
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc. |
958 | 54,204 | ||||||
Landstar System, Inc. |
423 | 75,827 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total Ground Transportation |
|
239,703 | ||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 2.2% |
| |||||||
Abbott Laboratories |
3,578 | 362,308 | ||||||
Baxter International, Inc. |
4,616 | 187,225 | ||||||
Becton Dickinson & Co. |
923 | 228,479 | ||||||
Boston Scientific Corp.* |
5,150 | 257,655 | ||||||
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.* |
2,461 | 203,599 | ||||||
Hologic, Inc.* |
1,472 | 118,790 | ||||||
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
1,266 | 163,567 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies |
|
1,521,623 | ||||||
Health Care Providers & Services – 4.8% |
| |||||||
Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.* |
514 | 37,137 | ||||||
AmerisourceBergen Corp. |
1,071 | 171,478 | ||||||
Cardinal Health, Inc. |
1,905 | 143,827 | ||||||
Centene Corp.* |
1,340 | 84,701 | ||||||
Chemed Corp. |
110 | 59,152 | ||||||
Cigna Group |
953 | 243,520 | ||||||
CVS Health Corp. |
3,634 | 270,043 | ||||||
DaVita, Inc.* |
1,208 | 97,981 | ||||||
Elevance Health, Inc. |
698 | 320,947 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
28 | WisdomTree Trust |
Schedule of Investments (continued)
WisdomTree U.S. ESG Fund (RESP)
March 31, 2023
Investments |