DHS vs SMIG: how they differ

DHS and SMIG hold 1% of their weight in the same names, and DHS returned +16.6% over the year. WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Fund and Bahl & Gaynor Small/Mid Cap Income Growth ETF.

DHS costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.9 points.

DHSSMIG
Expense ratio0.38%0.60%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026$1.5bn$1.5bn
Total return, 1 year+16.6%+9.7%
Holdings in common1%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund32.3%42.3%
Below its high5.2%, high on Aug 19, 20266.4%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

+16.6%
DHS total return, 1 year
+9.7%
SMIG total return, 1 year
0.38%
DHS expense ratio
0.60%
SMIG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DHS and SMIG hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DHS SMIG
AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.36% 2.16%
PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC 0.24% 2.31%
MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC 0.24% 1.42%
INTERPARFUMS INC 0.17% 2.20%
ALLIANT ENERGY CORP 0.16% 3.05%
FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP 0.15% 2.99%
Only in DHS
ABBVIE INC 4.94%
MERCK & COMPANY INC 4.26%
ALTRIA GROUP INC 3.79%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC 3.42%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 3.16%
PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 3.15%
AT&T INC 2.60%
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 2.45%
Only in SMIG
Silicon Motion Technology Corp 6.66%
Targa Resources Corp 4.89%
Snap-on Inc 4.70%
Victory Capital Holdings Inc 4.30%
DT Midstream Inc 4.19%
Hubbell Inc 4.01%
Gildan Activewear Inc 3.78%
Packaging Corp of America 3.30%

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On the same fields

DHS
WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Fund
SMIG
Bahl & Gaynor Small/Mid Cap Income Growth ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Tracks an index Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +16.6% +9.7%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −0.6 pts −7.6 pts
Expense ratio 0.38% 0.60%
Already in the S&P 500 78.3% 35.4%
Holdings 323 38
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026 $1.5bn $1.5bn

DHS and SMIG on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

DHS in plain words

DHS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.38% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 78% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 323 positions, with the top ten at 32.3%. It sat 5.2% below its high of Aug 19, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

SMIG in plain words

SMIG is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +9.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 35% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 38 positions, with the top ten at 42.3%. It sat 6.4% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DHS or SMIG?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DHS returned +16.6% and SMIG +9.7%.
Which is cheaper, DHS or SMIG?
DHS is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $22. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DHS and SMIG overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 78% of DHS and 35% of SMIG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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How this is computed

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

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