William Blair Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund R6 Class (WESJX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
20.52
+0.18 (0.88%)
May 14, 2025, 8:07 AM EDT
-3.21%
Fund Assets 333.76M
Expense Ratio 1.10%
Min. Investment $1,000,000
Turnover n/a
Dividend (ttm) 0.06
Dividend Yield 0.27%
Dividend Growth n/a
Payout Frequency n/a
Ex-Dividend Date n/a
Previous Close 20.34
YTD Return -5.44%
1-Year Return -3.21%
5-Year Return 50.75%
52-Week Low 17.57
52-Week High 22.33
Beta (5Y) 0.55
Holdings 130
Inception Date Dec 24, 2012

About WESJX

The investment seeks long-term capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of emerging market small capitalization ("small cap") companies. The fund invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of equity securities, including common stocks and other forms of equity investments (e.g., securities convertible into common stocks), issued by emerging market small cap companies, that the Adviser believes have above average growth, profitability and quality characteristics.

Category Diversified Emerging Mkts
Performance Rating High
Risk Rating Below Average
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol WESJX
Share Class Class R6
Index MSCI EM (Emerging Markets) Small Cap NR USD

Performance

WESJX had a total return of -3.21% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 6.59%.

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

Symbol Share Class Expense Ratio
BESIX Class I 1.15%
WESNX Class N 1.40%

Top 10 Holdings

18.04% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Piraeus Financial Holdings S.A. TPEIR 2.44%
Fixed Inc Clearing Corp.Repo n/a 2.23%
Falabella S.A. FALABELLA 2.04%
Cholamandalam Financial Holdings Limited CHOLAHLDNG 1.81%
Cencosud S.A. CENCOSUD 1.66%
Amber Enterprises India Ltd Ordinary Shares AMBER 1.64%
Nuvama Wealth Management Limited NUVAMA 1.60%
Meritz Financial Group Inc. 138040 1.60%
JB Financial Group Co., Ltd. 175330 1.53%
DPC Dash Ltd 1405 1.48%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Dec 14, 2023 $0.05994 Dec 15, 2023
Dec 15, 2022 $0.79206 Dec 16, 2022
Dec 16, 2021 $2.03694 Dec 17, 2021
Dec 17, 2020 $0.01921 Dec 18, 2020
Dec 12, 2019 $0.03711 Dec 13, 2019
Dec 13, 2018 $0.3411 Dec 14, 2018
Full Dividend History