William Blair Emerg Mkts Sm Cp Gr R6 (WESJX)

Fund Assets	410.36M
Expense Ratio	1.119%
Min. Investment	$1,000,000
Turnover	261.00%
Dividend (ttm)	0.26
Dividend Yield	1.02%
Dividend Growth	n/a
Payout Frequency	Annual
Ex-Dividend Date	Dec 18, 2025

Previous Close	25.69
YTD Return	14.18%
1-Year Return	18.18%
5-Year Return	20.71%
52-Week Low	21.62
52-Week High	28.18
Beta (5Y)	0.85
Holdings	186
Inception Date	Dec 20, 2012

About WESJX

The William Blair Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund – R6 Class is a mutual fund focused on investing in small-cap stocks across emerging markets. Its primary objective is to capture long-term capital appreciation by identifying and investing in small-cap companies with strong growth potential and distinctive business models within developing economies. The fund leverages a disciplined investment approach, combining deep fundamental research with systematic analysis to uncover underrepresented and potentially high-growth opportunities, including those in regions such as Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. The portfolio is generally diversified across 120 to 175 holdings, spanning a range of sectors including industrials, information technology, consumer discretionary, and more. The fund particularly emphasizes active ownership and detailed company analysis, seeking out firms with robust management and growth drivers that may be overlooked by broader markets. As part of William Blair’s suite of emerging market strategies, this fund plays a significant role for investors aiming to access the dynamic and often inefficient small-cap segment of emerging markets, which can provide differentiated sources of return and risk relative to large-cap or developed-market investments.

• Fund Family: William Blair
• Category: Diversified Emerging Mkts
• Performance Rating: Average
• Risk Rating: 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 18.18% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 8.36%.

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

14.40% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Optima bank S.A.	OPTIMA	1.69%
Grupo Cibest SA ADR	CIB1N.MX	1.62%
Lion Finance Group PLC	BGEO	1.60%
Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board Corporation	8046	1.50%
Navin Fluorine International Limited	NAVINFLUOR	1.43%
ITEQ Corporation	6213	1.42%
Sunway Construction Group Berhad	SUNCON	1.39%
Apr Corp/Korea Common Stock Krw100.0	n/a	1.31%
Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited	NAM.INDIA	1.26%
Gek Terna S.A.	GEKTERNA	1.18%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Dec 18, 2025	$2.14937	Dec 19, 2025
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

Data Sources: Tiingo, Financial Modeling Prep, and more

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Last checked:

Oct 21, 2026

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