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WSML holdings

WSML reports 3,520 holdings and behaves like 929.3 equally weighted ones, computed from its SEC Form N-PORT filing for 2026-05-31. The fact sheet publishes the first number; this page computes the second, and traces it across 5 quarters of filings.

Measured concentration

as of 2026-05-31

Read this figure with the following in mind

5.0% of net assets is securities-lending cash collateral, excluded from the figure; counted as filed the fund would read 282.2

The figure below is what the filing says, published unchanged. What it may not do is sit beside a plain long-only fund and be read as the same quantity. How comparability is decided.

3,520 Positions reported
929.3 Effective holdings
3.8× Concentration multiple
4.51% Top ten weight

Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing; what the measure does not tell you · every fund in one table · hold it with other funds? X-ray the mix. Pricing: 72.11% at a quoted market price (level 1), 37 issuer countries.

What stands out

as of 2026-05-31

WSML's largest investment is Sandisk Corp DE at 2.18% of net assets. Blackrock Cash Funds Treasury and Technipfmc PLC follow; the three together are 2.9%. Ten companies are 4.51% of the fund; the other 3,510 share the rest. Among the 721 equity funds measured here, WSML behaves like 929.3 holdings against a median of 42.4 — 21.9 times the median. Across 5 quarterly filings WSML has become more concentrated: it behaved like 1687.3 at 2025-05-31 and 929.3 at 2026-05-31. Between the 2026-02-28 and 2026-05-31 filings 227 positions were added and 85 dropped; 13.6% of the weight moved. the United States is the largest country at 59.82% of the portfolio, across 37 countries in the filing.

Each sentence is read from the fund's own SEC filing; the class median is computed across the comparable equity funds on this site. Nothing here is a view on the fund.

Every filing since 2025

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Between 2025-05-31 and 2026-05-31, WSML went from behaving like 1687.3 equally weighted positions to 929.3 — 45% fewer, while its top ten went from 2.07% to 4.51% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.

PeriodHoldingsEffective Top 10Largest
2026-05-31 3,520 929.3 4.51% 2.18%
2026-02-28 3,381 1403.1 3.64% 0.85%
2025-11-30 3,382 1662.2 2.5% 0.44%
2025-08-31 3,275 1720 2.19% 0.28%
2025-05-31 3,206 1687.3 2.07% 0.22%

One row per filed reporting period, newest first, read from EDGAR. Quarterly because that is the public filing cadence. Rows marked * are published but held out of the comparison above; the methodology page says when and why.

As filed, collateral included

4.97% collateral

WSML's filing lists 3,521 positions including 4.97% of net assets in securities-lending cash collateral. Counted as filed the fund reads 282.2 effective holdings with a top ten of 9.26%; on its own investments — the figure above — it reads 929.3 with a top ten of 4.51%. The collateral is matched by a liability and is not a holding the fund chose; since 2026-09-18 every figure on this site sets it aside (methodology). Both numbers are in the data.

Largest positions, as filed

as of 2026-05-31

The 15 largest of 3,520 positions in WSML's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: WSML.csv.gz.

#PositionWeightCumulative
1SANDISK CORPORATION2.18%2.2%
2BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury; SL Agency Shares0.46%2.6%
3TECHNIPFMC PLC0.26%2.9%
4NVENT ELECTRIC PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY0.25%3.1%
5STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.0.25%3.4%
6XPO, INC.0.23%3.6%
7MACOM TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.0.23%3.9%
8EURO0.22%4.1%
9ATI INC0.22%4.3%
10MASTEC, INC.0.22%4.5%
11CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION0.22%4.7%
12FABRINET0.21%4.9%
13NEXTPOWER INC.0.21%5.2%
14Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.0.21%5.4%
15MKS, INCORPORATED.0.20%5.6%

By country of issuer

as of 2026-05-31

Share of WSML's own investments by the issuer country the filer reported (incorporation, not revenue). Each country links to every fund that holds it.

CountryShare
United States 57.82%
Japan 12.68%
Canada 4.50%
United Kingdom 4.20%
Australia 3.62%
Israel 1.97%
Sweden 1.64%
Switzerland 1.57%

Returns the fund reported

2025-04 – 2026-05

Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of WSML's own filings, 14 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.

34.6%Last twelve months filed
43%Whole series, compounded
8.5%Best month
-7.0%Worst month

Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference — percentage points over 0 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: WSML.json · all funds.

Who borrows WSML's shares

2026-05-31

The fund lends its holdings, and Item B.4.a of the filing names every firm holding them. At 2026-05-31, $32m was out to 14 borrowers, 4.77% of net assets. The largest, GOLDMAN SACHS & CO., held 41.5% of it.

BorrowerOn loanShare of the loan
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. $13m 41.5%
JP MORGAN SECURITIES LLC $5m 15.8%
BofA Securities, Inc. $4m 11.7%
HSBC BANK PLC $2m 7.6%
BNP PARIBAS PRIME BROKERAGE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED $2m 6.9%

Cash collateral reported against the loan: 4.97% of net assets, 104.1% of the amount lent. That is a floor on the collateral, not the whole of it — collateral the fund does not hold as a position is not in this filing, so a figure under 100% is not evidence of under-collateralisation. How that figure behaves across all funds. Every quarter WSML has filed, with each borrower: WSML.json · all funds.

Since the previous filing

2026-02-28 → 2026-05-31

3,369 positions became 3,511: 227 added (3.7% of the fund at the later date), 85 dropped (3.9% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 13.6%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of WSML compared this way, as a feed: changes.xml · all funds: filings received.

Largest increases2026-02-282026-05-31Largest decreases2026-02-282026-05-31
SANDISK CORPORATION0.85%2.18% COEUR MINING, INC.0.17%0.00%
STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.0.13%0.25% ROYAL GOLD, INC.0.24%0.18%
Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.0.13%0.21% TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION0.20%0.14%
DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.0.04%0.11% HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC.0.16%0.11%
MACOM TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.0.16%0.23% HECLA MINING COMPANY0.16%0.11%
Resonac Holdings Corporation0.13%0.20% FIRST MAJESTIC SILVER CORP.0.13%0.08%

New: NUTANIX, INC. (0.12%), DYNATRACE, INC. (0.12%), EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC. (0.10%), THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY (0.10%), AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT (0.10%), DOCUSIGN, INC. (0.10%). Gone: Lumentum Holdings Inc (0.48%), Coherent Corp (0.38%), FTAI Aviation Ltd (0.30%), Curtiss-Wright Corp (0.25%), Casey's General Stores Inc (0.24%), Exact Sciences Corp (0.19%).

Asset categories and pricing

as of 2026-05-31
Asset category (as filed)Share of investments
equity EC93.25%
short-term investment STIV5.17%
unknown unknown1.30%
derivative DE0.27%

72.1% of WSML is carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1); 0.0% at level 3, priced from the filer's own inputs. Categories and levels are the filer's, from Form N-PORT; what a low level-1 share does and does not mean is in the measure's page.

Derivative exposure and counterparties

as of 2026-05-31

A position count cannot describe a fund that uses derivatives, because a swap is filed at its unrealised gain, not its exposure. These are the notionals the fund itself reported, against net assets of $663M. Notional of an interest-rate or currency swap is not equity exposure.

97.87%Stocks held directly
0%Swap notional (16)
0.58%Futures notional (3)
98.5%Sum, % of net assets
Swap counterpartyNotional% of net assets
Goldman Sachs Bank USA$0M0%
HSBC BANK PLC$0M0%
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION$0M0%
Merrill Lynch International$0M0%
BNP PARIBAS$0M0%

Full detail for every fund that files derivatives: leverage.json (CC BY 4.0).

Neighbours by effective holdings, equity funds

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Every measured equity fund lined up by how many holdings it behaves like; these sit either side of WSML (929.3). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.

FundReportsBehaves likeTop tenAs of
VB Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund 1,316 689.3 4.33% 2026-06-30
PRFZ Invesco RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid ETF 1,500 718.3 3.81% 2026-07-31
RSSL Global X Russell 2000 ETF 1,961 836.2 3.31% 2026-07-31
IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF 2,016 840.2 3.42% 2026-06-30
DFAS Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF 2,055 896.9 2.54% 2026-07-31
DFIS Dimensional International Small Cap ETF 3,513 951.3 3.6% 2026-07-31
FNDC Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF 1,582 971 3.66% 2026-05-31
SCZ iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF 2,073 1093 2.7% 2026-07-31
GWX State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) International Small Cap ETF 2,045 1099.2 3% 2026-06-30
EWX State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Emerging Markets Small Cap ETF 3,358 1201 4.67% 2026-06-30

Essays that examine WSML

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