Which returned more over the last year, DEM or DFAE?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DEM returned +27.1% and DFAE +26.0%.

Which is cheaper, DEM or DFAE?

DFAE is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DEM and DFAE overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DEM and 0% of DFAE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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DEM vs DFAE: Differences, Returns & Fees

DEM and DFAE hold 13% of their weight in the same names, and DEM returned +27.1% over the year. Net assets: $3.9bn on Jun 30, 2026 for WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund, and $9.5bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF.

DFAE costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.1 points.

	DEM	DFAE
Expense ratio	0.63%	0.29%
Net assets, DEM as of Jun 30, 2026 and DFAE as of Jul 31, 2026	$3.9bn	$9.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+27.1%	+26.0%
What it tracks	WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Index	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	13%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	26.2%	30.5%
Below its high		5.0%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

+27.1%

DEM total return, 1 year

+26.0%

DFAE total return, 1 year

0.63%

DEM expense ratio

0.29%

DFAE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DEM and DFAE hold 13% 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 and Jul 31, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DEM DFAE

MEDIATEK INC 6.71% 0.97%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP 4.04% 0.77%

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LTD (THE) 2.45% 0.46%

PING AN INSURANCE (GROUP) COMPANY OF CHINA LTD 1.33% 0.43%

SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY 1.89% 0.28%

CTBC FINANCIAL HOLDING CO LTD 1.16% 0.26%

FUBON FINANCIAL HOLDING COMPANY LTD 0.74% 0.26%

HANA FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.32% 0.26%

CATHAY FINANCIAL HOLDING COMPANY LTD 0.66% 0.23%

TS FINANCIAL HOLDING CO LTD 0.29% 0.22%

UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP 3.15% 0.21%

CHINA MERCHANTS BANK COMPANY LTD 0.33% 0.21%

Only in DEM

ADVANCED INFO SERVICE PCL 0.63%

PTT PCL 0.57%

PETROCHINA COMPANY LTD 0.56%

CHINA SHENHUA ENERGY COMPANY LTD 0.53%

GROWTHPOINT PROPERTIES LTD 0.40%

MAGYAR TELEKOM TELECOMMUNICATIONS NYRT 0.28%

REDEFINE PROPERTIES LTD 0.26%

THAIFOODS GROUP PCL 0.25%

Only in DFAE

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 13.19%

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 5.17%

SK hynix Inc. 4.54%

Tencent Holdings Limited 2.57%

Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.20%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.79%

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.67%

DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.62%

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On the same fields

DEM

WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund

DFAE

Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer WisdomTree Dimensional

What it is Tracks an index Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +27.1% +26.0%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +9.9 pts +8.8 pts

Expense ratio 0.63% 0.29%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 516 6272

Net assets, DEM as of Jun 30, 2026 and DFAE as of Jul 31, 2026 $3.9bn $9.5bn

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

DEM in plain words

DEM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +27.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.63% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 516 positions, with the top ten at 26.2%.

DFAE in plain words

DFAE is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +26.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.29% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 6,272 positions, with the top ten at 30.5%. It sat 5.0% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DEM or DFAE?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DEM returned +27.1% and DFAE +26.0%.
Which is cheaper, DEM or DFAE?: DFAE is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DEM and DFAE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DEM and 0% of DFAE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

DEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗WisdomTree website ↗DFAE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFAE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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