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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DEM returned +27.1% and DFEM +26.1%.

Which is cheaper, DEM or DFEM?

DFEM is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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DEM vs DFEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

DEM and DFEM 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 $9.0bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional Emerging Markets Core Equity 2 ETF.

DFEM costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.0 point.

	DEM	DFEM
Expense ratio	0.63%	0.39%
Net assets, DEM as of Jun 30, 2026 and DFEM as of Jul 31, 2026	$3.9bn	$9.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+27.1%	+26.1%
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%	24.3%
Below its high		4.3%, 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

+26.1%

DFEM total return, 1 year

0.63%

DEM expense ratio

0.39%

DFEM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DEM and DFEM 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 DFEM

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP 4.04% 0.75%

PING AN INSURANCE (GROUP) COMPANY OF CHINA LTD 1.33% 0.48%

MEDIATEK INC 6.71% 0.41%

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LTD (THE) 2.45% 0.35%

CTBC FINANCIAL HOLDING CO LTD 1.16% 0.27%

HANA FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.32% 0.25%

CHINA MERCHANTS BANK COMPANY LTD 0.33% 0.21%

FUBON FINANCIAL HOLDING COMPANY LTD 0.74% 0.21%

SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY 1.89% 0.21%

ORLEN SA 1.65% 0.20%

UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP 3.15% 0.20%

TS FINANCIAL HOLDING CO LTD 0.29% 0.19%

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%

REDEFINE PROPERTIES LTD 0.26%

THAIFOODS GROUP PCL 0.25%

MACQUARIE ASSET MANAGEMENT MEXICO SA DE CV 0.20%

Only in DFEM

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 10.26%

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 4.40%

SK hynix Inc. 4.25%

Tencent Holdings Limited 1.95%

Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.82%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.46%

MPI CORPORATION 0.45%

ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.45%

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On the same fields

DEM

WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund

DFEM

Dimensional Emerging Markets Core Equity 2 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% +26.1%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +9.9 pts +8.9 pts

Expense ratio 0.63% 0.39%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 516 6672

Net assets, DEM as of Jun 30, 2026 and DFEM as of Jul 31, 2026 $3.9bn $9.0bn

DEM and DFEM 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%.

DFEM in plain words

DFEM is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +26.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% 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 6,672 positions, with the top ten at 24.3%. It sat 4.3% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DEM or DFEM?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DEM returned +27.1% and DFEM +26.1%.
Which is cheaper, DEM or DFEM?: DFEM is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DEM and DFEM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DEM and 0% of DFEM 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 ↗DFEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFEM 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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