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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DEM returned +27.1% and EDIV +8.2%.

Which is cheaper, DEM or EDIV?

EDIV is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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DEM vs EDIV: Differences, Returns & Fees

DEM and EDIV hold 9% 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 $1.2bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Dividend ETF.

EDIV costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.9 points; DEM is 3.2 times larger.

DEM vs EDIV: Differences, Returns & Fees
	DEM	EDIV
Expense ratio	0.63%	0.49%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026	$3.9bn	$1.2bn
Total return, 1 year	+27.1%	+8.2%
What it tracks	WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Index	S&P Emerging Markets Dividend Opportunities Index ?
Holdings in common	9%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	26.2%	22.7%
Below its high		4.4%, high on Feb 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+27.1%

DEM total return, 1 year

+8.2%

EDIV total return, 1 year

0.63%

DEM expense ratio

0.49%

EDIV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DEM and EDIV hold 9% 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 Oct 8, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DEM EDIV

FIRSTRAND LTD 0.90% 1.77%

SAUDI TELECOM JSC 0.80% 1.91%

ADVANCED INFO SERVICE PCL 0.63% 1.25%

PTT PCL 0.57% 1.33%

MALAYAN BANKING BHD 0.54% 2.01%

MOL MAGYAR OLAJ ES GAZIPARI NYRT 0.49% 1.29%

NEPI ROCKCASTLE NV 0.38% 1.61%

COCA-COLA FEMSA SAB DE CV 0.29% 0.88%

GEDEON RICHTER PLC 0.27% 1.18%

TAIWAN MOBILE COMPANY LTD 0.25% 1.45%

BIDVEST GROUP LTD (THE) 0.25% 1.33%

KIMBERLY CLARK DE MEXICO SAB DE CV 0.25% 1.11%

Only in DEM

MEDIATEK INC 6.71%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP 4.04%

UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP 3.15%

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

SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY 1.89%

GRUPO FINANCIERO BANORTE SAB DE CV 1.78%

ORLEN SA 1.65%

QUANTA COMPUTER INC 1.58%

Only in EDIV

NEDBANK GROUP LTD 2.84%

BANCO SANTANDER BRASIL UNIT 2.22%

WH GROUP LTD 2.20%

CHINA TOWER CORP LTD H 2.17%

ASIA CEMENT CORP 2.00%

ADVANTECH CO LTD 1.77%

ITC LTD 1.76%

EMIRATES TELECOM GROUP CO 1.62%

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On the same fields

DEM

WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund

EDIV

State Street SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Dividend ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer WisdomTree State Street

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +27.1% +8.2%

Expense ratio 0.63% 0.49%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 516 113

Net assets, DEM as of Jun 30, 2026 and EDIV as of Oct 8, 2026 $3.9bn $1.2bn

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

About DEM

DEM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +27.1% with distributions reinvested. 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%.

About EDIV

EDIV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +8.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.49% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 113 positions, with the top ten at 22.7%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Feb 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DEM or EDIV?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DEM returned +27.1% and EDIV +8.2%.
Which is cheaper, DEM or EDIV?: EDIV is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DEM and EDIV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DEM and 0% of EDIV 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 ↗EDIV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EDIV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street 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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