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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DEM returned +27.1% and EMXC +47.3%.

Which is cheaper, DEM or EMXC?

EMXC is cheaper, by 0.38 percentage points a year. That is about $38 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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DEM vs EMXC: Differences, Returns & Fees

DEM and EMXC hold 10% of their weight in the same names, and EMXC returned +47.3% over the year. Net assets: $3.9bn on Jun 30, 2026 for WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund, and $25.8bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF.

EMXC costs 0.38 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 20.2 points; EMXC is 6.7 times larger.

DEM vs EMXC: Differences, Returns & Fees
	DEM	EMXC
Expense ratio	0.63%	0.25%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026	$3.9bn	$26.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+27.1%	+47.3%
What it tracks	WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Index	MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index
Holdings in common	10%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	26.2%	43.8%
Below its high		7.0%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+27.1%

DEM total return, 1 year

+47.3%

EMXC total return, 1 year

0.63%

DEM expense ratio

0.25%

EMXC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DEM and EMXC hold 10% 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 9, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DEM EMXC

MEDIATEK INC 6.71% 2.13%

FUBON FINANCIAL HOLDING COMPANY LTD 0.74% 0.41%

SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY 1.89% 0.41%

CTBC FINANCIAL HOLDING CO LTD 1.16% 0.36%

CATHAY FINANCIAL HOLDING COMPANY LTD 0.66% 0.33%

SAUDI NATIONAL BANK (THE) 0.76% 0.30%

QUANTA COMPUTER INC 1.58% 0.29%

TS FINANCIAL HOLDING CO LTD 0.29% 0.29%

FIRSTRAND LTD 0.90% 0.27%

POWSZECHNA KASA OSZCZEDNOSCI BANK POLSKI SA 1.48% 0.26%

HANA FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.32% 0.25%

ORLEN SA 1.65% 0.24%

Only in DEM

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP 4.04%

UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP 3.15%

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

GRUPO FINANCIERO BANORTE SAB DE CV 1.78%

FOMENTO ECONOMICO MEXICANO SAB DE CV 1.48%

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

INDUSTRIAL BANK COMPANY LTD 1.18%

CHINA SHENHUA ENERGY COMPANY LTD 0.85%

Only in EMXC

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 19.81%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 9.19%

SK HYNIX 6.96%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 1.21%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 1.17%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.96%

HDFC BANK 0.83%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.78%

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On the same fields

DEM

WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund

EMXC

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer WisdomTree iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China

Total return, 1 year +27.1% +47.3%

Its benchmark over the same days not published +50.0% (KEMX)

Gap to its benchmark not available −2.7 pts vs KEMX

Expense ratio 0.63% 0.25%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 516 613

Net assets, DEM as of Jun 30, 2026 and EMXC as of Oct 9, 2026 $3.9bn $25.8bn

DEM and EMXC 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 EMXC

EMXC tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +47.3% with distributions reinvested, against +50.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 613 positions, with the top ten at 43.8%. It sat 7.0% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DEM or EMXC?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DEM returned +27.1% and EMXC +47.3%.
Which is cheaper, DEM or EMXC?: EMXC is cheaper, by 0.38 percentage points a year. That is about $38 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DEM and EMXC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DEM and 0% of EMXC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Other comparisons

DEM vs EEM DEM vs SPEM DEM vs SCHE DEM vs FNDE EMXC vs PXH EMXC vs XCEM EMXC vs FNDE EMXC vs SCHE

DEM on its own →EMXC on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →Standards and sources →

Where these figures came from

DEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗WisdomTree website ↗EMXC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EMXC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EMXC ↗

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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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