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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DEM returned +27.1% and IEMG +25.3%.

Which is cheaper, DEM or IEMG?

IEMG is cheaper, by 0.54 percentage points a year. That is about $54 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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DEM vs IEMG: Differences, Returns & Fees

DEM and IEMG 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 $160.2bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF.

IEMG costs 0.54 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.8 points; IEMG is far larger, $160.7bn against $3.9bn.

	DEM	IEMG
Expense ratio	0.63%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026	$3.9bn	$160.7bn
Total return, 1 year	+27.1%	+25.3%
What it tracks	WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Index	MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index (IMI)
Holdings in common	9%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	26.2%	34.2%
Below its high		5.3%, high on Jun 22, 2026

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

+27.1%

DEM total return, 1 year

+25.3%

IEMG total return, 1 year

0.63%

DEM expense ratio

0.09%

IEMG expense ratio

What they hold in common

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

MEDIATEK INC 6.71% 1.52%

SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY 1.89% 0.30%

FUBON FINANCIAL HOLDING COMPANY LTD 0.74% 0.29%

CTBC FINANCIAL HOLDING CO LTD 1.16% 0.25%

CATHAY FINANCIAL HOLDING COMPANY LTD 0.66% 0.23%

QUANTA COMPUTER INC 1.58% 0.21%

SAUDI NATIONAL BANK (THE) 0.76% 0.21%

TS FINANCIAL HOLDING CO LTD 0.29% 0.21%

FIRSTRAND LTD 0.90% 0.19%

HANA FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.32% 0.18%

POWSZECHNA KASA OSZCZEDNOSCI BANK POLSKI SA 1.48% 0.18%

YUANTA FINANCIAL HOLDING COMPANY LTD 0.22% 0.17%

Only in DEM

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%

HOLY STONE ENTERPRISE COMPANY LTD 0.77%

ADVANCED INFO SERVICE PCL 0.63%

PTT PCL 0.57%

MALAYAN BANKING BHD 0.54%

Only in IEMG

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 14.10%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 6.56%

SK HYNIX 4.97%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.31%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.59%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 0.86%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.83%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 0.74%

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On the same fields

DEM

WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund

IEMG

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer WisdomTree iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets

Total return, 1 year +27.1% +25.3%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +9.9 pts +8.1 pts

Expense ratio 0.63% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 516 2871

Net assets, DEM as of Jun 30, 2026 and IEMG as of Oct 9, 2026 $3.9bn $160.2bn

DEM and IEMG 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%.

IEMG in plain words

IEMG tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +25.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% 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 2,871 positions, with the top ten at 34.2%. It sat 5.3% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DEM or IEMG?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DEM returned +27.1% and IEMG +25.3%.
Which is cheaper, DEM or IEMG?: IEMG is cheaper, by 0.54 percentage points a year. That is about $54 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DEM and IEMG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DEM and 0% of IEMG 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 ↗IEMG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IEMG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IEMG ↗

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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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